PART I. NOVEL DESIGN AND FEATURES OF ORGANIC LIQUIDSAlkylated-Pi Molecular Liquid MaterialsLow-Melting Porphyrins and Their Optical FunctionsMicroporous LiquidsCyclic Host Liquids for Formation of Rotaxanes and Their ApplicationsPhotochemically Reversible Liquefaction/Solidification of Sugar-Alcohol with AzobenzenesFunctional Supercooled LiquidsPART II. LIQUIDS FOR ENERGY CONVERSIONOrganic Liquids in Energy SystemsLiquid Organic Semiconductors Based on Liquid TriarylaminesOrganic Light Emitting Diodes with Liquid EmittersPART III. LIQUIDS CONTAINING INORGANIC NANOCLUSTERSLiquid NanocarbonsFunctional Colloidal FluidsPART IV. SOLVENT-FREE SOFT BIOMATERIALSLiquid ProteinsLiquid Polypeptides and DNAPART V. NON-ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL LIQUIDSIonic LiquidsLiquid Metals
Takashi Nakanishi, PhD, is an independent researcher at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectures (MANA) at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. He obtained his PhD from Nagasaki University, Japan, and subsequently was postdoctoral researcher at Houston University, USA, and Oxford University, UK. Takashi Nakanishi was group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and researcher at the Japanese Science and Technology Agency before taking up his current position.