Dec/22/2014
Prof. Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) gives a talk titled “Modification of Water Structure by Different Perturbations.”
Dec/22/2014
New members joined our lab!
Oct/29/2014
Prof. Gong delivers a keynote lecture at the 3rd DSM Symposium on Materials Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Oct/21/2014
Dr. Takayuki Nonoyama was awarded The Award for Encouragement of Research in IUMRS-ICA2014 at the International Union of Materials Research Societies- International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA2014) in Fukuoka, Japan.
Oct/16/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at SoftComp topical workshop “FRACTURE OF SOFT MATERIALS: from soft solids to complex fluids”, Palavas-les-Flots, France.
Oct/2/2014
Dr. Wei Min Huang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) gives a talk titled “Water/moisture-content dependent shape memory/change effect in hydrogels and their applications.”
Oct/2/2014
The Cabinet Office Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies Program (ImPACT) “Realizing Ultra-Thin and Flexible Tough Polymers (Program Manager: Prof. Kohzo Ito)” approved for funding. Prof. Gong joins the program as a project manager.
Oct/1/2014
LSW hosts for 1 year Mr. Ao-kai Zhang, PhD student at Southeast University, China, and Ms. Ran Shi, PhD student at Dalian University of Technology, China.
Oct/1/2014
New members join our lab!
Sep/25/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at DSM Science Summit, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Sep/12/2014
Our research on a mechano-actuated, soft photonic hydrogel with an ultrafast response time appears on Hokkaido U Web Site: Research Press Release.
Sep/12/2014
Our research on a macroscopically anisotropic hydrogel appears on Hokkaido U Web Site: Research Press Release.
Sep/12/2014
Prof. Herbert Hui (Cornell University, USA) gives a talk titled “Time dependent behavior of a dual cross-link self-healing gel: theory and experiments” and Prof. Costantino Creton (ESPCI, France) gives a talk titled “Fracture and damage of filled elastomers: analogies and differences with DN gels.”
Sep/2/2014
Dr. Yoshimi Tanaka (Yokohama National University Graduate School of Environment and Information Science) gives a talk titled “Solvent effects on gel fracture.”
Aug/14/2014
“Control superstructure of rigid polyelectrolytes…” paper chosen as This Week’s Featured Image in Nature Communications.
Aug/4/2014
Dr. Tasuku Nakajima has been chosen as the awardee of the 2013 Hokkaido University Commendation for Excellent Teaching.
Jul/20-25/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at 2014 Tribology Gordon Research Conference, Bentley University, South Waltham, MA, USA.
Jul/8/2014
Ryuji Kiyama (Master’s 1) was awarded the Best Poster Award (First Prizes) at the2014 IUPAC World Polymer Congress (MACRO 2014) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
July/8/2014
DSM Materials Sciences Award 2014 goes to Prof. Jian Ping Gong!
July/8/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an award lecture at the IUPAC World Polymer Congress 2014, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
July/3/2014
Dr. Takeji Hashimoto, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and Visiting Researcher of Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, gives a talk titled “Open Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Polymer Physics: Cascading Time Evolutions of Various Dissipative Patterns for Creation of Shish-kebab Crystalline Texture and Extended Chain Crystals from Stable Polymer Solutions.”
June/8-12/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at 11th International Symposium of Polymer Physics (PP2014), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
June/5/2014
Prof. J. P. Hinestroza (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA) gives a talk titled “Making fibers from polymers that usually do not make fibers and new metrology tools to probe their properties.”
May/12-15/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Active Materials, Butler Auditorium of the Neaman Institute at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
May/7/2014
LSW hosts Mr. Corentin Durand, Master’s student at ESPCI ParisTech, France, for 3 months this summer.
Apr/30-May/2/2014
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the PSTC Tape Summit TECH 37, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, USA.
Apr/11/2014
Dr. Zishun Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) gives a talk titled “Mechanics of Soft Materials -Large Deformation Kinetics of Hydrogels and Predicting Mechanical and Physical Properties of Silica Aerogels using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Analytical Approach.”
Apr/1/2014
Dr. Nakajima’s proposal for a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) approved for funding. A brief explanation is available on the JSPS-KAKENHI website.
Apr/1/2014
Dr. Nonoyama’s proposal for a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) approved for funding. A brief explanation is available on the JSPS-KAKENHI website.
Apr/1/2014
New members joined our lab!
Mar/20/2014
Prof. Gong has been selected as the recipient of the prize The DSM Materials Sciences Award 2014. She receives the award and delivers an award lecture at the IUPAC World Polymer Congress 2014 on July 8, 2014.For more details, click here.
Feb/14-16/2014
Hokkaido University hosts an exhibition booth at the 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting held in Chicago. Drop by our booth “One of the TOUGHEST GELS in the World.”