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BONO SHINJI

Department / Course Research Organization of Science and Technology

Title / Position Associate Professor

Academic background
1.	～2011/03	School of Science │ Kyoto University │ Graduated
2.	～2013/03	Master Course │ Division of Physics and Astronomy │ Graduate School of Science │ Kyoto University │ Completed
3.	～2016/03	Doctorial Course │ Division of Physics and Astronomy │ Graduate School of Science │ Kyoto University │ Completed Ph. D

Business career
1.	2023/04/01 ～	Associate professorrofessor │ Research Organization of Science and Technology │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2020/04/01 ～ 2023/03/31	Lecturer │ College of Science and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineerings │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2018/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Lecturer │ School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Department of applied Physics │ Waseda University
4.	2017/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Assistant professor │ School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Department of Applied Physics │ Waseda University
5.	2016/04/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Assistant professor │ School of Advanced Science and Engineering,Department of Advanced Science and Engineering │ Waseda University

Committee and society
1.	2024/02 ～ 2024/09/06	10th Japanese-Italian Joint Workshop on Liquid Crystal Organizing Committee
2.	2023/08 ～ 2025/08	The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society

Research activities
1.	2020/10 ～	The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
2.	2012/03 ～	The Physical Society of Japan
3.	2011/09 ～	The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society

Subject of research
1.	Softmatter Physics
2.	Liquid Crystal
3.	MEMS

Present specialized field
Biological physics/Chemical physics/Soft matter physics, MEMS (Keyword：Liquid Crystal Softmatter Physics, MEMS)

Papers
1.	2026/06/01	Algorithm for Preparation of Droplet Arrays with a Common Solute Concentration Difference │ IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines (E) │ 146 (6),pp.167-172
2.	2026/04/01	Switching between Sensor Signal Acquisition and Power Transmission Using Liquid Metal Droplets in Channels │ IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines (E) │ 146 (4),pp.123-127
3.	2025/09/11	Volume-Controlled Selective-Dispensation-Based Mixing of Multiple Solutions Using the Droplet Array Sandwiching Technology │ IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines │ 21 (4),pp.607-612
4.	2025/07/23	Spontaneous localization of microspheres within drying droplets on wetting patterned substrates │ Japanese Journal of Applied Physics │ 64 (7),pp.070907
5.	2025/06/01	Selective Measurement of Capacitive and Resistive Signals Using Simultaneous Position Control of Multiple Liquid Metal Droplets │ IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines (E) │ 145 (6),pp.91-95
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/11/11	Repetitive Contact-Separation Process of Droplet Arrays for Control of Solute Concentration with Common Difference
2.	2025/11/11	Switching between sensor-signal acquisition and power transmission using liquid metal droplets in channels
3.	2025/06/30	HOMOGENIZATION OF SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IN VERTICALLY COALESCENT DROPLETS USING ACOUSTIC WAVE
4.	2025/03/19	Enhance of solute diffusion using resonant oscillation of droplets under an alternating electric field
5.	2024/09/05	Visualization of electric and thermal properties of micromachines using liquid crystal droplets
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Other research achievements
1.	2021/12/15	Soft Matter誌　Back cover

Winning science prize
1.	2025/11	The Physical Society of Japan Young Scientist Award of Physical Society of Japan (Study on the structure and dynamics of soft matter droplets based on the surface design)
2.	2024/11/27	IEEJ-E The IEEJ-E APCOT Excellent Paper Award (Mixing of Multiple Solutions by Selective Dispensing Using Volume Control in Droplet-Array Sandwiching Technology)
3.	2020/07	The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society The JLCS Best Paper Award (Formation and dynamics of the aggregates of cholesteric double-twist cylinders)
4.	2015/09	The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society JLCS Kousai Poster Award (The effect of confinement on the layer order of liquid crystals in nano-micelles)
5.	2012/05	IACIS 2012 IACIS 2012 Poster award (The effects of the nanometer-scale confinement on the phase transition of liquid crystals)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2020/04 ～ 2024/03	Dissipative structures in the non-equilibrium dynamics of chiral liquid crystal droplets │ Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
2.	2016/08 ～ 2018/03	Torque driven by liquid crystal droplets under a temperature gradient │ Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up
3.	2016/04 ～ 2019/03	Soft-Crystal Motor Driven by Electron Beam Transmission │ Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
4.	2013/04 ～ 2016/03	Dynamic coupling between liquid crystal order and transport of drug molecules in liquid crystal nanomicelles │ etc.

Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2016/10/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Quantitative estimation of optical energy converted to rotation of liquid crystal droplets │ Research by External Competitive Fund

Activity in society
1.	2024/04/11 ～	Smart droplets: elevating tiny tech with liquid metal magic
2.	2023/03/24	Visualizing Spatial Distribution of Electric Properties at Microscales with Liquid Crystal Droplets
3.	2023/03/23	Visualizing spatial distribution of electric properties at microscales with liquid crystal droplets
4.	2020/01 ～	Unidirectional rotation of cholesteric droplets driven by UV-light irradiation

researchmap Researcher code
7000017478

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-7446
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