Yasuharu Takaku

A thin polymer membrane 'NanoSuit' allows living organisms to survive in the harsh conditions of electron microscopy

Hiroshi Suzuki, Masatsugu Shimomura, Takahiko Hariyama, 2017, Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring.

The Origin of the Iridescent Colors in Coleopteran Elytron

Yasuharu Takaku, Y. Takaku, T. Hariyama, 2002 .

A modified ‘NanoSuit®’ preserves wet samples in high vacuum: direct observations on cells and tissues in field-emission scanning electron microscopy

Daisuke Ishii, Hiroyuki Konno, Masatsugu Shimomura, 2017, Royal Society Open Science.

Dressing living organisms in a thin polymer membrane, the NanoSuit, for high-vacuum FE-SEM observation.

Daisuke Ishii, Masatsugu Shimomura, Isao Ohta, 2014, Microscopy.

A thin polymer membrane, nano-suit, enhancing survival across the continuum between air and high vacuum

Daisuke Ishii, Masatsugu Shimomura, Isao Ohta, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The origin of extensive colour polymorphism in Plateumaris sericea (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera)

Yasuharu Takaku, Y. Takaku, T. Hariyama, 2002, Naturwissenschaften.

Nematogalectin, a nematocyst protein with GlyXY and galectin domains, demonstrates nematocyte-specific alternative splicing in Hydra

Kazuho Ikeo, Takashi Gojobori, Thomas C G Bosch, 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A ‘NanoSuit’ surface shield successfully protects organisms in high vacuum: observations on living organisms in an FE-SEM

Masatsugu Shimomura, Isao Ohta, Haruko Matsumoto, 2015, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.