What's New

  • At the 34th Annual Meeting of MRS-J to be held from December 16th to 18th, Ms. Teramoto (M1) and Assistant Professor Nishimura will give oral presentations, and Ms. Toji (M2) and Ms. Ichihara (M1) will give poster presentations.
  • Mr. Fukunaga (M2), Mr. Sato (M2) and Assistant Professor Nishimura will give a presentation at the 39th Kansai Peptide Seminar to be held on December 13th.
  • Assistant Professor Nishimura will be presenting his research at the 2nd Polymer Bonding Symposium to be held on December 5th and 6th.
  • The Polymer Chemistry Laboratory alumni reunion will be held on Saturday, November 30th.
  • The research results of Ms. Hasegawa and Mr. Ueda (alumni) were accepted in New Journal of Chemistry. Congratulations!
  • Assistant Professor Nishimura will give an invited talk at the Symposium 2024 of The Japanese Society for Biomaterials @ Sendai International Congress Center (October 28-29, 2024).
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Research

The main purpose of our research group is to develop novel functional polymer soft materials with well-regulated nanostructures. For this purpose, the living biopolymer system such as proteins, which includes exquisite molecular structures and versatile biofunctions, would be a good model. Applying the structural and functional principles of biopolymers to a synthetic macromolecular system is of importance, especially for designing novel smart materials. To achieve these objects, we newly design and synthesize biocompatible and environmentally friendly smart polymers including self-assembling peptides and peptide-polymer hybrids and characterize their properties comprehensively.
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For students interested in the polymer chemistry laboratory

You are welcome to contact us regarding questions or comments regarding the lab’s work. For interest in joining the research group, please contact Prof. Koga or Prof. Nishimura via e-mail.