Publications (after 2019)

2024

S. Nishimura, N. Kurahashi, S. Shiomoto, Y. Harada, M. Tanaka

Effects of Hydration Water on Bioresponsiveness of Polymer Interfaces Revealed by Analysis of Linear and Cyclic Polymer–Grafted Substrates

Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 9454-9463. DOI:10.1039/D4SM00977K

S. Nishimura, M. L. Hasegawa, K. Ueda, T. Koga

Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization of Five-Membered Cyclic Ketene Acetals with Tetraleucine Macromonomer Toward Preparation of Self-Assembling Peptide-Grafted Polyester

New Journal of Chemistry, 2024,48, 19691-19699. DOI:10.1039/D4NJ04328F

S. Nishimura, Y. Kashihara, T. Koga

Simple Machine Learning Model for Glass Transition Temperature of Hydrated Polymers

Polymer Journal, 2024 (accepted). DOI:10.1038/s41428-024-00981-y

S. Nishimura, M. Tanaka

Role of Hydration Water on Interface between Cells and Polymeric Biomaterials: Comprehension of Biological Response and Analysis of Interfacial Water

Journal of Japanese Society for Biomaterials, 2024, 42, 212-217.

H. Ogawa, T. Nishino, Y. Yoshikawa, K. Sadakane, T. Kenmotsu, T. Koga, K. Yoshikawa

Characteristic Effect of Hydroxyurea on the Higher-order Structure of DNA and Gene Expression

Scientific Reports, 2024, 14, 13826. DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-64538-y

Y. Yamaguchi, S. Nishimura, N. Higashi, T. Koga

Multi-stimuli Responsive Hydrogels with Shape Fix/Memory Capability Fabricated from Gold Nanorod-conjugated Amino Acid-based Vinyl Polymer Networks

Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 62, 3909-3919. DOI:10.1002/pol.20240241

西村慎之介, 古賀智之

形状固定/記憶性ハイドロゲルからなるスマート足場材料の開発

バイオインダストリー (シーエムシー出版),第41巻, 第3号, 53-59 (2024).

S. Nishimura, T. Yoshida, N. Higashi, T. Koga

Regulation of Cell Adhesion on Physically Crosslinked Hydrogels Composed of Amino Acid-based Polymers by Changing Elastic Modulus using Shape Fix/Memory Properties

Advanced Materials Technologies, 2024, 2301598. DOI:10.1002/admt.202301598

M. Nakamura, S. Nishimura, N. Higashi, T. Koga

Thermo-responsive Injectable Hydrogels from Linear and Star-Shaped Block Copolymers Composed of Amino Acid-derived Vinyl Polymer and Poly(ethylene glycol) for Biomedical Applications

Materials Advances, 2024, 5, 665-674. DOI:10.1039/D3MA00954H

2023

D. Miyake, J. He, F. Asai, M. Hara, T. Seki, S. Nishimura, M. Tanaka, Y. Takeoka

Optically Transparent and Color-stable Elastomer with Structural Coloration under Elongation

Langmuir, 2023, 39, 17844-17852. DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02442

S. Nishimura, D. Sato, T. Koga

Mechanically Tunable Hydrogels with Self-healing and Shape Memory Capabilities from Thermo-responsive Amino Acid-derived Vinyl Polymers

Gels, 2023, 9, 829. DOI:10.3390/gels9100829

S. Nishimura, M. Tanaka

The Intermediate Water Concept for Pioneering Polymeric Biomaterials: A Review and Update

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2023, 96, 1052-1070. (Inside Cover in this issue) DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20230168

A. Sawamoto, S. Nishimura, N. Higashi, T. Koga

Synthesis of Amino Acid-derived Vinyl Polymers with Precisely Controlled Hydropathy and Their Thermoresponsive Behavior in Water

Polymer Chemistry, 2023, 14, 2857-2864. (Front Cover in this issue) DOI:10.1039/D3PY00353A

S. Nishimura

環境に調和するプラスチックの開発基盤 ~ケミカルリサイクル性と材料特性を両立する合成戦略~

化学, 2023, 78, 61-62.

S. Nishimura, M. Tanaka,

Design and Synthesis of Biocompatible Poly(N-(ω-acryloyloxyalkyl)-2-pyrrolidone)s with Widely-Tunable Lower Critical Solution Temperatures

Journal of Japanese Society for Biomaterials, 2023, 41, 24-25.

T. Koga,

末端に芳香族環を有する人工ペプチドからなる自己組織化ナノ材料,

Journal of the Japan Society of Colour Material, 2023, 96, 53-57. DOI:10.4011/shikizai.96.53

2022

T. Koga, Y. Oatari, H. Motoda, S. Nishimura, Y. Sasaki, Y. Okamoto, D. Yamamoto, A. Shioi, N. Higashi,

Star-shaped Peptide-polymer Hybrids as Fast pH-responsive Supramolecular Hydrogels,

Biomacromolecules, 2022, 23, 2941-2950. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00411

S. Shiomoto, K. Inoue, H. Higuchi, S. Nishimura, H. Takaba, M. Tanaka, M. Kobayashi,

Characterization of Hydration Water Bound to Choline Phosphate-Containing Polymers,

Biomacromolecules, 2022, 23, 2999-3008. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00484

Y. Ikemoto, Y. Harada, M. Tanaka, S. Nishimura, D. Murakami, Y. Kurahashi, T. Moriwaki, K. Yamazoe, H. Washizu, Y. Ishii, H. Torii,

Infrared Spectra and Hydrogen-Bond Configurations of Water Molecules at the Interface of Water-Insoluble Polymers under Humidified Conditions,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022, 126, 4143-4151. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01702

古賀智之・東信行

アミノ酸系高分子で機能化したナノ粒子の創製、高分子微粒子の最新技術動向 (シーエムシー出版) 第1編, 第6章,

48-57 (2022).

T. Koga, A. Ikejiri, N. Higashi,

Narcissistic Self-sorting of Amphiphilic Collagen-inspired Peptides in Supramolecular Vesicular Assemblies,

Langmuir, 2022, 38, 2294-2300. DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02978

S. Nishimura, K. Nishida, S. Shiomoto, M. Tanaka,

Surfactant-Free Suspension Polymerization of Hydrophilic Monomers with an Oil-in-Water System for the Preparation of Microparticles Toward the Selective Isolation of Tumor Cells,

Materials Advances, 2022, 3, 5043-5054. DOI:10.1039/D2MA00129B

S. Nishimura, K. Nishida, T. Ueda, S. Shiomoto, M. Tanaka,

Poly(N-(ω-acryloyloxy-n-alkyl)-2-pyrrolidone)s with Widely-tunable Lower Critical Solution Temperatures (LCSTs): A Promising Alternative to Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide),

Polymer Chemistry, 2022. 13, 2519-2530. DOI:10.1039/D2PY00154C

2021

T. Koga, T. Morishita, Y. Harumoto, S. Nishimura, N. Higashi,

Spider Silk-inspired Peptide Multiblock Hybrid Copolymers for Self-healable Thin Film Materials,

Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 7851-7860. (Front cover in this issue.) DOI:10.1039/D1MA00823D

東信行・猿田孟徳・古賀智之

アミノ酸由来ジブロックポリマーによる温度応答性高分子ナノ粒子、

同志社大学ハリス理化学研究報告, 2021, 62, 55-62. DOI:10.14988/00028386

T. Koga, T. Matsuoka, Y. Morita, N. Higashi,

Injectable Hydrogels Self-assembled from Oligopeptide-Poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) Hybrid Graft Copolymers for Cell Scaffolds and Controlled Release Applications,

Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 4068-4074. DOI:10.1039/D1MA00347J

T. Koga, S. Kingetsu, N. Higashi,

Supramolecular Nanofibers from Collagen-mimetic Peptides Bearing Various Aromatic Groups at N-Termini via Hierarchical Self-assembly,

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22, 4533 (1-11). DOI:10.3390/ijms22094533

2020

古賀智之・西村慎之介・東信行

ペプチドとビニルポリマーからなるマルチブロック型共重合体の精密設計，

ファインケミカル, 49(8), 12-17 (2020).

T. Yamano, N. Higashi, T. Koga,

Unique Self-assembly of Sequence-controlled Amino Acid　Derived Vinyl Polymer with Gradient Thermoresponsiveness along a Chain,

Langmuir, 2020, 36, 6550-6556. DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01036

N. Higashi, R. Yoshikawa, T. Koga,

Photo-responsive Azobenzene Interactions Promote Hierarchical Self-assembly of Collagen Triple-Helical Peptides to Various Higher-order Structures,

RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 15947-15954. DOI:10.1039/D0RA02906H

古賀智之・東信行

温度応答性アミノ酸ポリマーからつくるスマートハイドロゲル材料,

「自己修復材料・自己組織化・形状記憶材料の開発と応用事例」(技術情報協会), 第6章, 第８節, 424-429 (2020).

T. Koga, K. Tomimori, N. Higashi,

Transparent, High Strength, and Shape-memory Hydrogels from Thermo-responsive Amino Acid-derived Vinyl Polymer Networks,

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2020, 41, 1900650 (1-7). DOI:10.1002/marc.201900650

T. Yamano, N. Higashi, T. Koga,

Precisely Synthesized Sequence-controlled Amino Acid-derived Vinyl Polymers: New Insights into Thermo-responsive Polymer Design,

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2020, 41, 1900550 (1-8). DOI:10.1002/marc.201900550

2019

S. Nishimura, N. Hokazono, Y. Taki, H. Motoda, Y. Morita, K. Yamamoto, N. Higashi, T. Koga,

Photocleavable Peptide-Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Hybrid Graft Copolymer via Post-polymerization Modification by Click Chemistry to Modulate the Cell Affinities of 2D and 3D-Materials,

ACS Applied Materials Interfaces,2019, 11, 24577-24587. DOI:10.1021/acsami.9b06807

N. Higashi, K. Narimatsu, M. Okumura, S. Nishimura, T. Koga,

Spontaneous Formation of Nanoparticles from Peptide-Vinyl Polymer Diblock Hybrids Prepared by RAFT Polymerization and Their Interactions with Cells,

ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 8104-8111. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.9b00899

西村慎之介・東信行・古賀智之

アミノ酸からつくる機能性ポリマーによる生体適合性表面の設計, 「無機/有機材料の表面処理・改質による生体適合性付与」

(シーエムシー出版),第4章, 173-181 (2019).

S. Nishimura, N. Higashi, T. Koga,

A Novel Thermo-responsive Multiblock Architecture Composed
of a Sequential Peptide and an Amino Acid-derived Vinyl Polymer: Toward Protein-mimicking
Single-chain Folding,

Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 1498-1501. DOI:10.1039/C8CC09051C