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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (MEXT)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
Project Leader: Takashi Kato, Area Number: 6104, FY2019-FY2023
Aquatic Functional Materials:
Creation of New Materials Science for Environment-Friendly and Active Functions

Achievements FY2023 A02

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FY2023
Planned Research A02

A02-1 Principal Investigator, Yoshihisa Harada

  1. Kazuma Hamaguchi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Naoya Kurahashi, *Yoshihisa Harada, and *Takashi Kato, “Hydrogen-Bonded Structures of Water Molecules in Hydroxy-Functionalized Nanochannels of Columnar Liquid Crystalline Nanostructured Membranes Studied by Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 454-460 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03027
    Published online: 08 Jan. 2024.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.

A02-1 Co-Investigator, Hideki Seto

  1. Tatsuya Kikuchi, Taiki Tominaga, Daiki Murakami, Nicolas de Souza, Masaru Tanaka, and *Hideki Seto, “Detailed Dynamical Features of the Slow Hydration Water in the Vicinity of Poly(ethylene oxide) Chains”, J. Chem. Phys., 160, 064902-1/8 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0185432
    Published online: 08 Feb. 2024.
    A02/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Editor’s Pick.
  2. *Hayato Tsuji, Masaki Nakahata, Mafumi Hishida, Hideki Seto, Ryuhei Motokawa, Takeru Inoue, and Yasunobu Egawa, “Water Fraction Dependence of the Aggregation Behavior of Hydrophobic Fluorescent Solutes in Water–Tetrahydrofuran”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 11235-11241 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02882
    Published online: 07 Dec. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Supplementary Cover.
    Press Release by Kanagawa University, Osaka University, Tokyo University of Science, KEK, and JAEA.
  3. *Takuya Matsumoto, Miyabi Yorifuji, Ryohei Hori, Mitsuo Hara, Norifumi L. Yamada, Hideki Seto, and *Takashi Nishino, “Selective Acetylation of Amorphous Region of Poly(vinyl alcohol) in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, Polym. J., 55, 1287-1293 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00832-2
    Published online: 23 Aug. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.
  4. Md. Khalidur Rahman, Takeshi Yamada, Norifumi L. Yamada, Mafumi Hishida, *Yuji Higuchi, and *Hideki Seto, “Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Reveals the Relationship between the Dynamical Behavior of Phospholipid Headgroups and Hydration Water”, Struct. Dyn., 10, 044701-1/12 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1063/4.0000184
    Published online: 21 Aug. 2023.
    A02/A02 Collaboration.
  5. Michihiro Nagao and *Hideki Seto, “Neutron Scattering Studies on Dynamics of Lipid Membranes”, Biophys. Rev., 4, 021306-1/19 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0144544
    Published online: 22 May 2023.
    International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper, Featured Article.

A02-1 Co-Investigator, Yuka Ikemoto

  1. Qiming Liu, Tianyue Zhang, Yuka Ikemoto, Yudai Shinozaki, Go Watanabe, Yuta Hori, Yasuteru Shigeta, Takemi Midorikawa, Koji Harano, and *Yoshimitsu Sagara, “Grinding-Induced Water Solubility Exhibited by Mechanochromic Luminescent Supramolecular Fibers”, Small, in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400063
    Published online: 10 Mar. 2024.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.
  2. *Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, Yuka Ikemoto, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Open-[60]Fullerenols with Water Adsorbed Both Inside and Outside”, Chem. Commun., 60, 1261-1264 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05542f
    Published online: 05 Jan. 2024.
    A01/A02 Collaboration, Outside Back Cover.
  3. Ryohei Ikura, Kota Kajimoto, Junsu Park, Shunsuke Murayama, Yusei Fujiwara, Motofumi Osaki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Hidenori Shirakawa, Yujiro Kitamura, Hiroaki Takahashi, Yasumasa Ohashi, Seiji Obata, Akira Harada, Yuka Ikemoto, *Yuta Nishina, *Yasutomo Uetsuji, *Go Matsuba, and *Yoshinori Takashima, “Highly Stretchable Stress‒Strain Sensor from Elastomer Nanocomposites with Movable Cross-links and Ketjenblack”, ACS Polymers Au, 3, 394-405 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.3c00010
    Published online: 11 Sep. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Front Cover.
  4. *Kenichi Nagase, Junnosuke Matsuda, Ayako Takeuchi, and Yuka Ikemoto, “Hydration and Dehydration Behaviors of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Grafted Silica Beads”, Surf. Interfaces, 40, 103058-1/12 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103058
    Published online: 16 Jun. 2023.
    A02/A03 Collaboration.

A02-1 Co-Investigator, Mafumi Hishida

  1. *Mafumi Hishida, “Correlation between Hydration States and Self-Assembly Structures of Phospholipid and Surfactant Studied by Terahertz Spectroscopy”, J. Oleo Sci., in press. Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess23188
  2. Wakana Hamada, Mafumi Hishida, Ryuto Sugiura, Haruka Tobita, Hiroaki Imai, Yasuhiko Igarashi, and *Yuya Oaki, “Efficient Design and Synthesis of an Amorphous Conjugated Polymer Network for a Metal-Free Electrocatalyst of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 12, 3294-3303 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3TA06447F
    Published online: 04 Jan. 2024.
    A02/A03 Collaboration.
  3. *Hayato Tsuji, Masaki Nakahata, Mafumi Hishida, Hideki Seto, Ryuhei Motokawa, Takeru Inoue, and Yasunobu Egawa, “Water Fraction Dependence of the Aggregation Behavior of Hydrophobic Fluorescent Solutes in Water–Tetrahydrofuran”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 11235-11241 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02882
    Published online: 07 Dec. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Supplementary Cover.
    Press Release by Kanagawa University, Osaka University, Tokyo University of Science, KEK, and JAEA.
  4. *Mafumi Hishida, Rikuto Kanno, and *Takaya Terashima, “Hydration State on Poly(ethylene glycol)-Bearing Homopolymers and Random Copolymer Micelles: In Relation to the Thermoresponsive Property and Micellar Structure”, Macromolecules, 56, 7587-7596 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00930
    Published online: 13 Sep. 2023.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.
  5. Md. Khalidur Rahman, Takeshi Yamada, Norifumi L. Yamada, Mafumi Hishida, *Yuji Higuchi, and *Hideki Seto, “Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Reveals the Relationship between the Dynamical Behavior of Phospholipid Headgroups and Hydration Water”, Struct. Dyn., 10, 044701-1/12 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1063/4.0000184
    Published online: 21 Aug. 2023.
    A02/A02 Collaboration.
  6. *Mafumi Hishida, Ayumi Kaneko, Yasuhisa Yamamura, and Kazuya Saito, “Contrasting Changes in Strongly and Weakly Bound Hydration Water of a Protein upon Denaturation”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 6296-6305 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02970
    Published online: 07 Jul. 2023.
  7. Jun-ichi Sugiyama, Yuji Tokunaga, Mafumi Hishida, Masahito Tanaka, Koh Takeuchi, Daisuke Satoh, and *Masahiko Imashimizu, “Nonthermal Acceleration of Protein Hydration by Sub-Terahertz Irradiation”, Nat. Commun., 14, 2825-1/13 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38462-0
    Published online: 22 May 2023.
    A02/A02 Collaboration, Editors' Highlights.
    Press Release by AIST, by Tokyo University of Science.

A02-2 Principal Investigator, Hitoshi Washizu

  1. Junsu Park, Yui Sasaki, Yoshiki Ishii, Shunsuke Murayama, Kohei Ohshiro, Kengo Nishiura, Ryohei Ikura, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Akira Harada, *Go Matsuba, *Hitoshi Washizu, *Tsuyoshi Minami, and *Yoshinori Takashima, “Leaf-Inspired Host-Guest Complexation-Dictating Supramolecular Gas Sensors”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 39777-39785 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04395
    Published online: 11 Aug. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.

A02-2 Co-Investigator, Go Watanabe

  1. Qiming Liu, Tianyue Zhang, Yuka Ikemoto, Yudai Shinozaki, Go Watanabe, Yuta Hori, Yasuteru Shigeta, Takemi Midorikawa, Koji Harano, and *Yoshimitsu Sagara, “Grinding-Induced Water Solubility Exhibited by Mechanochromic Luminescent Supramolecular Fibers”, Small, in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400063
    Published online: 10 Mar. 2024.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.
  2. *渡辺豪, 「ソフトマテリアルにおける全原子分子動力学シミュレーション」, 有機分子・バイオエレクトロニクス分科会会誌, 34, 236-242 (2023).
    *Go Watanabe, “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Soft Materials”, Mol. Electron. Bioelectron., 34, 236-242 (2023). (in Japanese)
    Link
    Published online: 27 Dec. 2023.
  3. *Takashi Kato, *Junya Uchida, *Yoshiki Ishii, and *Go Watanabe, “Aquatic Functional Liquid Crystals: Design, Functionalization, and Molecular Simulation”, Adv. Sci., in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306529
    Published online: 21 Dec. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Invited Paper, Special Issue for the 10th Anniversary of Advanced Science.
  4. Craig P. Yu, Shohei Kumagai, Michitsuna Tsutsumi, Tadanori Kurosawa, Hiroyuki Ishii, Go Watanabe, Daisuke Hashizume, Hiroki Sugiura, Yukio Tani, Toshihiro Ise, Tetsuya Watanabe, Hiroyasu Sato, Jun Takeya, and *Toshihiro Okamoto, “Asymmetrically Functionalized Electron-Deficient π-Conjugated System for Printed Single-Crystalline Organic Electronics”, Adv. Sci., 10, 2207440-1/8 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207440
    Published online: 15 Sep. 2023.
  5. 佐藤俊輔, *渡辺豪, 「計算化学によるソフトマテリアルの分子描像解明」, 高分子, 72, 448-450 (2023).
    Shunsuke Sato and *Go Watanabe, “Understanding Microscopic Dynamics of Soft Materials by Computational Chemistry”, Kobunshi, 72, 448-450 (2023). (in Japanese)
    Link
    Published online: 01 Sep. 2023.
  6. Craig P. Yu, Shohei Kumagai, Michitsuna Tsutsumi, Tadanori Kurosawa, Hiroyuki Ishii, Go Watanabe, Daisuke Hashizume, Hiroki Sugiura, Yukio Tani, Toshihiro Ise, Tetsuya Watanabe, Hiroyasu Sato, Jun Takeya, and *Toshihiro Okamoto, “Asymmetrically Functionalized Electron-Deficient π-Conjugated System for Printed Single-Crystalline Organic Electronics”, Adv. Sci., 2207440-1/8 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207440
    Published online: 15 Sep. 2023.
  7. *Go Watanabe, Akane Yamazaki, and *Jun Yoshida, “The Missing Relationship between the Miscibility of Chiral Dopants and the Microscopic Dynamics of Solvent Liquid Crystals: A Molecular Dynamics Study”, Symmetry, 15, 1092 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.3390/sym15051092
    Published online: 16 May 2023.

A02-2 Co-Investigator, Yuji Higuchi

  1. Dimitrios G Tsalikis, Mihai Ciobanu, *Costas S Patrickios, and Yuji Higuchi, “Model Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks in the Bulk: Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of Their Self-Assembly and Mechanical Properties”, Macromolecules, 56, 9299-9311 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01392
    Published online: 21 Nov. 2023.
    International Joint Research Paper.
  2. *Hiroaki Ito, Naofumi Shimokawa, and Yuji Higuchi, “Lateral Transport of Domains in Anionic Lipid Bilayer Membranes under DC Electric Fields: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Study”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 8860-8868 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04351
    Published online: 06 Oct. 2023.
  3. Takayuki Ota, Valentina Montagna, Yuji Higuchi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Haritz Sardon, and *Kazuki Fukushima, “Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions of γ-Carbonyl-Substituted ε-Caprolactones”, RSC Adv., 13, 27764-27771 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01025b
    Published online: 19 Sep. 2023.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper.
  4. Md. Khalidur Rahman, Takeshi Yamada, Norifumi L. Yamada, Mafumi Hishida, *Yuji Higuchi, and *Hideki Seto, “Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Reveals the Relationship between the Dynamical Behavior of Phospholipid Headgroups and Hydration Water”, Struct. Dyn., 10, 044701-1/12 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1063/4.0000184
    Published online: 21 Aug. 2023.
    A02/A02 Collaboration.
  5. *Yuji Higuchi, Klemen Bohinc, Jurij Reščič, Naofumi Shimokawa, and Hiroaki Ito, “Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cation Distribution Profiles on Negatively Charged Lipid Membranes During Phase Separation”, Soft Matter, 19, 3640-3651 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3SM00222E
    Published online: 03 May 2023.
    International Joint Research Paper.

FY2023
Publicly Offered Research A02

A02 Principal Investigator, Motohiro Kasuya

A02 Principal Investigator, Hideaki Shirota

A02 Principal Investigator, Katsuya Teshima

A02 Principal Investigator, Hajime Torii

  1. *Hajime Torii, “Roles of Electrostatics and Intermolecular Electronic Motions in the Structural and Spectroscopic Features of Hydrogen- and Halogen-Bonded Systems”, Pure Appl. Chem., in press. Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1515/pac-2023-1202
    Published online: 22 Jan. 2024.
    Invited paper.
  2. *Hajime Torii and Kao Watanabe, “Asymmetry of the Electrostatic Environment as the Origin of the Symmetry Breaking Effect of the Nitrate Ion in Aqueous Solution”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 6507-6515 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01977
    Published online: 18 Jul. 2023.

A02 Principal Investigator, Katsuyoshi Ikeda

  1. *Katsuyoshi Ikeda, “Surface Mass Analysis of Heterogeneous Reactions using Low-Frequency Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering”, Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 41, 101355-1/8 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101355
    Published online: 20 Jul. 2023.
  2. Taichi Isogai, Masayuki Uranagase, Kenta Motobayashi, Shuji Ogata, and *Katsuyoshi Ikeda, “Probing Collective Terahertz Vibrations of a Hydrogen-Bonded Water Network at Buried Electrochemical Interfaces”, Chem. Sci., 14, 6531-6537 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01734F
    Published online: 15 May 2023.
    Cover Picture.
  3. Toshiki Kondo, Motoharu Inagaki, Shohei Tanaka, Shinya Tsukiji, Kenta Motobayashi, and *Katsuyoshi Ikeda, “Revisit of the Plasmon-Mediated Chemical Transformation of para-Aminothiophenol”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 25, 14618-14626 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3CP00924F
    Published online: 11 May 2023.

A02 Principal Investigator, Kang Kim

  1. Shota Goto, *Kang Kim, and Nobuyuki Matubayasi, “Unraveling the Glass-like Dynamic Heterogeneity in Ring Polymer Melts: From Semiflexible to Stiff Chain”, ACS Polym. Au, 3, 437-446 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.3c00013
    Published online: 22 Aug. 2023.
    Press Release by Osaka University.
  2. Kokoro Shikata, Takuma Kikutsuji, Nobuhiro Yasoshima, *Kang Kim, and Nobuyuki Matubayasi, “Revealing the Hidden Dynamics of Confined Water in Acrylate Polymers: Insights from Hydrogen-Bond Lifetime Analysis”, J. Chem. Phys., 158, 174901-1/10 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0148753
    Published online: 01 May 2023.
    Press Release by Osaka University, Highlighted in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun

A02 Principal Investigator, Osamu Takahashi

  1. Weijing Ding, *Hui Jin, and Osamu Takahashi, “A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study on the Diffusion Coefficients of the •OH, •H, and •HO2 Free Radicals Related in the Hydrogen Production Process in Supercritical Water”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 62, 16968-16976 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00784
    Published online: 10 May 2023.
    International Joint Research Paper.

A02 Principal Investigator, Shigeaki Morita

  1. *Naoya Fuse, Shigeaki Morita, and Yukako Matsue, “Age-Related Hair Denaturation Related to Protein Carbonyls”, Int. J. Cosmet. Sci., in press. Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1111/ics.12934
    Published online: 11 Dec. 2023.

A02 Principal Investigator, Masahiko Imashimizu

  1. Jun-ichi Sugiyama, Yuji Tokunaga, Mafumi Hishida, Masahito Tanaka, Koh Takeuchi, Daisuke Satoh, and *Masahiko Imashimizu, “Nonthermal Acceleration of Protein Hydration by Sub-Terahertz Irradiation”, Nat. Commun., 14, 2825-1/13 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38462-0
    Published online: 22 May 2023.
    A02/A02 Collaboration, Editors' Highlights.
    Press Release by AIST, by Tokyo University of Science.

FY2023
Publicly Offered Research A02 (2020-2021)

A02 Principal Investigator, Jiro Kumaki

  1. Shota Yamazaki, Mahoko Harada, Yuya Watanabe, Rongjian Lang, Takashi Kato, Osamu Haba, Kazuki Fukushima, and *Jiro Kumaki, “Crystallization of Star-Shaped Poly(l-lactide)s with Arm Chains Aligned in the Same Direction in Two-Dimensional Crystals in a Langmuir Monolayer”, Langmuir, 39, 5486-5494 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00199
    Published online: 07 Apr. 2023.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.

A02 Principal Investigator, Izuru Kawamura

  1. Koichi Shirokawa, Shoki Tanaka, Izuru Kawamura, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Synthetic Nanocelluloses Fluorescently Responsible to Enzymatic Degradation”, Langmuir, 39, 8494-8502 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00770
    Published online: 03 Jun. 2023.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.

A02 Principal Investigator, Kazuki Miyata

Contact

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