Achievements FY2023 A02

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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

Publications

FY2023
FY2022
FY2021
FY2020
FY2019

FY2023
Planned Research A02

A02-1 Principal Investigator, Yoshihisa Harada

A02-1 Co-Investigator, Hideki Seto

  1. 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.
  2. 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. *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. 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.
  2. *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.
  3. 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. 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. in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207440
  2. *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. 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.
  2. *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 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. 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.
  2. 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. 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., in press.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00784
    Published online: 10 May 2023.
    International Joint Research Paper

A02 Principal Investigator, Shigeaki Morita

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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Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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