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Publications
Effects of Network Junctions and Defects on Crystallization of Model Poly(ethylene glycol) Networks
Masashi Ohira, Shintaro Nakagawa, Ryotaro Sampei, Takako Noritomi, Takamasa Sakai, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li*
Soft Matter (2023)
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Non-swellability of polyelectrolyte gel in divalent salt solution due to aggregation formation
Jian Tang, Takuya Katashima, Caidric Indaya Gupit, Xiang Li, Yoshiro Mitsukami, Yuki Yokoyama, Naoyuki Sakumichi, Ung-il Chung, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Takamasa Sakai
Polymer (2022)
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Nanoscale Structures of Poly(oligo ethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate) Hydrogels Revealed by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Takuma Kureha, Masashi Ohira, Yuki Takahashi, Xiang Li, Elliot P. Gilbert, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2022)
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Star-Polymer-DNA Gels Showing Highly Predictable and Tunable Mechanical Responses
Masashi Ohira, Takuya Katashima, Mitsuru Naito, Daisuke Aoki, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Hiroki Iwase, Shin‐ichi Takata, Kanjiro Miyata, Ung‐il Chung, Takamasa Sakai, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li*
Advanced Materials (2022)
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Structure and Dynamics of Critical Polymer Clusters Formed with Tetra-Armed Star-Polymers
Xiang Li*
Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi (2022)
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Construction of a nano-phase-separated structure on a hydrogel surface
Taihei Nishimoto, Takafumi Enomoto, Chia-Hsuan Lin, Jhih-Guang Wu, Caidric Indaya Gupit, Xiang Li, Shyh-Chyang Luo, Aya Mizutani Akimoto, Ryo Yoshida
Soft Matter (2022)
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Topology Transformation toward Cyclic, Figure-Eight-Shaped, and Cross-Linked Polymers Based on the Dynamic Behavior of a Bis(hindered amino)disulfide Linker
Hirogi Yokochi, Masashi Ohira, Minami Oka, Satoshi Honda, Xiang Li, Daisuke Aoki, Hideyuki Otsuka
Macromolecules (2021)
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Microphase separation of stimuli-responsive interpenetrating network microgels investigated by scattering methods
Elena Yu. Kozhunova, Vladimir Yu. Rudyak, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Georgy S. Peters, Oxana V. Vyshivannaya, Irina R. Nasimova, Alexander V. Chertovich
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2021)
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Neutralization and Salt Effect on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Polyacrylic Acid Gels under Equivolume Conditions
Yui Tsuji, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li*
Gels (2021)
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A benchmark for gel structures: bond percolation enables the fabrication of extremely homogeneous gels
Xiang Li*
Polymer Journal (2021)
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Effect of Nonlinear Elasticity on the Swelling Behaviors of Highly Swollen Polyelectrolyte Gels
Jian Tang, Takuya Katashima, Xiang Li, Yoshiro Mitsukami, Yuki Yokoyama, Ung-il Chung, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Takamasa Sakai
Gels (2021)
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Molecular crystallization directed by polymer size and overlap under dilute and crowded macromolecular conditions
Yuuki Hata, Xiang Li, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Polymer Journal (2021)
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Mechanical properties of temperature-responsive gels containing ethylene glycol in their side chains
Takuma Kureha, Kyohei Hayashi, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Soft Matter (2020)
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Characterization of N-phenylmaleimide-terminated poly(ethylene glycol)s and their application to a tetra-arm poly(ethylene glycol) gel
Rikito Takashima, Masashi Ohira, Hirogi Yokochi, Daisuke Aoki, Xiang Li*, Hideyuki Otsuka
Soft Matter (2020)
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Swelling Behaviors of Hydrogels with Alternating Neutral/Highly Charged Sequences
Jian Tang, Takuya Katashima, Xiang Li, Yoshiro Mitsukami, Yuki Yokoyama, Naoyuki Sakumichi, Ung-il Chung, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Takamasa Sakai
Macromolecules (2020)
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Microphase-separated structures of ion gels consisting of ABA-type block copolymers and an ionic liquid: A key to escape from the trade-off between mechanical and transport properties
Haruna Mizuno, Kei Hashimoto, Ryota Tamate, Hisashi Kokubo, Kazuhide Ueno, Xiang Li, Masayoshi Watanabe
Polymer (2020)
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Selective Doping of Positive and Negative Spatial Defects into Polymer Gels by Tuning the Pregel Packing Conditions of Star Polymers
Yui Tsuji, Shintaro Nakagawa, Caidric Indaya Gupit, Masashi Ohira, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li*
Macromolecules (2020)
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Controlled assembly of filamentous viruses into hierarchical nano- to microstructures at liquid/liquid interfaces
Michihiro Tanaka, Toshiki Sawada, Xiang Li, Takeshi Serizawa
RSC Advances (2020)
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A Simple and Versatile Method for the Construction of Nearly Ideal Polymer Networks
Xin Huang, Shintaro Nakagawa, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Naoko Yoshie
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2020)
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Quantitative Structure Analysis of a Near-Ideal Polymer Network with Deuterium Label by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Masashi Ohira, Yui Tsuji, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Ken Morishima, Elliot P. Gilbert, Xiang Li*, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2020)
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Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues
Etsuo A. Susaki, Chika Shimizu, Akihiro Kuno, Kazuki Tainaka, Xiang Li, Kengo Nishi, Ken Morishima, Hiroaki Ono, Koji L. Ode, Yuki Saeki, Kazunari Miyamichi, Kaoru Isa, Chihiro Yokoyama, Hiroki Kitaura, Masako Ikemura, Tetsuo Ushiku, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Takashi Saito, Takaomi C. Saido, Masashi Fukayama, Hirotaka Onoe, Kazushige Touhara, Tadashi Isa, Akiyoshi Kakita, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Hiroki R. Ueda
Nature Communications (2020)
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Nanostructures and Viscosities of Nafion Dispersions in Water/Ethanol from Dilute to Concentrated Regimes
Caidric Indaya Gupit, Xiang Li*, Ryosuke Maekawa, Naoki Hasegawa, Hiroki Iwase, Shinichi Takata, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2020)
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Polymer gel with a flexible and highly ordered three-dimensional network synthesized via bond percolation
Xiang Li*, Sintaro Nakagawa, Yui Tsuji, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Science Advances (2019)
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Transport and Mechanical Properties of ABA-type Triblock Copolymer Ion Gels Correlated with Their Microstructures
Kei Hashimoto, Manabu Hirasawa, Hisashi Kokubo, Ryota Tamate, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Masayoshi Watanabe
Macromolecules (2019)
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Effect of ionic liquid structure on viscoelastic behavior of hydrogen-bonded micellar ion gels
Ryota Tamate, Kei Hashimoto, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Masayoshi Watanabe
Polymer (2019)
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Dynamics of Critical Clusters Synthesized by End-Coupling of Four-Armed Poly(ethylene glycol)s
Xiang Li*, Takako Noritomi, Takamasa Sakai, Elliot P. Gilbert, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2019)
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Diffusion Behavior of Water Molecules in Hydrogels with Controlled Network Structure
Takeshi Fujiyabu, Xiang Li, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Macromolecules (2019)
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Viscoelastic change of block copolymer ion gels in a photo-switchable azobenzene ionic liquid triggered by light
Caihong Wang, Kei Hashimoto, Ryota Tamate, Hisashi Kokubo, Ken Morishima, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Fengniu Lu, Takashi Nakanishi, Masayoshi Watanabe
Chemical Communications (2019)
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Formation of Clusters in Whiskies During the Maturation Process
Ken Morishima, Noriko Nakamura, Keisuke Matsui, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Shoko Mori, Takashi Iwashita, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Journal of Food Science (2019)
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Precision polymer network science with tetra-PEG gels—a decade history and future
Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li, Takamasa Sakai
Colloid and Polymer Science (2019)
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Dynamic Fluctuations of Thermoresponsive Poly(oligo-ethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate)-Based Hydrogels Investigated by Dynamic Light Scattering
Takuma Kureha, Kyohei Hayashi, Masashi Ohira, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2018)
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Small-angle scattering study of tetra-poly(acrylic acid) gels
Ken Morishima, Xiang Li, Kazuyuki Oshima, Yoshiro Mitsukami, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2018)
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Dynamics of thermoresponsive conetwork gels composed of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ethyl glycidyl ether-co-methyl glycidyl ether)
Masashi Ohira, Xiang Li*, Caidric Indaya Gupit, Hiroyuki Kamata, Takamasa Sakai, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Polymer (2018)
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Sulfonated Polyimide/Ionic Liquid Composite Membranes for CO2 Separation: Transport Properties in Relation to Their Nanostructures
Akika Ito, Tomohiro Yasuda, Tetsuro Yoshioka, Akihiro Yoshida, Xiang Li, Kei Hashimoto, Kazukiyo Nagai, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Masayoshi Watanabe
Macromolecules (2018)
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Insight into the Microscopic Structure of Module-Assembled Thermoresponsive Conetwork Hydrogels
Shintaro Nakagawa, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Hiroyuki Kamata, Takamasa Sakai, Elliot Paul Gilbert
Macromolecules (2018)
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Self-Healing Micellar Ion Gels Based on Multiple Hydrogen Bonding
Ryota Tamate, Kei Hashimoto, Tatsuhiro Horii, Manabu Hirasawa, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Masayoshi Watanabe
Advanced Materials (2018)
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Three cooperative diffusion coefficients describing dynamics of polymer gels
Takeshi Fujiyabu, Felicia Toni, Xiang Li, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Chemical Communications (2018)
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Evaluation of Mesh Size in Model Polymer Networks Consisting of Tetra-Arm and Linear Poly(ethylene glycol)s
Yui Tsuji, Xiang Li*, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Gels (2018)
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Gels: From Soft Matter to BioMatter
Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li, Takamasa Sakai
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2018)
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Probe Diffusion Dynamic Light Scattering of Polymer solutions and Gels
Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Xiang Li
ACS Symposium Series (2018)
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Probe Diffusion during Sol-Gel Transition of a Radical Polymerization System Using Isorefractive Dynamic Light Scattering
Nobuyuki Watanabe, Xiang Li*, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2017)
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Permeation of Water through Hydrogels with Controlled Network Structure
Takeshi Fujiyabu, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Macromolecules (2017)
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SANS Study on Critical Polymer Clusters of Tetra-Functional Polymers
Xiang Li*, Kazu Hirosawa, Takamasa Sakai, Elliot P. Gilbert, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2017)
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Microscopic Structure of the “Nonswellable” Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Conetwork
Shintaro Nakagawa, Xiang Li, Hiroyuki Kamata, Takamasa Sakai, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2017)
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Probe Diffusion of Sol–Gel Transition in an Isorefractive Polymer Solution
Xiang Li*, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Takamasa Sakai, Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Macromolecules (2017)
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Fast-forming hydrogel with ultralow polymeric content as an artificial vitreous body
Kaori Hayashi, Fumiki Okamoto, Sujin Hoshi, Takuya Katashima, Denise C. Zujur, Xiang Li, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Elliot P. Gilbert, Ung-il Chung, Shinsuke Ohba, Tetsuro Oshika, Takamasa Sakai
Nature Biomedical Engineering (2017)
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Design of Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
Hiroyuki Kamata, Xiang Li, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Advanced Healthcare Materials (2015)
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Electrophoretic mobility of semi-flexible double-stranded DNA in defect-controlled polymer networks: Mechanism investigation and role of structural parameters
Kateryna Khairulina, Xiang Li, Kengo Nishi, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2015)
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Degradation Behavior of Polymer Gels Caused by Nonspecific Cleavages of Network Strands
Xiang Li, Shinji Kondo, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Chemistry of Materials (2014)
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Electrophoretic Mobility of Double-Stranded DNA in Polymer Solutions and Gels with Tuned Structures
Xiang Li, Kateryna Khairulina, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai
Macromolecules (2014)
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