“Defining the degree of degradation in plastics: Quantification of accumulated degradation products and leached stabilizers for predicting end-of-life”.
Polymer Degradation and Stability. 232 (2025) 111128
Yusuke Hibi, Tsukasa Matsumoto, Masatoshi Midorikawa, Shiho Uesaka, Makoto Mizoshiri, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Masato Okada, Kimiyoshi Naito, Masanobu Naito.

Dr.Hibi received the Committee Award at the 29th Polymer Analysis Symposium. for "developing a polymer sequencer based on reference-free quantitative analysis using pyrolysis mass spectrometry.

Ashitha GEORGE (CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology CSIR-NIIST, India) joined us as NIMS internship student.

Dr. Nakamura served as a lecturer at the open seminar at Material Data Platform, NIMS.

Spatial Dynamics of Water Molecules Confined in Deuterated Epoxies by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering  
Macromolecules
Yasuyuki Nakamura, Taiki Tominaga, Takayuki Iwata, Koki Inoue, Yoshihisa Fujii, Nagayasu Oshima, Masanobu Naito

Our paper was selected as the front cover picture of Chemical Communications.

Passerini polymerization of α-lipoic acid for dynamically crosslinking 1,2-dithiolane-functionalized polymers  
Chemical Communication
Yasuyuki Nakamura, Yi-Shen Huang, Chih-Feng Huang, Sadaki Samitsu

Member page has been updated.

Chemical Co., Ltd. has launched a sample supply of "TumuGreen," an antimicrobial material derived from polyphenols.

Dasom JEONG joined us as a PhD course student of Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University.

Endar HIDAYAT (Prefectural University of Hiroshima）joined us as NIMS internship student.

Bio-Inspired Adhesive with Reset-On Demand, Reuse-Many (RORM) Modes
Advanced Functional Materials
Siqian Wang, Wei Hsun Hu, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Nanami Fujisawa, Ane Eline Herlyng, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Masanobu Naito

Machine learning of organic solvents reveals an extraordinary axis in Hansen space as indicator of spherical precipitation of polymers, in collaboration with Prof. Y, Yamamoto, Tsukuba University.
Aggregate
Yuta Ihara, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Masanobu Naito, Yohei Yamamoto

Dr. Mete Sourav joined us as a NIMS postdoc fellow.

Dr. Nishant Kumar joined us as a NIMS postdoc fellow.

Dynamic Raman Scattering: Molecular-selective Correlation Spectroscopy for Diffusion Dynamics in Complex Systems
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C

Sagnik Bhattacharya(HOMI BHABA NATIONAL INSTITUTE, INDIA (NISER)）joined us as NIMS internship student.

Hydrophilic amorphous crosslinked membranes with subnanometer pores prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and their shape-selective alcohol permeation  
Journal of Membrane Science

A data-driven sequencer that unveils latent “codons” in synthetic copolymers
Chemical Science
Yusuke Hibi, Shiho Uesaka, and Masanobu Naito

日比さんらの研究成果がプレスリリースされました。
高分子のモノマー配列を質量分析とAIで決定する解析手法を開発
~新たな素材開発やプラスチックのリサイクル・劣化評価のツールに~
Chemical Science,

Aleksander SZKOLKA(Jagiellonian University, Poland）joined us as NIMS internship student.

Hydroxytyrosol: Bioinspired Nature-Based Adhesive Motif with Excellent Chemical Modifiability and Stability ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.
Takehiro Fujita, Eri Nishi, Daisuke Koma, and Masanobu Naito

Macromolecules and Biomaterials Research Center has been launched.

Kazuki Hammura joined us as a PhD course student of University of Tsukuba.

Yue-Ying Yu joined us as a master student of University of Tsukuba.

Dr. Takehiro Fujita received his degree from the University of Tsukuba.

日比さんらの研究成果がプレスリリースされました。
高分子のモノマー配列を質量分析とAIで決定する解析手法を開発
~新たな素材開発やプラスチックのリサイクル・劣化評価のツールに~
Chemical Science,

Yi-Shen Huang（インターン生）国立中興大学（台湾）がグループに加わりました。

Forced Gradient Copolymer for Rational Design of Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Dispersants
Materials
Takehiro Fujita, Masami Shuta, Mika Mano, Shinnosuke Matsumoto, Atsushi Nagasawa, Akihiro Yamada and Masanobu Naito

Visualization of Flow‐Induced Strain Using Structural Color in Channel‐Free Polydimethylsiloxane Devices
Advanced Science
Kota Shiba, Chao Zhuang, Kosuke Minami, Gaku Imamura, Ryo Tamura, Sadaki Samitsu, Takumi Idei, Genki Yoshikawa, Luyi Sun, David A Weitz

High hexane sorption capacity of loosely crosslinked PDMS rubbers at low temperatures: Macromolecular and physicochemical elucidation for VOC recovery
Separation and Purification Technology
M Inoue, E Ismail, S Samitsu, H Kanoh, I Ichinose

Enormous CO2 Sorption Capacity of PDMS Rubbers near Condensation Pressure and at Low Temperatures
Chemistry Letters
M Inoue, E Ismail, S Samitsu, H Kanoh, I Ichinose

Highly stretchable and self-healable polymer gels from physical entanglements of ultrahigh–molecular weight polymers
Science Advances
Y Kamiyama, R Tamate, T Hiroi, S Samitsu, K Fujii, T Ueki

Efficient chromium (VI) removal from wastewater by adsorption-assisted photocatalysis using MXene
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Nur Shafiqah Jamaluddin, Nur Hashimah Alias, Sadaki Samitsu, Nur Hidayati Othman, Juhana Jaafar, Fauziah Marpani, Woei Jye Lau, Yong Zen Tan

伊藤耕三　招聘主席研究員（東京大学とのクロスアポイントメント）　がグループに加わりました。

Dong Yejieさん（筑波大大学院数理物質科学研究科　物性・分子工学サブプログラム）がグループに加わりました。

Dr. Puja Das Karmakar（NIMSポスドク）がグループに加わりました。

Zhang Wenhaoくん（東京大学大学院新領域創成科学研究科）が修士課程を修了しました。おめでとうございます。

井野詩織さん（筑波大学情報学群）がインターン実習を行います。

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technologyに論文が採択されました。
Investigation of local structures of silicon oxynitride glasses prepared from aerogels
H. Segawa, Y. Osawa, S. Watanabe, S. Machida, K. Katsumata, A. Yasumori, S. Samitsu, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, N. Ohashi
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10971-022-05903-z

佐光貞樹さんが、内閣府に出向しました。

STAMに論文が採択されました。
Understanding the evolution of a de novo molecule generator via characteristic functional group monitoring
STAM, accepted. Takehiro Fujita, Kei Terayama, Masato Sumita, Ryo Tamura, YasuyukiNakamura, Masanobu Naito & Koji Tsuda
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14686996.2022.2075240

Advanced functional Materialsに論文が採択されました。
Bioinspired Multi-Transformability of Superhydrophobic Nano-Magnetite Swarm for Adaptive Object Transportation
Advanced functional Materials, accepted.Tenjimbayashi & Naito
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202204681

Advanced Powder Technologyに論文が採択されました。
Fabrication and characterization of zeolite bulk body containing mesopores and macropores using starch as pore-forming agent.
M. Uematsu, K. Ishii, S. Samitsu, E. B. Ismail, I. Ichinose, N. Ohashi, D. Berthebaud, J.-F. Halet, T. Ishigaki, T. Uchikoshi
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921883122002047

Macromoleculesに論文が採択されました。
Solvent Effects during the Flash-Freezing Fabrication of Mesoporous Polystyrenes.
S. Samitsu, S. Pruksawan, H. Yokoyama, I. Ichinose
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00535

BCSJに論文が採択されました。
Quantitative Fluorescent Detection of Antibacterial Activity with Pyrene-Bearing Tannic Acid
BCSJ, accepted. Takehiro Fujita, Jun Hasegawa, Miki Onoue, Ryohei Matsubara, Takako Yamamoto, Masanobu Naito
https://www.journal.csj.jp/doi/full/10.1246/bcsj.20220046

Hu Wei-Hsunくんが筑波大学大学院学位記授与式において、数理物質科学研究群長賞を受賞しました。

Polymer (Elsevier)に論文が採択されました。
Fabrication of mesoporous crystalline microparticles of poly(ether sulfone) via solvent-induced crystallization
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124744

Analytical Sciencesに共著論文が採択されました。
Calibration for a count rate-dependent time correlation function and a random noise reduction in pulsed dynamic light scattering
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-022-00071-0

Ｍacromoleculesに論文が採択されました。

Impact of Telechelic Polymer Precursors on the Viscoelastic Properties of Vitrimers
Nakamura, Y.; Tenjimbayashi, M.; Moriya, A.; Naito, M
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2022, in press.

Synthesis of Thiophene-Containing Acyclic Alkoxyamine for Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Polymerization of Acrylates and Styrene
Chu, Y.-F.; Han, Y.-M.; Chen, W.-H.; Chu, Y.-L.; Lin, C.-H.; Huang, Y.-S.; Nakamura, Y.; Huang, C.-F.
Polymer, 2021, 230, 124062

Evidence for Polarity- and Viscosity-Controlled Pathways in the Termination Reaction in the Radical Polymerization of Acrylonitrile
Li, X.; Ogihara, T.; Kato, T.; Nakamura, Y.; Yamago, S.
Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 4497–4506.