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代表的論文(年代別論文一覧はこちら)
Typical Publications(Click here to List of Publications)
Porous and Tough Polyacrylamide/Carboxymethyl Cellulose Gels Chemically Crosslinked via Cryo-UV Polymerization for Sustained Drug Release🔗
Duangkamon Viboonratanasri, Daniel Rudolf King, Tsuyoshi Okumura, Mohamad Alaa Terkawi, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Milena Lama, Tomoki Yasui, Takayuki Kurokawa*
Gels (2025)
Characterizations of Polyion Complex Formed at Hydrogel Adhesion Interface🔗
Hibiki Shiimura, Takuya Nishimura, Yuki Yokoi, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Kiminori Nakamura, Takayuki Kurokawa*
Macromolecules (2025)
Mechanical Performance of Polyampholyte Hydrogels Influenced by Ionic Bond Strength under Isochoric Conditions🔗
Xueyu Li, Haruna Tsuchibora, Ya Nan Ye, Kunpeng Cui*, Takayuki Kurokawa*
Macromolecules (2025)
Spatial Analysis of the Damage Zone in Double Network Hydrogel Using the Microelectrode Technique🔗
Takuya Nishimura, Honglei Guo, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Masahiro Yoshida, Jian Ping Gong, Takayuki Kurokawa*
Macromolecules, 57(4), 1502-1508 (2024)
Flower-like Photonic Hydrogel with Superstructure Induced via Gradient Shear Field🔗
Ya Nan Ye, Md. Anamul Haque, Akane Inoue, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Takayuki Kurokawa*, Jian Ping Gong*
ACS Macro Letters, 10(6), 708-713 (2021)
High strength hydrogels enable dendrite-free Zn metal anodes and high-capacity Zn-MnO2 batteries via a modified mechanical suppression effect🔗
Ruijie Zhu, Huijun Yang, Wei Cui, Laras Fadillah, Tianhong Huang, Zetao Xiong, Chunmei Tang, Damian Kowalski, Sho Kitano, Chunyu Zhu, Daniel Rudolf King* Takayuki Kurokawa, Yoshitaka Aoki, Hiroki Habazaki
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(6), 3122-3133 (2022)
In Situ Evaluation of the Polymer Concentration Distribution of Microphase-Separated Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels by the Microelectrode Technique🔗
Takuya Nishimura, Honglei Guo, Ryuji Kiyama, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Jian Ping Gong, Takayuki Kurokawa*
Macromolecules, 54(23), 10776-10785 (2021)
Non-Linear Rheological Study of Hydrogel Sliding Friction in Water and Concentrated Hyaluronan Solution🔗
Satoshi Hirayama, Takayuki Kurokawa*, Jian Ping Gong
Tribology International, 147, 106270 (2020)
Fiber-reinforced Viscoelastomers Show Extraordinary Crack Resistance that Exceeds Metals🔗
Wei Cui, Daniel R. King, Yiwan Huang, Liang Chen, Tao Lin Sun, Yunzhou Guo, Yoshiyuki Saruwatari, Chung‐Yuen Hui, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*
Advanced Materials, 32(31), 1907180 (2020)
Internal Damage Evolution in Double-Network Hydrogels Studied by Microelectrode Technique🔗
Honglei Guo, Wei Hong, Takayuki Kurokawa, Takahiro Matsuda, Zi Liang Wu, Tasuku Nakajima, Masakazu Takahata, Taolin Sun, Ping Rao, Jian Ping Gong*
Macromolecules, 52(18), 7114-7122 (2019)
Superior Fracture Resistance of Fiber Reinforced Polyampholyte Hydrogels Achieved by Extraordinarily Large Energy-dissipative Process Zones🔗
Yiwan Huang, Daniel R. King, Wei Cui, Tao Lin Sun, Honglei Guo, Takayuki Kurokawa, Hugh R. Brown, Chung-Yuen Hui, Jian Ping Gong*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(22), 13431-13440 (2019)
Macroscale Double Networks: Design Criteria for Optimizing Strength and Toughness🔗
Daniel R. King*, Tsuyoshi Okumura, Riku Takahashi, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(38), 35343-35353 (2019)
Guo, H., Uehara, Y., Matsuda, T., Kiyama, R., Li, L., Ahmed, J., Katsuyama, Y., Nonoyama, T.*, and Kurokawa, T.* “Surface charge dominated protein absorption on hydrogels.” Soft Matter. 2020, 16: 1897–1907.
Citations as of 05/2021: 7
Hirayama, S., Kurokawa, T.*, and Gong, J.P. “Non-linear rheological study of hydrogel sliding friction in water and concentrated hyaluronan solution.” Tribology International. 2020, 147: 106270.
Citations as of 05/2021: 2
Shibata, Y., Kurokawa, T.*, Aizawa, T., and Gong, J.P. “Bactericidal effect of cationic hydrogels prepared from hydrophilic polymers.” Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2020, 137: 49583.
Citations as of 05/2021: 1
Yin, H.; King, D. R.*; Sun, T. L.; Saruwatari, Y.; Nakajima, T.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P.* “Polyzwitterions as a Versatile Building Block of Tough Hydrogels: From Polyelectrolyte Complex Gels to Double-Network Gels.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2020, 12, 44: 50068–50076.
Cui, W.; King, D. R.; Huang, Y.; Chen, L.; Sun, T. L.; Guo, Y. Z.; Saruwatari, Y.; Hui, C.-Y.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P. “Fiber-reinforced Viscoelastomers Show Extraordinary Crack Resistance that Exceeds Metals.” Advanced Materials. 2020, 32, 31: 1907180.
Citations as of 04/2021: 8
King, D. R.*,‡; Takahashi‡, R.; Ikai, T.‡; Fukao, K.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P.* “Anisotropic Double Network Hydrogels via Controlled Orientation of a Physical Sacrificial Network.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2020, 2, 6: 2350-2358.
Citations as of 04/2021: 3
Delgado, D.; King, D. R.*; Cui, K.; Gong, J. P.; Shull, K.* “High-Fidelity Hydrogel Thin-Films Processed from Deep Eutectic Solvents.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2020, 12, 3:, 43191–43200.
Hui, C. Y.*; Liu, Z.; Phoenix, S.L.; King, D. R.; Cui, W.; Huang, Y.; Gong, J. P. “Mechanical Behavior of Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Soft Composites.” Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2020, 35, 100642.
Citations as of 04/2021: 2
2019
Guo, H., Hong, W., Kurokawa, T., Matsuda, T., Wu, Z.L., Nakajima, T., Takahata, M., Sun, T., Rao, P., and Gong, J.P. “Internal Damage Evolution in Double-Network Hydrogels Studied by Microelectrode Technique.” Macromolecules 2019, 52: 7114–7122.
Citations as of 05/2021: 6
King, D. R.*,‡; Okumura, T.‡; Takahashi, R.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P.* “Macroscale Double Networks: Design Criteria for Optimizing Strength and Toughness.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019, 11, 38: 35343-35353.
Citations as of 04/2021: 13
Frauenlob, M.; King, D. R.; Guo, H.; Ishihara, S.; Tsuda, M.; Kurokawa, T.; Haga, H.; Tanaka, S.; Gong, J. P. “Modulation and Characterization of the Double Network Hydrogel Surface-Bulk Transition.” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 17: 6704–6713.
Citations as of 04/2021: 5
Murakawa, K.; King, D. R.; Sun, T.; Guo, H.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P. “Polyelectrolyte Complexation via Viscoelastic Phase Separation Results in Tough and Self-Recovering Porous Hydrogels.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2019, 7, 35: 5296-5305.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B HOT Collection.
Citations as of 04/2021: 12
Takahashi, R.; Ikai, T.; Kurokawa, T.; King, D. R.*; Gong, J. P.* “Double Network Hydrogels Based on Semi-rigid Polyelectrolyte Physical Networks.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2019, 7, 41, 6347–6354.
Emerging Investigators Themed Collection.
Citations as of 04/2021: 13
Chen, L.; Sun, T. L.; Cui, K.; King, D. R.; Kurokawa, T.; Saruwatari, Y.; Gong, J. P. “Facile Synthesis of Novel Elastomers with Tunable Dynamics for Toughness, Self-Healing and Adhesion.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019, 7, 29: 17334–17344.
Citations as of 04/2021: 15
Huang, Y.; King, D. R.; Cui, W.; Sun, T. L.; Guo, H.; Kurokawa, T.; Brown, H. R.; Hui, C.-Y.; Gong, J. P.* “Superior Fracture Resistance of Fiber Reinforced Polyampholyte Hydrogels Achieved by Extraordinarily Large Energy-Dissipative Process Zones.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019, 7, 22: 13431–13440.
Citations as of 04/2021: 17
Hubbard, A. M.; Cui, W.; Huang, Y.; Takahashi, R.; Dickey, M. D.; Genzer, J.; King, D. R.*; Gong, J. P. “Hydrogel/Elastomer Laminates Bonded via Fabric Interphases for Stimuli-Responsive Actuators.” Matter (Cell Press) 2019, 1, 3: 674–689.
Citations as of 04/2021: 24
King, D. R. “Far from Home: Life as a Soft Matter Researcher Abroad.” Matter (Cell Press) 2019, 1, 3: 621–625.
2018
Takahashi, R.; Shimano, K.; Okazaki, H.; Kurokawa, T.; Nakajima, T.; Nonoyama, T.; King, D. R.; Gong, J. P. “Tough Particle-Based Double Network Hydrogels for Functional Solid Surface Coatings” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2018, 5, 23: 1801018.
Top 10% most downloaded paper for 2018-2019.
Citations as of 04/2021: 33
Rao, P.; Sun, T. L.; Chen, L.; Takahashi, R.; Shinohara, G.; Guo, H.; King, D. R.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P. “Tough Hydrogels with Fast, Strong, and Reversible Underwater Adhesion Based on a Multiscale Design” Advanced Materials. 2018, 30, 32: 1801884.
Top 10% most downloaded paper for 2018-2019.
Citations as of 04/2021: 78
Takahashi, R.; Sun, T. L.; Saruwatari, Y.; Kurokawa, T.; King, D. R.*; Gong, J. P.* “Creating Stiff, Tough, and Functional Hydrogel Composites with Low-Melting-Point Alloys” Advanced Materials. 2018, 30, 16: 1706885.
Citations as of 04/2021: 47
2017 and Earlier (Selected)
Huang, Y.; King, D. R.; Sun, T. L.; Nonoyama, T.; Kurokawa, T.; Nakajima, T.; Gong, J. P. “Energy-Dissipative Matrices Enable Synergistic Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Soft Composites.” Advanced Functional Materials. 2017, 27, 9: 1605350.
Am Score: 171 (top 5% of all research).
Citations as of 04/2021: 77
Guo, H., Kurokawa, T., Takahata, M., Hong, W., Katsuyama, Y., Luo, F., Ahmed, J., Nakajima, T., Nonoyama, T., and Gong, J.P. “Quantitative Observation of Electric Potential Distribution of Brittle Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Using Microelectrode Technique.” Macromolecules. 2016, 49: 3100–3108.
Citations as of 05/2021: 26
Roy, C.K., Guo, H.L., Sun, T.L., Ihsan, A. Bin, Kurokawa, T., Takahata, M., Nonoyama, T., Nakajima, T., and Gong, J.P. “Self-Adjustable Adhesion of Polyampholyte Hydrogels.” Advanced Materials. 2015, 27: 7344–7348.
Citations as of 04/2021: 104
King, D. R.; Sun, T. L.; Huang, Y.; Kurokawa, T.; Nonoyama, T.; Crosby, A. J.; Gong, J. P. “Extremely Tough Composites from Fabric Reinforced Polyampholyte Hydrogels.” Materials Horizons. 2015, 2: 584-591.
Citations as of 04/2021: 69
King, D. R.; Crosby, A. J. “Optimizing Adhesive Design by Understanding Compliance.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015, 7, 50: 27771-27781.
Citations as of 04/2021: 18
Ahmed, J., Guo, H., Yamamoto, T., Kurokawa, T., Takahata, M., Nakajima, T., and Gong, J.P. (2014). “Sliding Friction of Zwitterionic Hydrogel and Its Electrostatic Origin. Macromolecules.” 2014, 47: 3101–3107.
Citations as of 05/2021: 29
Yashima, S., Takase, N., Kurokawa, T., and Gong, J.P. “Friction of hydrogels with controlled surface roughness on solid flat substrates.” Soft Matter, 2014, 10: 3192–3199.
Citations as of 05/2021: 47
King, D. R.; Bartlett, M. D.; Gilman, C. A.; Irschick, D. J.; Crosby, A. J. “Creating Gecko Inspired Adhesives for “Real World” Surfaces.” Advanced Materials. 2014, 26: 4345–4351. Am Score: 127.
Citations as of 04/2021: 102
Sun, T.L.‡, Kurokawa, T.‡, Kuroda, S., Ihsan, A. Bin, Akasaki, T., Sato, K., Haque, M.A., Nakajima, T., and Gong, J.P. “Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity.” Nature Materials. 2013, 12: 932–937.
Citations as of 05/2021: 1137
Haque, M.A., Kurokawa, T., Kamita, G., and Gong, J.P. “Lamellar Bilayers as Reversible Sacrificial Bonds To Toughen Hydrogel: Hysteresis, Self-Recovery, Fatigue Resistance, and Crack Blunting.” Macromolecules. 2011, 44: 8916–8924.
Citations as of 05/2021: 302
Gong, J.P., Katsuyama, Y., Kurokawa, T., and Osada, Y. “Double-Network Hydrogels with Extremely High Mechanical Strength.” Advanced Materials. 2003, 15: 1155–1158.
Citations as of 05/2021: 2954