Publications

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2024

• Takuya Nishimura, Honglei Guo, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Masahiro Yoshida, Jian Ping Gong, Takayuki Kurokawa*, "Spatial Analysis of the Damage Zone in Double Network Hydrogel Using the Microelectrode Technique", Macromolecules, 2024   

2023

• Gumi Wei, Yumeko Kudo, Takahiro Matsuda, Zhi Jian Wang, Qi Feng Mu, Daniel Rudolf King, Tasuku Nakajima*, Jian Ping Gong*, “Sustainable Mechanochemical Growth of Double-Network Hydrogels Supported by Vascular-like Perfusion,” Materials Horizons, 2023

• Yusuke Watanabe, Keiko Yamamoto*, Zijian Yang, Haruna Tsuchibora, Masakazu Fujii, Masayoshi Ono, Shoko Ono, Takayuki Kurokawa, Naoya Sakamoto, “Novel endoscopic management of gastroenterological anastomosis leakage by injecting gel‑forming solutions: an experimental animal study”, Surgical endoscopy, 2023  

• Weeranuch Lang*, Takayoshi Tagami, Yuya Kumagai, Seiya Tanaka, Hye-Jin Kang, Masayuki Okuyama, Wataru Saburi, Haruhide Mori, Tohru Hira, Chaehun Lee, Takuya Isono, Toshifumi Satoh, Hiroshi Hara, Takayuki Kurokawa, Nobuo Sakairi, Yoshiaki Yuguchi, Atsuo Kimura*, “Tunable structure of chimeric isomaltomegalosaccharides with double α-(1 → 4)-glucosyl chains enhances the solubility of water-insoluble bioactive compounds,” Carbohydrate Polymers, 319, 121185 

• Martin Frauenlob, Honglei Guo, Takayuki Kurokawa*, Jian Ping Gong*, “Origin of surface charge of double network hydrogels prepared by sequential polymerization,” ACS Macro Letters, 2023, 12, 7, 860–865 

• Satoshi Tanikawa, Yuki Ebisu, Tomáš Sedlačík, Shingo Semba, Takayuki Nonoyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Akira Hirota, Taiga Takahashi, Kazushi Yamaguchi, Masamichi Imajo, Hinako Kato, Takuya Nishimura, Zen-ichi Tanei, Masumi Tsuda, Tomomi Nemoto, Jian Ping Gong, Shinya Tanaka*, “Engineering of an Electrically Charged Hydrogel Implanted into a Traumatic Brain Injury Model for Stepwise Neuronal Tissue Reconstruction,” Scientific Reports, 13, 2233 

• Ryuji Kiyama, Masahiro Yoshida, Takayuki Nonoyama*, Tomáš Sedlačík, Hiroshi Jinnai, Takayuki Kurokawa, Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong*, “Nanoscale TEM Imaging of Hydrogel Network Architecture,” Advanced Materials, 35(1), 2208902 

2022

• Zhiping Jin, Hailong Fan,* Toshiya Osanai,* Takayuki Nonoyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Hideki Hyodoh, Kotaro Matoba, Akiko Takeuchi, Jian Ping Gong, Miki Fujimura, “Gluing Blood into Gel by Electrostatic Interaction using a Water-soluble Polymer as an Embolic Agent,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(42), e2206685119 

• Daniel R. King, "Macroscale Double Networks: Highly Dissipative Soft Composites," Polymer Jounral, 54(8), 943-955 

• Md Anamul Haque, Takayuki Kurokawa, Tasuku Nakajima, Gen Kamita, Zannatul Fatema, Jian Ping Gong*, “Surfactant Induced Bilayer-Micelle Transition for Emergence of Functions in Anisotropic Hydrogel,” Journal of Materials Chemistry B

• Takanori Yokoi, Akinori Kuzuya, Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong, Yuichi Ohya*, “Synthesis of Dgradable Double Network Gels Using a Hydrolysable Cross-Linker,” Polymer Chemistry, 13(25), 3756-3762 

• Gen Matsumae, Mohamad Alaa Terkawi*, Takayuki Nonoyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Tomohiro Shimizu, Ken Kadoya, Jian Ping Gong, Kazunori Yasuda, Norimasa Iwasaki, “Evaluation of Biological Responses to Micro-particles Derived from a Double Network Hydrogel,” Biomaterials Science, 10(9), 2182-2187 

• Gen Matsumae, Mohamad Alaa Terkawi*, Takayuki Nonoyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Tomohiro Shimizu, Ken Kadoya, Jian Ping Gong, Kazunori Yasuda, Norimasa Iwasaki, “Evaluation of Biological Responses to Micro-particles Derived from a Double Network Hydrogel,” Biomaterials Science 

• Hailong Fan, Honglei Guo, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*, “Quantitative Determination of Cation-π Interaction between Metal Ions and Aromatic Groups in Aqueous Media by A Hydrogel Donnan Potential Method,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(10), 6126-6132 

• 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, "High strength hydrogels enable dendrite-free Zn metal anodes and high-capacity Zn-MnO2 batteries via a modified mechanical suppression effect," Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(6), 3122-3133

• Ye Zhang, Kazuki Fukao, Takahiro Matsuda, Tasuku Nakajima, Katsuhiko Tsunoda, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*, “Unique Crack Propagation of Double Network Hydrogels under High Stretch,” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 51, 101588 

2021

• Takuya Nishimura, Honglei Guo, Ryuji Kiyama, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Jian Ping Gong, Takayuki Kurokawa*, “In Situ Evaluation of the Polymer Concentration Distribution of Microphase-Separated Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels by the Microelectrode Technique,” Macromolecules, 54(23), 10776-10785 

• Yong Zheng, Takahiro Matsuda, Tasuku Nakajima*, Wei Cui, Ye Zhang, Chung-Yuen Hui, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*, “How Chain Dynamics Affects Crack Initiation in Double Network Gels” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(49), e2111880118 

• Takuma Kaibara*, Lei Wang, Masumi Tsuda, Takayuki Nonoyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Norimasa Iwasaki, Jian Ping Gong, Shinya Tanaka, Kazunori Yasuda*, “Hydroxyapatite-hybridized Double-network Hydrogel Surface Enhances Differentiation of Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Osteogenic Cells,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 110(4), 747-760 

• Yun Zhou Guo, Tasuku Nakajima*, Md. Tariful Islam Mredha, Hong Lei Guo, Kunpeng Cui, Yong Zheng, Wei Cui, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*, "Facile Preparation of Cellulose Hydrogel with Achilles Tendon-like Super Strength through Aligning Hierarchical Fibrous Structure,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 428, 132040 

• Wei Cui, Yiwan Huang, Liang Chen, Yoshiyuki Saruwatari, Chung-Yuen Hui, Yong Zheng, Takayuki Kurokawa, Daniel R. King*, Jian Ping Gong*, "Tiny Yet Tough: Maximizing the Toughness of Fiber-Reinforced Soft Composites in the Absence of a Fiber-Fracture Mechanism,” Matter, 4(11), 3646-3661 

• Takayuki Nonoyama*, Lei Wang, Ryuji Kiyama, Naohiro Kashimura, Kazunori Yasuda, Shinya Tanaka, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong, " Fast In Vivo Fixation of Double Network Hydrogel to Bone by Monetite Surface Hybridization," Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 129(9), 584-589 

• Tsuyoshi Okumura, Riku Takahashi, Katsumi Hagita, Daniel R. King*, Jian Ping Gong*, “Improving the Strength and Toughness of Macroscale Double Networks by Exploiting Poisson’s Ratio Mismatch,” Scientific Reports, 11, 13280 

• Ya Nan Ye, Md. Anamul Haque, Akane Inoue, Yoshinori Katsuyama, Takayuki Kurokawa*, Jian Ping Gong*, “Flower-like Photonic Hydrogel with Superstructure Induced via Gradient Shear Field,” ACS Macro Letters, 10(6), 708-713

• Yong Zheng, Ryuji Kiyama, Takahiro Matsuda, Kunpeng Cui, Xueyu Li, Wei Cui, Yunzhou Guo, Tasuku Nakajima*, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong*, “Nanophase Separation in Immiscible Double Network Elastomers Induces Synergetic Strengthening, Toughening, and Fatigue Resistance,” Chemistry of Materials, 33(9), 3321-3334 

• Tasuku Nakajima*, Ken-ichi Hoshino, Honglei Guo, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong, "Experimental Verification of the Balance between Elastic Pressure and Ionic Osmotic Pressure of Highly Swollen Charged Gels,” Gels, Special Issue: Stimuli-Responsive Gels 2.0, 7(2), 39 

• Xueyu Li, Kunpeng Cui, Takayuki Kurokawa, Ya Nan Ye, Tao Lin Sun, Chengtao Yu, Costantino Creton, Jian Ping Gong*, “Effect of Mesoscale Phase Contrast on Fatigue-Delaying Behavior of Self-Healing Hydrogels,” Science Advances, 7(16), eabe8210 

• Jun Suzuka, Masumi Tsuda, Lei Wang, Shinji Kohsaka, Karin Kishida, Shingo Semba, Sachiyo Aburatani, Martin Frauenlob, Takayuki Kurokawa, Shinya Kojima, Toshihide Ueno, Yoshihiro Ohmiya, Hiroyuki Mano, Kazunori Yasuda, Jian Ping Gong, Shinya Tanaka*, “Rapid Reprogramming of Tumour Cells into Cancer Stem Cells on Double-Network Hydrogels,” Nature Biomedical Engineering, 5, 914-925 

• Zhang, H. J.*; Wang, X.; Wang, L.; King, D. R.*; You, X.* “Dynamic Bonds Enable Multifunctionality in Freely Formable Gelatin/Tannic Acid-based Hydrogels.” Soft Matter. 2021, 17 (41): 9399-9409.

• King, D. R., Gong, J. P. “Hierarchical Toughening: A Step Toward Matching the Complexity of Biological Materials.” Chem. 2021, 7 (5): 1153-1155

2020

• 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)

2017年以前の論文はソフト＆ウェットマター研究室業績一覧を参照 

• 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