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13.   Yunyan Sun, William J. Neary, Xiao Huang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Tetsu Ouchi, Ilia Kevlishvili, Kecheng Wang, Yingying Chen, Heather J. Kulik, Stephen L. Craig, Jeffrey S. Moore, “A Thermally Stable SO2-Releasing Mechanophore: Facile Activation, Single-Event Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations”, The Journal of American Chemical Society, 146, 15, 10943-`0952 (2024). Impact Factor: 14.8 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c02139

12.  Zhuohong Wu, Jorge L. Bayón, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Tetsu Ouchi, Krister J. Barkovich, Sean K. Hsu, Stephen L. Craig, Nicole F. Steinmetz, “Virus-like Particles Armored by an Endoskeleton”, Nano Letters, 24, 10, 2989-2997 (2024). Impact Factor: 10.1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03806

11. Tetsu Ouchi*, Wencong Wang*, Brooke E. Silverstein†, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Stephen L. Craig, “Effect of strand molecular length on mechanochemical transduction in elastomers probed with monodisperse force sensors”, Polymer Chemistry, 14, 1646-1655 (2023). Impact Factor: 4.6 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3PY00065F 

10. Tetsu Ouchi*, Brandon Bowser*, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Xujun Zheng, Stephen L. Craig, “Strain-triggered acidification in a double-network hydrogel enabled by multi-functional transduction of molecular mechanochemistry”, Materials Horizons, 10, 585-593 (2023). Impact Factor: 13.3 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01105K 

9.  Liqi Wang*, Xujun Zheng*, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Tiffany Yen, Tetsu Ouchi, Cameron L. Brown, and Stephen L. Craig, “Mechanochemistry of Cubane”, The Journal of American Chemical Society, 144, 22865-22869 (2022). Impact Factor: 15.0 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10878

8. Zi Wang, Xu Jun Zheng, Tetsu Ouchi, Tatiana Kouznetsova, Haley Beech, Sarah Av-Ron, Brandon Bowser, Shu Wang, Jeremiah Johnson, Julia Kalow, Bradley Olsen, Jian Ping Gong, Michael Rubinstein, Stephen Craig, “Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands”, Science, 374, 6564, p. 193-196 (2021). Impact Factor: 56.9 DOI: 10.1126/science.abg2689 

7. Tetsu Ouchi, Misuzu Yamazaki, Tomoki Maeda, Atsushi Hotta, “Mechanical property of polypropylene gels associated with that of molten polypropylenes”, Gels, 7, 99 (2021). Impact Factor: 5.2 https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7030099 

6. Scott Danielsen, Haley K. Beech, Shu Wang, Bassil M. El-Zaatari, Xiaodi Wang, Liel Spair, Tetsu Ouchi, Zi Wang, Patricia N. Johnson, Yixin Hu, David J. Lundberg, Georgi Stoychev, Stephen. L. Craig, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Julia A. Kalow, Bradley D. Olsen, Michael Rubinstein, “Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks”, Chemical Reviews, 121, p. 5042-5092 (2021). Impact Factor: 62.1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01304  

5. Tetsu Ouchi, Ryan C. Hayward, “Harnessing multiple surface deformation modes for switchable conductivity surfaces”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 8, p. 10031-10038 (2020). Impact Factor: 9.5 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b22662 

4. Qihan Liu*, Tetsu Ouchi*, Lihua Jin, Ryan C. Hayward, Zhigang Suo, “Elastocapillary Crease”, Physical Review Letters, 122, 098003 (2019). Impact Factor: 8.6 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.098003

- Selected as Editors’ Suggestion 

3. Tetsu Ouchi*, Jiawei, Yang*, Zhigang Suo, Ryan C. Hayward, “Effects of stiff film pattern geometry on surface buckling instabilities of elastic bilayers”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, p. 23406-23413 (2018). Impact Factor: 9.5 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b04916  

2. Jinhye Bae, Tetsu Ouchi, Ryan C. Hayward, “Measuring the elastic modulus of thin polymer sheets by elastocapillary bending”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, p. 14734-14742 (2015). Impact Factor: 9.5 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b02567 

1. Tetsu Ouchi, Suguru Nagasaka, Atsushi Hotta, “β to α Form Transition Observed in the Crystalline Structures of Syndiotactic Polystyrene (sPS)”, Macromolecules, 44, p. 2112-2119 (2011). Impact Factor: 5.5 https://doi.org/10.1021/ma200166m

Proceedings and Preprints

3. Tetsu Ouchi, Misuzu Yamazaki, Atsushi Hotta, “Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Gels and Homo Polypropylenes”, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Joint PMSE/POLY Poster Session General Papers/New Concepts in Polymeric Materials, March 2011, Anaheim, California, America.

2. Tetsu Ouchi, Suguru Nagasaka, Atsushi Hotta, “β to α crystalline phase transition of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) induced by mechanical strain”, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, POLY/PMSE Poster Session Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, March 2011, Anaheim, California, America.

1. Tetsu Ouchi, Suguru Nagasaka, Atsushi Hotta, “β to α form transition in crystalline structures of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS)”, 59th The Society of Polymer Science, Japan Annual Meeting, Polymer Physics, May 2010, Kanagawa, Japan, Polymer Preprints, Japan, 59, No.1, p. 700 (2010).

Doctoral Thesis

Polymer Science and Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tetsu Ouchi, “Competition Between Wrinkling, Buckling, and Creasing Instability Modes on the Surfaces of Soft Materials and Patterned Bilayers”, p. 1-144 (2019).

Master Thesis

Science for Open and Environmental Systems (Mechanical Engineering) at Keio University

Tetsu Ouchi, “Crystalline and Gel Structures and Their Transitions Observed in Stereoregular Polymers”, p. 1-120 (2012). 

Undergraduate Thesis 

Mechanical Engineering at Keio University

Tetsu Ouchi, “The effects of strain and temperature on β to α form transition of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) induced by mechanical strain”, p. 1-70 (2010).