Upcoming Papers under Revision
Atsushi Matsumoto, Kenta Miyazaki, Shinji Sugihara, Yasushi Maeda, Effect of Molecular Weight on the Linear Viscoelastic Behavior in Unentangled Poly(Ionic Liquid)s, submitted to Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi.
Referred Articles in Journals
FY2025
Yasushi Maeda, Reiya Watanabe, Atsushi Matsumoto, Masaya Naito, Shinji Sugihara, Crystallization Behavior and Spherulite Structure of Polyelectrolytes: Poly(alkyleneimidazolium TFSI)s with Various Alkylene Lengths, accepted by ACS Macro Letters.
Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryota Yoshizawa, Riccardo Funari, Osamu Urakawa, Tadashi Inoue, Amy Q. Shen, Revealing Intrinsic Electric Double Layer Viscoelasticity in Ionic Liquid Solutions via Quartz Crystal Microbalance, accepted by Soft Matter.
松本 篤，イオン液体科学に基づく高分子電解質溶液の粘弾性に関する研究，日本レオロジー学会誌，2025，採択決定
Haruki Izutsu, Atsushi Matsumoto, Osamu Urakawa, Tadashi Inoue,
Swelling Behavior and Ionic Conductivity for Polymerized Ionic Liquid Gels, Macromolecules, 58, 10007-10016, 2025.
Atsushi Matsumoto, Ikuto, Kato, Chi Zhang, Shinji Sugihara, Yasushi Maeda, Frank Scheffold, Amy Q. Shen, Microrheological study on the entanglement dynamics of salt-free polyelectrolyte solutions in the semidilute entangled regime, Polymer Journal, 57, 1215-1225, 2025.
Atsushi Matsumoto, Marina Ikeda, Shinji Sugihara, Yasushi Maeda, Viscometric Method for Estimating the Charge Fraction of Polyelectrolytes in Solutions, Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi, 53, 1-10, 2025.
Shinji Sugihara, Atsushi Endo, Komal Raje, Atsushi Matsumoto, Satoshi Fujita, Yasushi Maeda, Design and synthesis of thermoresponsive degradable copolymers: intetgrating hydroxy-functional vinyl ethers with cyclic ketone acetals, Polymer Chemistry, 16, 3059, 2025.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Shunya Yorikane, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Shinji Sugihara, Fumihiro Nishimura, Masachika Yamane, Shuichi Tanoue, Role of glass fiber surface treatment on hydrothermal aging at the interface between polybutylene terephthalate and glass fiber, Compos. Part A: Appl. Sci. Manuf., 192, 108811, 2025.
Hideyuki Uematsu,Toumu Aratama, Ken Sudo, Yukino Ito, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Akinori Fukushima, Shinji Sugihara, Fumihiro Nishimura, Masachika Yamane, Shuichi Tanoue, Antioxidant-enhanced interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of polyetheretherketone–carbon fiber composites, Polymer, 328, 128415, 2025.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Shunya Yorikanea, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Shinji Sugihara, Fumihiro Nishimura, Masachika Yamane, Shuichi Tanouea, Surface design of glass fiber for polyphenylene sulfide and spectroscopic characterization of structures at interface/interphase, Compos. B Eng., Aug, 112868, 2025.
2024
Atsushi Matsumoto, Solution Rheology of Poly(ionic liquid)s: Current Understanding and Open Questions, Korea-Australian Rheology Journal, 36, 319-328, 2024.
Shinji Sugihara, Yuto Tsutsui, Hideyuki Uematsu, Atsushi Matsumoto, Yasushi Maeda, Synthesis of Flower-like Micelles That Recognize Thermal History via RAFT Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization, Macromolecules, 57, 4524-4535, 2024.
Mugen Yamawaki, Kota Matsumoto, Toshiki Furutani, Shinji Sugihara, Yasuharu Yoshimi, Visible-light-induced Decarboxylative Polymerization in Two-Molecule Photoredox System, Polymer, 308, 127336, 2024.
Rameez Iqbal, Atsushi Matsumoto, Amy Q. Shen, and Ashis K. Sen, Understanding the role of loss modulus of viscoelastic substrates in the evaporation dynamics of sessile drops, Langmuir, 40, 10035-10043, 2024.
Carlos G. Lopez, Atsushi Matsumoto, and Amy Q. Shen, Dilute polyelectrolyte solutions: recent progress and open questions, Soft Matter, 20, 2635-2687, 2024. [Open Access]
Hideyuki Uematsu, Miyuki Doi, Shunya Yorikane, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Fumihiro Nishimura, Shinji Sugihara, Masachika Yamane, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Influence of Polyetheretherketone radicals on interfacial interaction with carbon fiber and crystal formation of Polyetheretherketone at the interphase, Surfaces and Interfaces, 49, 104409, 2024.
2023
Hideyuki Uematsu*, Shunya Nishimura, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Fumihiro Nishimura, Shinji Sugihara, Naoki Sugiura, Takeshi Ishikawa, Takahiro Hayashi, Masachika Yamane, Kazumasa Kawabe, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Crystal structures of polyamide 6 at the interphase and around carbon fiber and mechanical properties of their composites, Polymer, 275, 125907, 2023.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Miyuki Doi, Shunya Yorikane, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Fumihiro Nishimura, Shinji Sugihara, Masachika Yamane, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Enhancement of Interfacial Adhesion to Carbon Fibers via Electrostatic Interaction Using Polyvinyl chloride as a Model Matrix, Surfaces and Interfaces, 42, 103287, 2023.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Kotaro Mune, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Shinji Sugihara, Shotaro Nishitsuji, Fumihiro Nishimura, Masachika Yamane, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Polymer, 284, 126290, 2023.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Maya Ishikawa, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Shinji Sugihara, Shotaro Nishitsuji, Fumihiro Nishimura, Masachika Yamane, Kazumasa Kawabe, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Enhancement of Flexural Properties of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide 6 via Oriented Crystallization of Polyamide 6 among Carbon Fibers, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 176, 107837, 2023.
Hideyuk Uematsu, Kou Yoshida, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Akinori Fukushima, Shinji Sugihara, Masachika Yamane, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Enhancement of interfacial shear strength due to cooperative π-π interaction between polyphenylene sulfide and carbon fiber and molecular orientation of polyphenylene sulfide via the π-π interaction, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 165, 107355, 2023.
2022
Atsushi Matsumoto and Amy Q. Shen, Rheological Scaling of Ionic-Liquid-Based Polyelectrolytes in Ionic Liquid Solutions: The Effect of the Ion Diameter of Ionic Liquids, Soft Matter, 18, 4197-4204, 2022. [Open Access]
Rameez Iqbal, Atsushi Matsumoto, Daniel Carlson, Kazumi Toda Peters, Riccardo Funari, Ashis K Sen, Amy Q. Shen, Evaporation driven smart patterning of microparticles on a rigid-soft composite substrate, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 623, 927-937, 2022. [Open Access]
Atsushi Matsumoto, Rheology of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Current Understanding and Perspectives, Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi, 50, 1-8, 2022.
Atsushi Matsumoto, Chi Zhang, Frank Scheffold, Amy Q. Shen, Microrheological approach for probing the entanglement properties of polyelectrolyte solutions, ACS Macro Letters, 11, 84-90, 2022. [Open Access]
Shinji Sugihara, From controlled radical polymerization of vinyl ether to polymerization-induced self-assembly, Polymer Journal, 54, 1407-1418, 2022.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Naoki Higashitani, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Akinori Fukuishima, Takayuki Asano, Seitaro Mitsudo, Shinji Sugihara, Masachika Yamane, Toshihira Irisawa, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Effects of polycarbonate crystals, p-p interactions, and chemical bonds at an interface on the interfacial adhesion between polycarbonate and reinforcing fibers, Surfaces and Interfaces, 34, 102300, 2022.
Atsushi Takashima, Yasushi Maeda, Shinji Sugihara, Morphology Control via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly: Systematic Investigation of Core-Forming Blocks, ACS Omega, 7, 26894-26904, 2022.
Narumi Asano, Shinji Sugihara, Shin-ichiro Suye, and Satoshi Fujita, Electrospun Porous Nanofibers with Imprinted Patterns Induced by Phase Separation of Immisicible Polymer Blends, ACS Omega, 7, 19997-20005, 2022.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Kotaro Mune, Shunya Nishimura, Koutarou Koizumi, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Shinji Sugihara, Masachika Yamane, Kazumasa Kawabe, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Fracture Properties of quasi-isotropic carbon-fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 laminates with different crystal structure of polyamide 6 due to surface profiles of carbon fibers, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 154, 106752, 2022.
Hideyuki Uematsu, Takahiro Kawasaki, Koutaro Koizumi, Akane Yamaguchi, Shinji Sugihara, Masachika Yamane, Kazumasa Kawabe, Yukihiro Ozaki, Shuichi Tanoue, Relationship between crystalline structure of polyamide 6 within carbon fibers and their mechanical properties studied using Micro-Raman spectroscopy, Polymer, 223, 123711, 2021.
San To Chan, Frank P. A. van Berlo, Hammad A. Faizi, Atsushi Matsumoto, Simon J. Haward, Patrick D. Anderson, and Amy Q. Shen, Torsional fracture of viscoelastic liquid bridges, PNAS, 118 (24), e2104790118, 2021. [Open Access]
Shinji Sugihara, Ryuya Kawakami, Satoshi Irie, Yasushi Maeda, Poly[di(ethylene glycol) vinyl ether]-stabilized poly(vinyl acetate) nanoparticles with various morphologies via RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, Polymer Journal, 53, 309-321, 2021.
Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryota Yoshizawa, Osamu Urakawa, Tadashi Inoue, Amy Q. Shen, Rheological Scaling of Ionic Liquid-Based Polyelectrolytes in the Semidilute Unentangled Regime from Low to High Salt Concentrations, Macomolecules, 54, 5648–5661, 2021. [Open Access]
Arisa Yokokoji, Wakana Kitayama, Kamonthira Wichai, Osamu Urakawa, Atsushi Matsumoto, Visit Vao-Soongnern, and Tadashi Inoue, Viscoelastic Relaxation of Polymerized Ionic Liquid and Lithium Salt Mixtures: Effect of Salt Concentration, Polymers, 13, 1772, 2021. [Open Access]
2020
Riccardo Funari, Atsushi Matsumoto, John de Bruyn, Amy Q. Shen, Rheology of the Electric Double Layer in Electrolyte Solutions, Analytical Chemistry, 92, 8244–8253, 2020. [Open Access]
Satoshi Fujita, Saeri Hara, Akari Hosono, Shinji Sugihara, Hideyuki Uematsu, Shin-ichiro Suye, Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Crosslinked with Complementary DNAs, Advances in Polymer Technology, 1470819, 2020.
2019
Atsushi Matsumoto, Francesco Del Giudice, Rachapun Rotrattanadumrong, and Amy Q. Shen, Rheological Scaling of Ionic-Liquid-Based Polyelectrolytes in Ionic Liquid Solutions, Macromolecules, 52, 2759-2771, 2019. [Open Access]
Shinji Sugihara, Ayano Yoshida, Taka-aki Kono, Tsuyoshi Takayama, Yasushi Maeda, Controlled Radical Homopolymerization of Representative Cationically Polymerizable Vinyl Ethers, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 13954-13961, 2019.
R. Iqbal, Atsushi Matsumoto, A. Sudeepthi, Amy Q. Shen, and A. K. Sen, Substrate stiffness affects particle distribution pattern in a drying suspension droplet, Applied Physics Letters, 114, 25370, (2019).
Preeya Kuray, Takeru Noda, Atsushi Matsumoto, Ciprian Iacob, Tadashi Inoue, Michael A. Hickner, and James Runt, Ion Transport in Pendant and Backbone Polymerized Ionic Liquids, Macromolecules, 52, 6438–6448, 2019.
Shinji Sugihara, Masahiro Sudo, Yasushi Maeda, Synthesis and Nano-object Assembly of Biomimetic Block Copolymers for Catalytic Silver Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 35, 1346-1356, 2019.
杉原 伸治，ラジカル重合によるビニルエーテルポリマー類の製造方法とその機能，繊維機械学会誌，72，513-519，2019.
2018
Atsushi Matsumoto, Ciprian Iacob, Takeru Noda, Osamu Urakawa, James Runt, and Tadashi Inoue, Introducing Large Counteranions Enhances the Elastic Modulus of Imidazolium-Based Polymerized Ionic Liquids, Macromolecules, 51, 4129–4142, 2018.
Shinji Sugihara, Masahiro Sudo, Kazumasa Hirogaki, Satoshi Irie, Yasushi Maeda, Synthesis of Various Poly(2-hydroxyethyl vinyl ether)-Stabilized Latex Particles via Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization in Water, Macromolecules, 51, 1260-1271, 2018.
Shinji Sugihara, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Masakazu Nakayama, Keigo Michishita, Yasushi Maeda, Transformation from xanthate-type cationogen mediated metal-free RAFT cationic polymerization with HCl Et2O into RAFT radical polymerization to form poly(alkyl vinyl ether)-b-polyvinyl alcohol amphiphiles, Polymer, 154, 153-163, 2018.
杉原 伸治，ナノ分子材料のための重合誘起自己組織化，高分子，67，635-637，2018.
2017
Ciprian Iacob, Atsushi Matsumoto, Marissa Brennan, Hongjun Liu, Stephen J. Paddison, Osamu Urakawa, Tadashi Inoue, Joshua Sangoro, and James Runt, ACS Macro Letters, 6, 941–946, 2017.
Shinji Sugihara, Ayano Yoshiada, Satoshi Fujita, Yasushi Maeda, Design of Hydroxy-Functionalized Thermoresponsive Copolymers: Improved Direct Radical Polymerization of Hydroxy-Functional Vinyl Ethers, Macromolecules, 50, 8346-8356, 2017.
Yuya Doi, Atsushi Matsumoto, Tadashi Inoue, Takuro Iwamoto, Atsushi Takano, Yushu Matsushita, Yoshiaki Takahashi, and Hiroshi Watanabe, Rheologica Acta, 56, 567–581, 2017.
Mugen Yamawaki, Akari Ukai, Yuki Kamiya, Shinji Sugihara, Miku Sakai, Yasuharu Yoshimi, Metal-Free Photoinduced Decarboxylative Radical Polymerization Using Carboxylic Acids as Benign Radical Initiators: Introduction of Complex Molecules into Polymer Chain Ends, ACS Macro Letters, 6, 381-385, 2017.
Selected Papers before 2016
Atsushi Matsumoto and Tadashi Inoue, Detailed Analysis of Sub-Rouse Mode Observed in Polymerized Ionic Liquids with Dynamic Birefringence Measurements, Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi, 42, 227–233, 2014.
Tadashi Inoue, Atsushi Matsumoto, and Kenji Nakamura, Dynamic Viscoelasticity and Birefringence of Poly(ionic liquids) in the Vicinity of Glass Transition Zone, Macromolecules, 46, 6104–6109, 2013.
Shinji Sugihara, Yasuaki Tanabe, Masaru Kitagawa, and Isao Ikeda, Facile metal-free living cationic polymerization of various vinyl ethers by harogen chloride with ether, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 46, 1913–1918, 2008.
Shinji Sugihara, Masaru Kitagawa, Yuichi Inagawa, Izabela Magdalena Zaleska, Isao Ikeda, Effects of monomer and ether structure on metal-free living cationic polymerization of various vinyl ethers using hydrogen chloride with ether, Polymer Bulletin, 64, 209–220, 2009.
Shinji Sugihara, Seiya Okubo, Yasushi Maeda, Metal-free RAFT cationic polymerization of p-methoxystyrene with HCL/Et2O using a xanthate-type RAFT cationogen, Polymer Chemistry, 7, 6854–6863, 2016.
Mugen Yamawaki, Akari Ukai, Yuki Kamiya, Shinji Sugihara, Miku Sakai, and Yasuharu Yoshimi, Metal-Free Photoinduced Decarboxylative Radical Polymerization Using Carboxylic Acids as Benign Radical Initiators: Introduction of Complex Molecules into Polymer Chain Ends, ACS Macro Letters, 6, 381–385, 2017.
Shinji Sugihara, Yuki Kawamoto, and Yasushi Maeda, Direct Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers: Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization of Hydroxy-Functional Vinyl Ethers, Macromolecules, 49, 1563-1574, 2016.
Shinji Sugihara, Naoto Konegawa, and Yasushi Maeda, HCl/Et2O-Catalyzed Metal-Free RAFT Cationic Polymerization: One-Pot Transformation from Metal-Free Living Cationic Polymerization to RAFT Radical Polymerization, Macromolecules, 48, 5120-5131, 2015.
Shinji Sugihara, Synthesis of Various Block Copolymers via Precision Polymerizations with Application to Nano-Organizations, KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, 69, 567-579, 2012.
Shinji Sugihara, Adam Blanazs, Steven P. Armes, Anthony J. Ryan, and Andrew L. Lewis, Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization: A New Paradigm for in Situ Block Copolymer Self-Assembly in Concentrated Solution, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 15707-15713, 2011.
Shinji Sugihara, Steven P. Armes, Adam Blanazs, and Andrew L. Lewis, Non-spherical morphologies from cross-linked biomimetic diblock copolymers using RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization, Soft Matter, 7, 10787-10793, 2011.
Akmal Hadi Ma'Radzi, Shinji Sugihara, Soichiro Miura, Naoto Konegawa, Yasushi Maeda, Synthesis of thermoresponsive block and graft copolymers via the combination of living cationic polymerization and RAFT polymerization using a vinyl ether-type RAFT agent, Polymer, 55, 1920-1930, 2014.
Shinji Sugihara, Keiji Iwata, Soichiro Miura, Akmal Hadi Ma'Radzi, Yasushi Maeda, Synthesis of dual thermoresponse ABA triblock copolymers by both living cationic vinyl polymerization and RAFT polymerization using a dicarboxylic RAFT agent, Polymer, 54, 1043-1052, 2013.
Tatsuya Hirano, Shinji Sugihara, and Yasushi Maeda, Infrared Spectroscopic Study on Hydration and Chiral Interaction of Temperature-Responsive Polymer with L-Proline Moieties, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117, 16356-16362, 2013.
Takashi Hidaka, Shinji Sugihara, and Yasushi Maeda, Infrared spectroscopic study on LCST behavior of poly(N,N-bis(2-methoxyethyl)acrylamide), Eurpean Polymer Journal, 49, 675-681, 2013.
Yasushi Maeda and Shinji Takaku, Lower Critical Solution Temperature Behavior of Poly(N-tetrahydrofurfuryl(meth)acrylamide) in Water and Alcohol-Water Mixtures, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 13110-13115, 2010.
Mohamed R. Berber, Hironori Mori, Inas H. Hafez, Keiji Minagawa, Masami Tanaka, Takuro Niidome, Yoshiki Katayama, Atsushi Maruyama, Tomohiro Hirano, Yasushi Maeda, and Takeshi Mori, Unusually Large Hysteresis of Temperature-Responsive Poly(N-ethyl-2-propionamidoacrylamide) Studied by Microcalorimetry and FT-IR, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 7784-7790, 2010.
Books & Other Publications
杉原伸治，第2編 不均一系の重合の精密制御 第5節 “重合誘起自己組織化PISA”, 澤本光男監修「新訂三版ラジカル重合ハンドブック」, pp.400-410, NTS (2024)
杉原伸治，第21章 “重合誘起自己組織化（PISA）を利用した異形高分子粒子の合成“, 一般社団法人 日本ディスパージョンセンター監修 微粒子分散・凝集講座 第3巻「分散・凝集の応用―濃厚分散系の技術―」
松本 篤，繊維学会誌 第79巻 第12号 特集「頑張る若手研究者」ーイオン液体型高分子電解質の溶液物性～従来の水溶性高分子電解質との比較～ー
松本 篤，高分子 Vol. 73 ４月号，グローイングポリマー「タイパ病との葛藤」
杉原 伸治，新訂三版 ラジカル重合ハンドブック 第１章 不均一系の重合の精密制御 第５節 重合誘起自己組織化PISA，エヌ・ティー・エス，978-4-86043-71-5.
杉原 伸治，ラジカル重合によるポリビニルエーテルの合成とそれを含む分散液，化学工業，72，391-396，2021.
杉原 伸治，ナノ分子材料を目指した自己組織化高分子の精密直接水系重合，「自己修復材料，自己組織化，形状記憶材料の開発と応用事例」，技術者情報協会，書籍2049，295-302，2020.
杉原 伸治，カチオン重合性モノマーの直接ラジカル重合と極性変換，「ラジカル重合を中心としたポリマー・微粒子・コーティング材の合成，応用，トラブル対策」，技術者情報協会，書籍2049，295-302，2020.
Shinji Sugihara, Molecular Technology, Volume 4: Synthesis Innovation (H. Yamamoto, T. Kato ed.) Chapter 1, Polymerization-Induced Self-assembly of Block Copolymer Nano-objects via Green RAFT Polymerization, 2019.
杉原 伸治，水酸基含有ビニルエーテル類の精密ラジカル重合と機能，「リビングラジカル重合ー機能性高分子の合成と応用展開ー」，シーエムシー出版，松本章一監修，168-176，2018.
杉原 伸治，RAFT分散重合，「高分子微粒子ハンドブック」，シーエムシー出版，藤本啓二監修，81-88，2017.