Past Featured Articles
Volume 56 Issue 3
- Reversible and high-density energy storage with polymers populated with bistable redox sites |Review| Kenichi Oyaizu
- Conformations of hydrogenated ring-opened poly(norbornene)s in dilute solution |Original Article| Yuki Nakama, Satoshi Natori, Shigetaka Hayano & Takahiro Sato
- B(C6F5)3-based Lewis pair-catalyzed acrylate polymerization: Lewis base effects on pairing interactions |Original Article| Yuka Naganawa, Kazumasa Mori, Shin-ichi Matsuoka & Masato Suzuki
- Depth analysis of local conformation in poly(methyl methacrylate) adsorbed onto SiOx studied by soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy combined with an Ar gas cluster ion beam |Rapid Communications| Hiroyuki Yamane, Masaki Oura, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kiyofumi Nitta, Oki Sekizawa, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Satoru Yamamoto, Keiji Tanaka & Takaki Hatsui
Volume 56 Issue 2
- Acoustic metamaterials based on polymer sheets: from material design to applications as sound insulators and vibration dampers|Focus Review | Masanari Nakayama
- New strategy for lowering the energy levels of one frontier molecular orbital in conjugated molecules and polymers based on Aza-substitution at the isolated HOMO or LUMO|Focus Review |Kazuo Tanaka
Volume 56 Issue 1
- β-1,3-D-glucan lentinan/Poly-dA40 triple-helical complex in dilute solutions |Original Article| Takuya Matsunaga, Kazuki Sumiya, Motoko Tanaka, Shinichi Mochizuki & Kazuo Sakurai
- Hydrolysis properties of polyglycolide fiber mats mixed with a hyperbranched polymer as a degradation promoter |Rapid Communication |Reiki Eto, Haruki Mokudai, Takashi Masaki, Hisao Matsuno & Keiji Tanaka
- Tripod-shaped POSS compounds as single-component silsesquioxane hybrids|Original Article| Mayu Nagao, Hiroaki Imoto & Kensuke Naka
- Synthesis of thermosets from maleimidobenzoxazines and tetrafunctional thiols and their thermal and mechanical properties |Original Article| Minako Takasu, Kanta Sugiura, Saki Sugimoto, Yasuhito Suzuki & Akikazu Matsumoto
Volume 55 Issue 12
- Selective acetylation of amorphous region of poly(vinyl alcohol) in supercritical carbon dioxide | Original Article | Takuya Matsumoto, Miyabi Yorifuji, Ryohei Hori, Mitsuo Hara, Norifumi L. Yamada, Hideki Seto & Takashi Nishino
- Characteristics of ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid treatment on iron(III)-induced modified catechol chitosan hydrogels under different pH conditions | Original Article | Ngoc Quang Nguyen, Jungju Ryu, Govind Kolekar & Daewon Sohn
- Supramolecular assemblies and polymer recognition based on polygonal and pillar-shaped macrocycles “pillar[n]arenes” | Focus Review | Tomoki Ogoshi
- Aggregation states, thermal molecular motion and carrier properties in functional polymer thin films | Focus Review | Daisuke Kawaguchi
- Optimal glycan density for interactions between Siglec-8 and sialyl sulfo oligosaccharides | Original Article | Risa Naka, Simon Sau Yin Law, Ayaka Tateishi, Keiji Numata & Masashi Ohmae
Volume 55 Issue 10
- Synthesis of biobased functional materials using photoactive cinnamate derivatives| Focus Review | Kenji Takada
- Synthesis of photoresponsive biobased adhesive polymers via the Passerini three-component reaction | Original Article | Li-Chieh Chou, Kiho Matsubara, Kenji Takada, Tatsuo Kaneko & Ryohei KakuchiHamada & Yasuhito Koyama
- Complex formation of pendant lysine residue-containing zwitterionic random copolymer with copper (II) | Original Article | Kengo Takagi, Shukanta Bhowmik, Kang-Ting Huang, Chun-Jen Huang, Rintaro Takahashi & Shin-ichi Yusa
- Hierarchical supramolecular structure comprising reduction-responsive DNA microspheres and semi-artificial glycopeptide-based micro-asters | Note | Ayaka Isogami, Sayuri L. Higashi, Bioru Okumura, Aya Shibata, Koichiro M. Hirosawa, Kenichi G. N. Suzuki, Shinya Tsukiji, Kazunori Matsuura & Masato Ikeda
Molecular dynamics simulation of complexation between plasmid DNA and cationic peptides| Note | Kousuke Tsuchiya, Joan Gimenez-Dejoz & Keiji Numata
Volume 55 Issue 9
- Visualization of Nanomechanical Properties of Polymer Composites Using Atomic Force Microscopy| Focus Review | Xiaobin Liang
- Synthesis of thermoresponsive polymer gels with crosslinked domains containing iridium complexes for ammonia sensing and N-alkylation catalysis | Original Article | Shohichi Furukawa, Takahiro Okuno, Takuya Shimbayashi, Hiroki Takeshita, Ken-ichi Fujita & Shohei Ida
- Preparation and characterization of two-dimensional sheet-shaped poly(methyl methacrylate) synthesized via γ-ray polymerization in nanoclay template | Original Article | Yuya Doi, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro Seki, Atsushi Takano, Takato Ishida, Takashi Uneyama & Yuichi Masubuchi
- Multivariate statistical analyses of 1H NMR data for binary and ternary copolymer blends to determine the chemical compositions and blending fractions of the components | Original Article| Ryota Kamiike, Tomohiro Hirano & Koichi Ute
Transparent and flexible photocatalytic film comprising organophosphonate-modified polysilsesquioxane-anchored titanium dioxide: hydroxy group ratio and organic substituent on phosphorous atoms| Original Article| Miyu Kajiyama, Yohei Sato, Takumi Okada, Haruka Motomura, Shiro Ando, Tomonori Suzuki, Kazuki Yamamoto, Ryohei Hayami & Takahiro Gunji
Volume 55 Issue 8
- Supramolecular chiral emergence in water even after compensating for helix chirality in vesicular helix-peptide-aromatic frameworks | Original Article | Yuya Yoshimoto, Yuya Suzuki, Tomoya Imai, Shunsaku Kimura & Hirotaka Uji
- Negative interfacial energies of dynamic polymer brush interfaces: a discussion of the free energy balance | Note | Masayuki Saito, Kohzo Ito & Hideaki Yokoyama
- Polymerization-induced vitrification, apparent phase separation, and reaction acceleration during bulk polymerization | Focus Review | Yasuhito Suzuki
- Design of supramolecular nanosheets for drug delivery applications | Focus Review | Noriyuki Uchida
Volume 55 Issue 7
- Preparation of D-A copolymers based on dithiazologermole and germaindacenodithiazole as weak electron donor units | Original Article | Weipeng Sun, Yohei Adachi & Joji Ohshita
- Lamellar crystallization of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) | Original Article | Daisuke Tadokoro, Takashi Konishi, Koji Fukao & Yoshihisa Miyamoto
- Functionalization of acyclic xenonucleic acid with modified nucleobases | Focus Review | Keiji Murayama, Yuuhei Yamano & Hiroyuki Asanuma
Volume 55 Issue 6
- Preparation of hydrophilic poly(vinyl alcohol)-containing amphiphilic diblock copolymers and their self-association in water| Original Article | Thu Thao Pham, Seito Aibara, Takehiro Omori, Yoshihiro Kimura & Shin-ichi Yusa
- Getting glued in the sea | Focus Review | Hailong Fan
Volume 55 Issue 5
- 1H DOSY analysis of high molecular weight acrylamide-based copolymer electrolytes using an inverse-geometry diffusion probe| Original Article | Kazuya Watanabe, Hiroyuki Matsushita, Kyosuke Takamatsu & Koichi Ute
- Synthesis of heat-resistant and water/oil-repellent aromatic polyketones bearing tetrakis(nonafluorobutyl)-p-terphenylene units| Original Article | Haruki Konta & Katsuya Maeyama
Volume 55 Issue 3
- Double-cyclopolymerization using trifunctional incompletely condensed cage silsesquioxane with methacryloyl groups | Original Article | Taishi Nakano, Keigo Okamoto, Hiroaki Imoto & Kensuke Naka
- Brønsted acid-catalyzed ring-opening polycondensation of galactose-based cyclic sulfite | Original Article | Ryo Miyazaki, Misaki Suzuki, Sangeetha Srinivasa Shetty, Taichi Shimazaki, Issey Osaka, Noriyuki Nakajima, Masahiro Hamada & Yasuhito Koyama
Volume 55 Issue 2
- Postmodification of highly delocalized cations in an azide-based polymer via copper-catalyzed cycloaddition for anion exchange membranes |Original Article | Yuki Motoishi, Naoki Tanaka & Tsuyohiko Fujigaya
- Primary and secondary relaxation processes in poly(propylene glycol) monobutyl ether: a broadband dielectric spectroscopy investigation | Original Article | Lokendra P. Singh
Volume 55 Issue 1
- Comparative study of PEG and PEGylated dendrimers in their eutectic mixtures with water analyzed using X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy | Original Article | Chie Kojima, Yasuhito Suzuki, Yuka Ikemoto, Masaru Tanaka & Akikazu Matsumoto
- Molecular dynamics simulations of the folding structure of a thermoresponsive 2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate oligomer in the globule state | Original Article | Ryo Nagumo, Kazuma Nishikawa, Ayaka Sato, Atsushi Ogita & Shuichi Iwata
Volume 54 Issue 12
- From controlled radical polymerization of vinyl ether to polymerization-induced self-assembly| Focus Review | Shinji Sugihara
- Unnatural biopolymers of saccharides and proteins conjugated with poly(2-oxazoline) and methacrylate-based polymers: from polymer design to bioapplication | Focus Review | Yuta Koda
Volume 54 Issue 10
- Tetrazine-based 1D polymers for the selective chemiresistive sensing of nitrogen dioxide via the interplay between hydrogen bonding and n-heteroatom interactions | Original Article | Aswani Raj K, Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh & Rajeswara Rao Malakalapalli
- Supramolecular nylon-based actuators with a high work efficiency based on host–guest complexation and the mechanoisomerization of azobenzene | Original Article | Junsu Park, Hiroki Tamura, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Akira Harada & Yoshinori Takashima
- Single-component optically transparent film of a star-shaped cage silsesquioxane derivative and its phase change behavior | Original Article | Rina Suzuki, Lina Li, Hiroaki Imoto, Hideaki Takagi, Shinichi Sakurai & Kensuke Naka
Volume 54 Issue 9
- Effects of the high side-chain densities of hydrophobic poly(substituted methylene)s on their surface free energies | Original Article | Takuya Matsumoto, Eichi Kannan, Misato Tomioka & Takashi Nishino
- Bioinspired macromolecular templates for crystallographic orientation control of ZnO thin films through zinc hydroxide carbonate | Original Article | Takahiro Mikami, Shunichi Matsumura, Rino Ichikawa, Riki Kato, Junya Uchida, Tatsuya Nishimura & Takashi Kato (OPEN ACCESS)
- Role of the nucleating agent masterbatch carrier resin in the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene | Rapid Communication | Maryam Shokrollahi, Bahereh T. Marouf & Reza Bagheri
- Effective incorporation of divinylbenzene in the isospecific styrene polymerization catalyzed by an aryl-substituted [OSSO]-type zirconium(IV) complex | Note | Kazuaki Nakamura, Takuya Kishi, Akihiko Ishii & Norio Nakata
Volume 54 Issue 8
- Syntheses and properties of Cu(II), Al(III), and Ti(IV) coordination polymers using an acetylacetonato-terminated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane| Original Article |Yohei Sato, Ryohei Hayami, Kazuki Yamamoto & Takahiro Gunji
- Macroscale double networks: highly dissipative soft composites | Focus Review | Daniel R. King
- Recent advances in solution-processed organic and perovskite nanocrystal light-emitting devices | Focus Review | Takayuki Chiba
Volume 54 Issue 7
- Design and synthesis of amphiphilic alternating peptides with lower critical solution temperature behaviors | Original Article |Namiki Komuro, Noriyuki Nakajima, Masahiro Hamada & Yasuhito Koyama
- Polymerization of expanded L-amino acids containing terminal pyridyl groups by silver(I) ions in nonpolar solvent | Original Article | Taka-aki Okamura, Kyoko Tsubouchi, Ayumi Okada & Kiyotaka Onitsuka
- Chemical tongues: biomimetic recognition using arrays of synthetic polymers | Focus Review| Shunsuke Tomita
Volume 54 Issue 6
- Syndioselective coordination (Co)polymerization of triphenylamine-substituted styrenes via a scandium catalyst system | Original Article |Xiaochun Mu, Jialin Yu, Xuefei Leng & Yang Li
- Morphological characterization of the novel fine structure of the PMMA/PVDF blend | Original Article | Akihiro Naruke, Xiaobin Liang, Ken Nakajima & Toshio Nishi
- Removal of viruses from their cocktail solution by liquid-crystalline water-treatment membranes | Note | Daniel Kuo, Takeshi Sakamoto, Shotaro Torii, Miaomiao Liu, Hiroyuki Katayama & Takashi Kato
Volume 54 Issue 5
- Reconfigurable and NIR-responsive shape memory polymer containing bipheunit units and graphene | Original Article | Jing Yang, Junhui Gong, Liming Tao, Zhangzhang Tang, Zenghui Yang, Pengrui Cao, Qihua Wang, Tingmei Wang, Heming Luo & Yaoming Zhang
- pH-responsive aggregation control of multiarm star polymers depending on the ionic segment sequence of arm polymers | Original Article | Hiroomi Kitajima, Shohei Ida, Shukanta Bhowmik, Shin-ichi Yusa & Shokyoku Kanaoka
- Growth of polypropylene crystals in the vicinity of carbon fibers and improvement of their interfacial shear strength | Original Article | Hideyuki Uematsu, Shunya Nishimura, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Masachika Yamane, Yukihiro Ozaki & Shuichi Tanoue
Volume 54 Issue 3
- Analysis of the formation mechanism of polyion complexes of polysaccharides by molecular dynamics simulation with oligosaccharides | Original Article | Makoto Yamazaki, Makoto Yabe & Kazutoshi Iijima
- Novel degradable acetal-linkage-containing epoxy resins with high thermal stability: synthesis and application in carbon fiber-reinforced plastics | Original Article | Mayo Kuroyanagi, Ayaka Yamaguchi, Tamotsu Hashimoto, Michio Urushisaki, Toshikazu Sakaguchi & Kazumasa Kawabe
- Hybridization of an n-type semiconducting polymer with PbS quantum dots and their photovoltaic investigation | Original Article | Keita Yoshida, Jia-Fu Chang, Chu-Chen Chueh & Tomoya Higashihara
- Thermo-driven self-healable organic/inorganic nanohybrid polyurethane film with excellent mechanical properties | Original Article | Haoliang Wang, Hui Wang, Junhuai Xu, Xiaosheng Du, Shiwen Yang & Haibo Wang
Volume 54 Issue 2
- Synthetic innovations for cyclic polymers | Focus Review | Yuki Muramatsu & Akinori Takasu
- Production technology and applications of honeycomb films | Review | Hidekazu Yamazaki, Soichi Kohashi, Koju Ito, Kuniharu Ijiro & Masatsugu Shimomura
- Computational study of the interaction between natural rubber α-terminal groups and L-quebrachitol, one of the major components of natural rubber | Note | Joan Gimenez-Dejoz, Katsuhiko Tsunoda, Yasuo Fukushima & Keiji Numata
- Supramolecular organogel of polyureas containing POSS units in the main chain: dependence on the POSS and comonomer structures | Original Article | Tasuku Kamitani, Ayano Ishida, Hiroaki Imoto & Kensuke Naka
- Photocleavage behavior of a polythiophene derivative containing a coumarin unit | Original Article | Jyorthana Rajappa Muralidhar, Koichi Kodama, Takuji Hirose, Yoshihiro Ito & Masuki Kawamoto
Volume 54 Issue 1
- Rheological and mechanical properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) doped with lithium salts | Original Article | Asae Ito, Arisa Shin & Koh-hei Nitta
- Water modulates the lamellar structure and interlayer correlation of poly(perfluorooctyl acrylate) films: a specular and off-specular neutron scattering study | Original Article | Akihisa Yamamoto, Yuji Higaki, Judith Thoma, Esther Kimmle, Ryohei Ishige, Bruno Demé, Atsushi Takahara & Motomu Tanaka
- Preparation of double-chain polysiloxane by template polymerization and the coexistence of water repellency and adhesion to glass in its cast film | Original Article | Misaki Nobayashi, Kazuhiro Shikinaka & Yoshiro Kaneko
- Synthesis of methylated phenylene sulfide polymers via bulk oxidative polymerization and their heat curing triggered by dynamic disulfide exchange | Original Article | Seigo Watanabe, Seiya Saito, Motoyasu Hirai & Kenichi Oyaizu
Volume 53 Issue 12
- Development of Proton Exchange Membrane Based on Trifluoromethanesulfonylimide-grafted Polybenzimidazole | Original Article | Hoon Han, Hiroto Miura, Yuki Motoishi, Naoki Tanaka & Tsuyohiko Fujigaya
- Boosting sericin extraction through alternative silk sources | Original Article | Natalia Jaramillo-Quiceno, Emanuela Callone, Sandra Dirè, Catalina Álvarez-López & Antonella Motta
- Design of peptides with strong binding affinity to poly(methyl methacrylate) resin by use of molecular simulation-based materials informatics | Original Article | Tomio Iwasaki, Masashi Maruyama, Tatsuya Niwa, Toshiki Sawada & Takeshi Serizawa
- Chiral amplification of supramolecular co-assemblies of chiral and achiral acylhydrazine-functionalized biphenyls and their copolymers | Rapid Communication | Tomoyuki Ikai, Satoshi Kawabata, Shogo Okuda, Naoki Ousaka & Eiji Yashima
- Molecular Picture of Fluoropolymer Adsorption on Nano-carbon Materials | Rapid Communication | Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kazuki Sasahara, Daiki Saito, Mitsugu Uejima, Hirotada Fujiwara, Shin Nishimura, Satoru Yamamoto & Keiji Tanaka
- Fabrication and evaluation of durable, optically clear, and self-disinfecting films | Original Article | Nobuyuki Harada, Kiyoshi Masuda, Jun-ich Nakamura & Hiroshi Uyama
Volume 53 Issue 10
- Thermal stabilities of a molecularly stepped PMMA substrate prepared by thermal nanoimprinting and isolated PMMA chains deposited on it evaluated by high-temperature atomic force microscopy | Original Article | Ryota Umetsu & Jiro Kumaki
- Strategic design and synthesis of π-conjugated polymers suitable as intrinsically stretchable semiconducting materials | Focus Review | Tomoya Higashihara
- Enzyme-catalyzed propagation of cello-oligosaccharide chains from bifunctional oligomeric primers for the preparation of block co-oligomers and their crystalline assemblies | Original Article | Kai Sugiura, Toshiki Sawada, Hiroshi Tanaka & Takeshi Serizawa
Volume 53 Issue 9
- Copolymers incorporated with β-substituted acrylate synthesized by organo-catalyzed group-transfer polymerization | Original Article | Motosuke Imada, Yasumasa Takenaka, Takeharu Tsuge & Hideki Abe
- Biobased and mechanically stiff lignosulfonate/cationic-polyelectrolyte/sugar complexes with coexisting ionic and covalent crosslinks | Original Article | Kazunori Ushimaru, Tomotake Morita, Ryota Watanabe & Tokuma Fukuoka
Volume 53 Issue 8
- Near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for a bioinert polymer film at a water interface | Original Article | Jin-Hyeok Hong, Masayasu Totani, Takashi Yamamoto, Paul M. Dietrich, Andreas Thissen, Hisao Matsuno & Keiji Tanaka
- Practical synthesis of dendritic hyperbranched polymers by reversible deactivation radical polymerization | Review | Shigeru Yamago
Volume 53 Issue 7
- Healable soft materials based on ionic liquids and block copolymer self-assembly | Focus Review | Ryota Tamate
- Synthesis of vinyl polymers substituted with 2-propanol and acetone and investigation of their reversible hydrogen storage capabilities | Original Article | Kouki Oka, Yuka Tobita, Miho Kataoka, Saki Murao, Kazuki Kobayashi, Shuhei Furukawa, Hiroyuki Nishide & Kenichi Oyaizu
- A benchmark for gel structures: bond percolation enables the fabrication of extremely homogeneous gels | Focus Review | Xiang Li
- Synthesis of functional and architectural polyethers via the anionic ring-opening polymerization of epoxide monomers using a phosphazene base catalyst | Focus Review | Takuya Isono
Volume 53 Issue 6
- Enhanced self-humidification and proton conductivity in magnetically aligned NiO-Co3O4/chitosan nanocomposite membranes for high-temperature PEMFCs | Original Article | A. I. Anu Karthi Swaghatha & Louis Cindrella
- Facile preparation of 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane-based thermoresponsive polymers and hydrogels | Original Article | Syuuhei Komatsu, Takuya Sato & Akihiko Kikuchi
- Microdomain structure change and macroscopic mechanical response of styrenic triblock copolymer under cyclic uniaxial and biaxial stretching modes | Original Article | Nattanee Dechnarong, Kazutaka Kamitani, Chao-Hung Cheng, Shiori Masuda, Shuhei Nozaki, Chigusa Nagano, Aya Fujimoto, Ayumi Hamada, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Ken Kojio & Atsushi Takahara
Volume 53 Issue 5
- “One stroke drawing” of pol(ribonucleic acids) with different aptamer functions for sensing probes | Original Article | Iljae Min, Takanori Uzawa, Takeshi Serizawa & Yoshihiro Ito
- Quantitative analysis of stereoscopic molecular orientations in thermally reactive and heterogeneous noncrystalline thin films via variable-temperature infrared pMAIRS and GI-XRD | Original Article | Ryohei Ishige, Kazuyuki Tanaka & Shinji Ando
- Poly[oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) methacrylate] as a surface modifier for bioinertness | Original Article | Jin-Hyeok Hong, Masayasu Totani, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Norifumi L. Yamada, Hisao Matsuno & Keiji Tanaka
Volume 53 Issue 4
- Fabrication of single-ion conducting polymer-coated separators and their application in nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries | Original Article | Peeranuch Poungsripong, Ryota Tamate, Manai Ono, Ken Sakaushi & Makoto Ue
- Polymers of lignin-sourced components as a facile chemical integrant for the Passerini three-component reaction | Original Article | Ryohei Kakuchi, Ryota Tsuji, Kota Fukasawa, Shuhei Yamashita, Masaaki Omichi & Noriaki Seko
- Coordinative cross-linking of acrylonitrile–butadiene rubber with a macrocyclic dinuclear palladium complex | Note | Koji Yamamoto, Hiromitsu Sogawa & Toshikazu Takata
- Precise synthesis of polyrotaxane and preparation of supramolecular materials based on its mobility | Focus Review | Yuichiro Kobayashi
Volume 53 Issue 3
- Nanoribbons fabricated by melt electrospinning | Original Article | Eugene G. Joseph, Naresh Budhavaram, Wade DePolo & Arit Das
- Application of naphthalene diimide in biotechnology | Focus Review | Shigeori Takenaka
Volume 53 Issue 2
- Recent developments in microbial polyester fiber and polysaccharide ester derivative research | Review | Tadahisa Iwata, Hongyi Gan, Azusa Togo & Yuya Fukata
- Construction methodologies and sequence-oriented properties of sequence-controlled oligomers/polymers generated via radical polymerization | Focus Review | Makoto Ouchi
- Nanostructure-assisted optical tweezers for microspectroscopic polymer analysis | Focus Review | Tatsuya Shoji & Yasuyuki Tsuboi
- Poly[di(ethylene glycol) vinyl ether]-stabilized poly(vinyl acetate) nanoparticles with various morphologies via RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate | Original Article | Shinji Sugihara, Ryuya Kawakami, Satoshi Irie & Yasushi Maeda
Volume 53 Issue 1
- Effect of plasticizer on the ion-conductive and dielectric behavior of poly(ethylene carbonate)-based Li electrolytes | Original Article | Kaori Kobayashi, Gioele Pagot, Keti Vezzù, Federico Bertasi, Vito Di Noto & Yoichi Tominaga
- Piperazine-immobilized polymeric membranes for CO2 capture: mechanism of preferential CO2 permeation | Original Article | Ikuo Taniguchi, Kae Kinugasa, Mariko Toyoda, Koki Minezaki, Haruno Tanaka & Kanato Mitsuhara
- Iron-catalyzed reactions of CO2 and epoxides to yield cyclic and polycarbonates | Review | Kori A. Andrea & Francesca M. Kerton
Volume 52 Issue 12
- ROMP of supramolecular norbornene monomers containing β-cyclodextrin–ferrocene (/adamantane) inclusion complexes | Original Article | Bin Song, Li Zhang, Honglei Yin, Hongming Liang, Jinwei Zhang & Haibin Gu
- Photo-responsive polymer micelles from o-nitrobenzyl ester-based amphiphilic block copolymers synthesized by mechanochemical solid-state copolymerization | Original Article | Naoki Doi, Yukinori Yamauchi, Ryo Ikegami, Masayuki Kuzuya, Yasushi Sasai & Shin-ichi Kondo
- Singlet oxygen generation by sonication using a water-soluble fullerene (C60) complex: a potential application for sonodynamic therapy | Original Article | Thi Lien Nguyen, Risa Katayama, Chie Kojima, Akikazu Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Ishihara & Shin-ichi Yusa
- Synthesis of a conjugated polymer with ring-fused pyridinium units via a postpolymerization intramolecular cyclization reaction | Note | Naoki Shida, Honoka Nishimi, Yuki Asanuma, Ikuyoshi Tomita & Shinsuke Inagi
Volume 52 Issue 11
- Mechanism of heat-induced gelation for ovalbumin under acidic conditions and the effect of peptides | Original Article | Takashi Hiroi, Kazu Hirosawa, Yuya Okazumi, Sai Venkatesh Pingali & Mitsuhiro Shibayama
- Structural deformation of elastic polythiophene with disiloxane moieties under stretching | Original Article | Jian Shen, Masaki Kashimoto, Takuya Matsumoto, Atsunori Mori & Takashi Nishino
Volume 52 Issue 10
- Effect of silica-rubber interface on mechanical, viscoelastic, and tribological behavior of filled styrene-butadiene rubber vulcanizates | Original Article | Nafise Torbati-Fard, Seyed Mostaffa Hosseini & Mehdi Razzaghi-Kashani
- Conjugate substitution reaction of α-(substituted methyl)acrylates in polymer chemistry | Focus Review | Yasuhiro Kohsaka
Volume 52 Issue 9
- Precise structural analysis of polymer materials using synchrotron X-ray scattering and spectroscopic methods | Focus Review | Ryohei Ishige
- Dressing up artificial viral capsids self-assembled from C-terminal-modified β-annulus peptides | Focus Review | Kazunori Matsuura
- Nitrile N-oxide-terminated poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate) (PBLG): synthesis and catalyst-free grafting onto polybutadiene (PBD) and natural rubber (NR) | Note | Hiromitsu Sogawa, Shohei Takamatsu, Toyokazu Tsutsuba & Toshikazu Takata
- Thermoresponsive structural changes of single poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) hydrogel microspheres under densely packed conditions on a solid substrate | Original Article | Haruka Minato, Yuichiro Nishizawa, Takayuki Uchihashi & Daisuke Suzuki
Volume 52 Issue 8
- Stimuli-responsive hydrogels as a model of the dynamic cellular microenvironment | Review | Motomu Tanaka, Masaki Nakahata, Philipp Linke & Stefan Kaufmann
- Guest-responsive supramolecular hydrogels expressing selective sol–gel transition for sulfated glycosaminoglycans | Original Article | Naofumi Kuroda, Yukie Tounoue, Kouichiro Noguchi, Yutaro Shimasaki, Hitoshi Inokawa, Masayoshi Takano, Seiji Shinkai & Shun-ichi Tamaru
- Responsive laminarin-boronic acid self-healing hydrogels for biomedical applications | Original Article | Adérito J. R. Amaral, Vítor M. Gaspar & João F. Mano
- Enzyme-based fabrication of physical DNA hydrogels: new materials and applications | Focus Review | Shogo Hamada & Dan Luo
Volume 52 Issue 7
- Delocalization boosts charge separation in organic solar cells | Focus Review | Yasunari Tamai
- Design of Maleimide Monomer to Achieve Precise Sequence Control and Functionalization for Alternating Copolymer with Vinyl Phenol | Original Article | Kana Nishimori & Makoto Ouchi
- Thermally conductive molecular assembly composed of an oligo(ethylene glycol)-modified filamentous virus with improved solubility and resistance to organic solvents | Original Article | Toshiki Sawada, Taiki Tsuruoka, Naoki Ueda, Hironori Marubayashi, Shuichi Nojima, Junko Morikawa & Takeshi Serizawa
- Synthesis of photoswitchable submicroparticles and their evaluation as ion-imprinted polymers for Pd(II) uptake | Original Article | Lucia Mergola, Tiziana Stomeo & Roberta Del Sole
Volume 52 Issue 6
- Dodecyl sulfate-doped polypyrrole derivative grains as light-responsive liquid marble stabilizer | Original Article | Markéta Šišáková, Yuta Asaumi, Makoto Uda, Musashi Seike, Keigo Oyama, Shinya Higashimoto, Tomoyasu Hirai, Yoshinobu Nakamura & Syuji Fujii
- Enhancement of Mechanical Properties of Polysaccharide Composite Films Utilizing Cellulose Nanofibers | Original Article | Yusuke Yataka, Ayami Suzuki, Kazutoshi Iijima & Mineo Hashizume
- Modulation of Solid-state Luminescent Properties of Conjugated Polymers by Changing Connecting Points at Flexible Boron Element-Blocks | Review | Kazuo Tanaka & Yoshiki Chujo
Volume 52 Issue 5
- Molecular fillers for increasing the refractive index of polystyrene hybrids by chain assembly at polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane | Original Article | Kazunari Ueda, Kazuo Tanaka & Yoshiki Chujo
- Glass transition analysis of model metallosupramolecular polyesters bearing pendant pyridine ligands with a controlled ligand–ligand distance | Original Article | Mikihiro Hayashi, Haruna Obara, Keisuke Shibata, Kanta Sugimoto & Akinori Takasu
- Pyrolysis of a flash nanoprecipitated tannic acid–metal@polymer assembly to create an electrochemically active metal@nanocarbon catalyst | Original Article | Jianhong Wang, Zhijie Zhang, Jing Zhao & Rui Liu
Volume 52 Issue 4
- Dilute solution properties of poly(D,L-lactide) by static light scattering, SAXS, and intrinsic viscosity | Original Article | Yoshinori Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe, Hiroki Kosugi, Kayo Ueda, Moriya Kikuchi, Atsushi Narumi & Seigou Kawaguchi
- Investigation of interfacial adhesion of telechelic polypropylenes for carbon fiber-reinforced plastics | Original Article | Ayaka Yamaguchi, Tamotsu Hashimoto, Hideyuki Uematsu, Michio Urushisaki, Toshikazu Sakaguchi, Atsushi Takamura & Daisuke Sasaki
- Cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles encapsulating α-mangostin and their drug release behavior: potential carriers of α-mangostin for cancer therapy | Original Article | Van T. H. Doan, Ji Ha Lee, Rintaro Takahashi, Phuong T. M. Nguyen, Van Anh T. Nguyen, Huong T. T. Pham, Shota Fujii & Kazuo Sakurai
- Porous films from cyclic block copolymers | Original Article | Haijian Liu, Huaping Li, Jianyi Yu, Ying Jiang & Yuzhou Liu
Volume 52 Issue 3
- Synthesis of functional polymers by the Pd-mediated polymerization of diazoacetates and polycondensation of bis(diazocarbonyl) compounds | Focus Review | Hiroaki Shimomoto
- X-ray scattering study on the changes in the morphology of low-modulus polypropylene under cyclic uniaxial elongation | Original Article | Shotaro Nishitsuji, Yuki Watanabe, Tomoaki Takebe, Nozomu Fujii, Masaki Okano & Mikihito Takenaka
- A liquid-crystalline semiconducting polymer based on thienylene–vinylene–thienylene: Enhanced hole mobilities by mesomorphic molecular ordering and thermoplastic shape-deformable characteristics | Original Article | Tatsuya Mori, Hideaki Komiyama, Takahiro Ichikawa & Takuma Yasuda
- Thermoresponsive core cross-linked star-shaped poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) for reversible and controlled aggregation of nanoscale molecular units | Note | Shohei Ida, Yuri Toyama, Sayuri Takeshima & Shokyoku Kanaoka
Volume 52 Issue 2
- Simultaneous study of anionic polymerization of ε-caprolactam and crystallization of polyamide 6 in isothermal process by in situ WAXS | Original Article | Mamiko Narita, Hiroaki Yoneyama, Takuro Matsunaga & Masashi Harada
- Detection of influenza virus by agglutination using nanoparticles conjugated with a sialic acid-mimic peptide | Note | Teruhiko Matsubara, Akane Kubo & Toshinori Sato
Volume 52 Issue 1
- Low-temperature amino-based catalyst activation for on-demand polyurethane synthesis | Original Article | Romain Lambert, Emmanuel Ibarboure, Guillaume Fleury & Stéphane Carlotti
- Well-defined poly(ether sulfone)-b-polylactide: synthesis and microphase separation behavior | Original Article | Jinhee Lee, Jongmin Park & Myungeun Seo
- Direct (hetero)arylation polymerization: toward defect-free conjugated polymers | Focus Review | Mario Leclerc, Samuel Brassard & Serge Beaupré
- Precise sequence regulation through maleimide chemistry | Focus Review | Qiunan Shi, Yajie Zhang, Zhihao Huang, Nianchen Zhou, Zhengbiao Zhang & Xiulin Zhu
Volume 51 Issue 12
- Synthetic approach for optically active polymers through the combination of asymmetric chirogenic polymerization and postpolymerization modification | Focus Review | Naoya Kanbayashi
- Periodic introduction of aromatic units in polypeptides via chemoenzymatic polymerization to yield specific secondary structures with high thermal stability | Original Article | Kousuke Tsuchiya, Naruki Kurokawa, Joan Gimenez-Dejoz, Prashant G. Gudeangadi, Hiroyasu Masunaga & Keiji Numata
Volume 51 Issue 11
- Self-Charging Photo-Power Cell Based on Novel Polymer Nanocomposite Film with High Energy Density and Durability | Original Review | Swagata Roy, Pradip Thakur, Nur Amin Hoque, Arpan Kool, Farha Khatun, Prosenjit Biswas, Biswajoy Bagchi & Sukhen Das
- Adamantane-containing poly(dialkyl fumarate)s with rigid chain structures | Original Article | Nagisa Tsuji, Yasuhito Suzuki & Akikazu Matsumoto
- Accelerated crystallization of poly(L-lactic acid) by silk fibroin nanodisc | Original Article | Amit Kumar Pandey, Vimal Katiyar, Sono Sasaki & Shinichi Sakurai
- Complex formation of a triple-helical peptide with sodium heparin | Original Article | Saki Ishida, Tasuku Yoshida & Ken Terao
Volume 51 Issue 10
- Synthesis of Network Polymer Emitters: Tunable Detection of Chemicals by the Geometric Design | Original Article | Shotaro Hayashi, Shin-ichi Yamamoto, Koji Nishi, Atsushi Asano & Toshio Koizumi
- The interfacial photoreaction: an efficient strategy to create functional polymer particles | Focus Review | Yukiya Kitayama
- Dissolution of a transparent cross-linked polymer monolith in water by oxidative de-crosslinking | Original Article | Nobuhiro Kihara, Kazuya Yanaze, Satoshi Yokoyama & Moe Kaneko
- Development of Novel Network Structures in Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers | Focus Review | Toru Ube
Volume 51 Issue 9
- Effect of nitrogen-containing polymer wrapped around carbon nanotubes for Li–O2 battery cathode | Original Article | Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Ryota Kanamori, Shinsuke Hirata, Junichi Morita, Masamichi Matsumoto, Masato Eguchi, Il-Chan Jang, Tatsumi Ishihara & Naotoshi Nakashima
- Elastic organic crystals of π-conjugated molecules: anisotropic densely packed supramolecular 3D polymers exhibit mechanical flexibility and shape tunability | Focus Review | Shotaro Hayashi
- Structure design of vinyl polymer hydrogels utilizing precision radical polymerization | Focus Review | Shohei Ida
- Mechanical properties of doubly crosslinked gels | Original Article | Takuya Katashima, Ung-il Chung & Takamasa Sakai
Volume 51 Issue 8
- Hydrophobic poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) particles synthesized by aqueous oxidative coupling polymerization and their use as near-infrared-responsive liquid marble stabilizer
- | Original Article | Natsuko Shimogama, Makoto Uda, Keigo Oyama, Haruka Hanochi, Tomoyasu Hirai, Yoshinobu Nakamura & Syuji Fujii
- A concentrated poly(ethylene carbonate)/poly(trimethylene carbonate) blend electrolyte for all-solid-state Li battery | Original Article | Zhenguang Li, Jonas Mindemark, Daniel Brandell & Yoichi Tominaga
- Primary to quaternary structures of molecular assemblies | Focus Review | Shunsaku Kimura
- A synergic catalysis of (salicylaldiminate)2AlEt and (BnO)2AlEt in the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone | Rapid Communication | Nobuyoshi Nomura, Daisuke Yamakawa, Tomohiro Marutani, Takuji Aoyama & Masataka Oishi
Volume 51 Issue 7
- Polysaccharide-based wrinkled surfaces induced by polyion complex skin layers upon drying | Original Article | Hironori Izawa, Yuka Miyazaki, Tomoe Yonemura, Norihiko Ito, Yoshiharu Okamoto, Shinsuke Ifuku, Minoru Morimoto & Hiroyuki Saimoto
- A Versatile Method for Synthesis of Poly(glycolic acid): High Solubility and Tunable Molecular Weights | Original Article | Vildan Sanko, Isa Sahin, Umran Aydemir Sezer & Serdar Sezer
Volume 51 Issue 6
- The effect of macrodipole orientation on piezoelectric response of cyclic β-peptide nanotube bundles on gold substrates | Original Article | Yuki Tabata, Shota Mitani, Hirotaka Uji, Tomoya Imai & Shunsaku Kimura
- Chain dynamics in spin-coated films of poly(methyl methacrylate) in a solvent annealing process | Rapid Communication | Hiroyuki Aoki
- Biological recognition at the interface involving dendritic molecules | Focus Review | Tomohiro Fukuda
Volume 51 Issue 5
- Effect of polymer type on the performance of a nanofiber mat actuator | Original Article | Hanako Asai, Tomotaka Okumura, Hiroaki Sakamoto & Koji Nakane
- A porous chitosan nanofiber-poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogel for metal adsorption from aqueous solutions | Original Article | Sachiko Nitta, Miki Akagi & Hiroyuki Iwamoto
- Glass transition at polystyrene/polyethylene glycol interface observed via contact angle measurements | Original Article | Takashi Sasaki, Kazuaki Hiraki, Aizzahtul Athirah, Kodai Matsuta & Natsuki Takeuchi
Volume 51 Issue 4
- Phase separation during the bulk polymerization of methyl methacrylate | Original Article | Yasuhito Suzuki, Dylan S. Cousins, Yuya Shinagawa, Robert T. Bell, Akikazu Matsumoto & Aaron P. Stebner
- Preparation of a Soluble Polysilsesquioxane Containing Macrocyclic Structure and Capture of Palladium Ion | Original Article | Daisuke Maeda, Kimihiro Matsukawa, Yasunari Kusaka & Yoshiro Kaneko
- Potentially helical imidazole-containing conjugated oligomers: synthesis, optical properties, and conformation | Original Article | Koji Takagi, Jun-ya Ohta, Kenta Sugihara, Kanami Okamura & Yoshihiro Yamada
Volume 51 Issue 3
- Development of Highly Functional Membranes through Structural Control of Crystalline/ Amorphous Phases | Focus Review | Hiroki Uehara
- DBU-catalyzed CO2 fixation in polypropargylamines under solvent-free conditions | Note | Nam-Kyun Kim, Hiromitsu Sogawa, Mulyadi D. Felicia & Toshikazu Takata
- Designer Supramolecular Polymers with Specific Molecular Recognitions | Review | Takeharu Haino
Volume 51 Issue 2
- Hierarchically self-organized filler particles in polymers: cascade evolution of dissipative structures to ordered structures | Review | Takeji Hashimoto, Naoya Amino, Shotaro Nishitsuji & Mikihito Takenaka
- Synchrotron microbeam X-ray scattering study of the crystallite orientation in the spherulites of isotactic poly(butene-1) crystallized isothermally at different temperatures | Original Article | Kohji Tashiro, Hiroko Yamamoto, Kenichi Funaki & Jian Hu
- Microphase-separated structure and mechanical properties of cycloaliphatic diisocyanate-based thiourethane elastomers | Original Article | Rahmawati Rahmawati, Shuhei Nozaki, Ken Kojio, Atsushi Takahara, Naoki Shinohara & Satoshi Yamasaki
- Fabrication and characterization of elastomeric semiconductive thiophene polymers by peroxide crosslinking | Original Article | Jian Shen, Iori Sugimoto, Takuya Matsumoto, Shohei Horike, Yasuko Koshiba, Kenji Ishida, Atsunori Mori & Takashi Nishino
Volume 51 Issue 1
- Development of polymer field-effect transistor-based immunoassays | Focus Review | Tsukuru Minamiki, Yui Sasaki, Shiwei Su & Tsuyoshi Minami
- Confined Film Structure and Friction Properties of Triblock Copolymer Additives in Oil-Based Lubrication | Original Article | Shinji Yamada, Ami Fujihara, Shin-ichi Yusa, Tadao Tanabe & Kazue Kurihara
- Adhesion Force Measurement of Tentacles of Live Cypris by Scanning Probe Microscopy in Seawater | Original Article | Shohei Shiomoto, Yuka Yamaguchi, Kazuo Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Nogata & Motoyasu Kobayashi
Volume 50 Issue 12
- Surface and Interface Designs in Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer Systems for Photoalignment | Focus Review | Shusaku Nagano
- Selective Fabrication of Hollow and Solid Polysaccharide Composite Fibers Using a Microfluidic Device by Controlling Polyion Complex Formation | Original Article | Kazutoshi Iijima, Shun Ohyama, Kazuya Yuyama, Atsushi Shono & Mineo Hashizume
- Syntheses of carboxylated poly(arylene ether ketone)s with hyperbranched and linear architectures through the self-condensations of aromatic dicarboxylic anhydrides | Original Article | Yuta Nabae, Nobuhiro Takusari, Kenta Yamamoto, Jun Mizuno, Teruaki Hayakawa & Masa-aki Kakimoto
Volume 50 Issue 11
- Functional Polymers from Renewable Plant Oils | Focus Review | Hiroshi Uyama
- Grain Coarsening on the Free Surface and in the Thickness Direction of a Sphere-Forming Triblock Copolymer Film. | Original Article | Rasha Ahmed Hanafy Bayomi, Konomi Honda, Isao Wataoka, Hideaki Takagi, Nobutaka Shimizu, Noriyuki Igarashi, Sono Sasaki & Shinichi Sakurai
Volume 50 Issue 10
- Binding sites and structure of peptides bound to SiO2 nanoparticles studied by solution NMR spectroscopy | Original Article | Yu Suzuki & Heisaburo Shindo
- Advanced flavin catalysts elaborated with polymers | Focus Review | Yukihiro Arakawa, Keiji Minagawa & Yasushi Imada
Volume 50 Issue 9
- Liquid-crystalline behavior and ion-transport properties of block-structured molecules containing a perfluorinated ethylene oxide moiety complexed with a lithium salt | Original Article | Taira Onuma, Masafumi Yoshio, Masaki Obi, Kimiaki Kashiwagi, Shinya Tahara & Takashi Kato
- Design and Application of Redox Polymers for Nanomedicine | Review | Yukio Nagasaki
- Synthesis and properties of hyperbranched polymers by polymerization of AB3-type incompletely condensed cage silsesquioxane (IC-POSS) monomer | Original Article | Sota Yuasa, Hiroaki Imoto & Kensuke Naka
- Synthesis of Polymers Carrying Adamantyl Substituents in Side Chain | Review | Takashi Ishizone & Raita Goseki
Volume 50 Issue 8
- Low-bandgap semiconducting polymers based on sulfur-containing phenacene-type molecules for transistor and solar cell applications | Focus Review | Hiroki Mori & Yasushi Nishihara
- Design and development of a robust photo-responsive block copolymer framework for tunable nucleic acid delivery and efficient gene silencing | Focus Review | Thomas H. Epps III, Thu Vi & Millicent O. Sullivan
- Responsibility of lipid compositions for the amyloid ß assembly induced by ganglioside nanoclusters in mouse synaptosomal membranes | Original Article | Teruhiko Matsubara, Takahiro Kojima, Ryoto Fukuda, Kazutoshi Iijma, Miwa Hirai, Naoki Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Yanagisawa & Toshinori Sato
Volume 50 Issue 7
- Logic gate aggregation of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanogels with catechol substituents that respond to body heat | Original Article | Shingo Tamesue, Shinji Abe, Takuo Endo & Takeshi Yamauchi
- Multiamine Induced Self-healing Poly (Acrylic acid) Hydrogels with Shape Memory Behavior | Original Article | Jun Lan, Xiuquan Ni, Chuanzhuang Zhao, Qiao Liu & Chongyi Chen
- Direct Arylation Polycondensation as Conjugated Polymer Synthetic Methodology | Focus Review | Kazuhiro Nakabayashi
Volume 50 Issue 6
- The degree of crystallinity and segmental mobility in interpenetrating spherulites of poly(butylene succinate) and poly(ethylene oxide) | Original Article | Takayuki Ikehara & Toshiyuki Kataoka
- Photosensitive engineering plastics based on reaction development patterning | Focus Review | Toshiyuki Oyama
Volume 50 Issue 5
- Polymer coating glass to improve the protein antifouling effect | Original Article | Tomoko Honda, Aiko Nakao, Kazuhiko Ishihara, Yuji Higaki, Keiko Higaki, Atsushi Takahara, Yasuhiko Iwasaki & Shin-ichi Yusa
Volume 50 Issue 4
- Emergence of Temperature-dependent and Reversible Color-changing Properties by the Stabilization of Layered Polydiacetylene Through Intercalation | Original Article | Yuya Oaki, Yukiko Ishijima & Hiroaki Imai
- Perpendicular Orientation between Dispersed Rubber and Polypropylene Molecules in an Oriented Sheet | Original Article | Panitha Phulkerd, Yoshiaki Funahashi, Asae Ito, Shohei Iwasaki & Masayuki Yamaguchi
- Hydration Structure of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Studied by Neutron Scattering and Atomistic Molecular Simulation | Original Article | Tomonori Kawakami, Masaru Nakada, Harutoki Shimura, Kazuyuki Okada & Masahiro Kimura
- Functional Polymers in Nonpolar Solvents induced by Dissociation of Macromolecular Complexes | Review | Kazuki Sada
Volume 50 Issue 3
- Synthesis of the Near-Infrared Light-Absorbing Polymer Based on Thiophene-Substituted Aza-BODIPY | Original Article | Honami Yamane, Kazuo Tanaka & Yoshiki Chujo
- Preparation of Molecularly Imprinted Hydrogel Layer SPR Sensor Chips with Lectin-Recognition Sites via SI-ATRP | Original Article | Rinyarat Naraprawatphong, Akifumi Kawamura & Takashi Miyata
Volume 50 Issue 2
- 3D structure of nano-oriented crystals of poly(ethylene terephthalate) formed by elongational crystallization from the melt | Original Article | Kiyoka Okada, Yoshitaka Tanaka, Hiroyasu Masunaga & Masamichi Hikosaka
- Synthesis of non-ionic poly(ester-sulfone) via low-temperature polycondensation for anode-selective electrophoretic deposition and subsequent photo cross-linking | Original Article | Yoshifumi Matsumoto & Akinori Takasu
- Synthesis, properties and structure of borafluorene-based conjugated polymers with kinetically and thermodynamically stabilized tetracoordinated boron atoms | Original Article | Takuya Matsumoto, Shunichiro Ito, Kazuo Tanaka & Yoshiki Chujo
