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Selected Papers:

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• A. M. Akimoto*  "Self-organized structures at polymer gel surfaces: mechanisms, controlled design, and perspectives", Polymer J., accepted. 

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• T. Nishimoto, A. M. Akimoto*, T. Enomoto, T. Nishimoto, C.-H. Lin, S.-C. Luo, R. Yoshida*, "Regulation of swelling behaviour while preserving bulk modulus in hydrogels via surface grafting", Soft Matter, 21, 356-360 (2025).

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• R. Makita, A. M. Akimoto*, T. Enomoto, T. Nishimoto, X. Li, M. Shibayama, R. Yoshida*, "Humidity responsiveness of a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gel with a PEG/water mixed solvent", Polymer J., 56, 639-642 (2024).

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• A. M. Akimoto*, Y. Ohta, Y. Koizumi, T. Ishii, M. Endo, T. Enomoto, T. Nishimoto, R. Yoshida*, "A surface-grafted hydrogel demonstrating thermoresponsive adhesive strength change", Soft Matter, 19, 3249-3252 (2023). ← More Detail (See "Adhesion" tab)

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• T. Nishimoto, T. Enomoto,  C.-H. Lin, J.-G. Wu, C. I. Gupit, X. Li, S.-C. Luo, A. M. Akimoto*, R. Yoshida*, "Construction of a nano-phase-separated structure on a hydrogel surface", Soft Matter., 18, 722-725 (2022).← More Detail

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• T. Nishimoto, K. Matsukawa, K. Nagase, H. Kanazawa, A. M. Akimoto*, R. Yoshida*, "Design of two complementary copolymers work as a glue for cell-laden collagen gels",  Chem. Commun., 56, 10545-10548 (2020).← More Detail

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• A. M. Akimoto*, E. Hasuike (co-first), K. Nagase, T. Okano, H. Kanazawa, R. Yoshida*, "Mesenchymal stem cell culture on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel with repeated thermo-stimulation", Int. J. Mol. Sci., 19, 1253 (2018). ← More Detail​

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• K. Matsukawa, T. Masuda, Y. Kim, A. M. Akimoto*, R. Yoshida*, "Thermoresponsive surface-grafted gels: Controlling the "bulk" bolume change properties by "surface" localized polymer grafting with various densities", Langmuir, 33, 13828-13833 (2017). ← More Detail​

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• E. Hasuike, A. M. Akimoto* (co-first), R. Kuroda*, Y. Hiruta, H. Kanazawa, R. Yoshida*, "Reversible conformational changes in parallel type G-quadruplex structure inside a thermoresponsive hydrogel", Chem. Commun., 53, 3142-3144 (2017). ← More Detail

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• R. Tamate, K. Takahashi, T. Ueki, A. M. Akimoto*, R. Yoshida*, "Self-assembly of thermo-responsive hydrogels via molecular recognition toward a spatially organized coculture system", Biomacromolecules, 18, 281-287 (2017). ← More Detail

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• A. M. Akimoto*, E. Hasuike (co-first), H. Tada, K. Nagase, T. Okano, H. Kanazawa, R. Yoshida*, "Design of tetra arm PEG-crosslinked thermoresponsive hydrogel for 3D cell culture", Anal. Sci., 32, 1203-1205 (2016) (selected as a hot paper). ← More Detail

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• K. Matsukawa, T. Masuda, A. M. Akimoto*, R. Yoshida*, "A surface-grafted thermoresponsive hydrogel in which the surface structure dominates the bulk properties", Chem. Commun., 52, 11064-11067 (2016) (highlighted as a back cover). ← More Detail

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• A. M. Akimoto*, T. Takarada, M. Maeda, "Preparation of cell-culturing glass surfaces that release branched polyethyleneimine triggered by thiol-disulfide exchange", Colloids Surf. B, 103, 360-365 (2013). 

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• A. Mizutani, K. Nagase, A. Kikuchi, H. Kanazawa, Y. Akiyama, J. Kobayashi, M. Annaka, T. Okano*, "Preparation of thermo-responsive polymer brushes on hydrophilic polymeric beads by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization for a highly resolutive separation of peptides", J. Chromatogr. A, 1217, 5978-5985 (2010). 

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• A. Mizutani, K. Nagase, A. Kikuchi, H. Kanazawa, Y. Akiyama, J. Kobayashi, M. Annaka, T. Okano*, "Effective separation of peptides using highly dense thermo-responsive polymer brush-grafted porous polystyrene beads", J. Chromatogr. B, 878, 2191-2198 (2010). 

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• A. Mizutani, K. Nagase, A. Kikuchi, H. Kanazawa, Y. Akiyama, J. Kobayashi, M. Annaka, T. Okano*, "Thermo-responsive polymer brush-grafted porous polystyrene beads for all-aqueous chromatography", J. Chromatogr. A, 1217, 522-529 (2010). 

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• A. Mizutani, A. Kikuchi, M. Yamato, H. Kanazawa, T. Okano*, "Preparation of thermoresponsive polymer brush surfaces and their interaction with cells", Biomaterials, 29, 2073-2081 (2008).

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