2024 (–)  to page top

Enhancement of mechanical properties of benign polyvinyl alcohol/agar hydrogel by crosslinking tannic acid and applying multiple freeze/thaw cycles

M. M. Mahamoud, T. M. Ketama, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji

Gels, Vol. 10, No. 8, 527, DOI: 10.3390/gels10080527

Nanofibrous chiral supramolecular assembly-derived self-healing hydrogels with polyethylene glycol

M. Takafuji, K. Kawamoto, N. Hano, M. Otsuki, H. Ihara.

Nanoscale Advances,  Vol. 6, 3850-3856, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00353E

Contribution of groundwater quality to the industrialization of textile sector in Bangladesh

Md M. Hasan, M. Takafuji, M. Shahruzzaman

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 10, 100790, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100790

Fabrication of depth-controlled dimples on polymer microsphere and capturing of nano-sized objects

N. Hano, Y. Takeda, S. Kanawa, N. Ryu, S. Nagaoka, R. Oda, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 697, 134321, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134321

Enantioselective glutamic acid discrimination and nanobiological imaging by chiral fluorescent silicon nanoparticles

Y. Han, M. Kou, K. Quan, J. Wang, H. Zhang, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji, H. Qiu

Analytical Chemistry,  Vol. 96, No. 5, 2173–2182, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05150

Generation of time-multiplexed chiroptical information from multilayer-type luminescence-based circular polarization conversion films

Y. Okazaki, S. Hayaki, K. Nakamura, K. Yoshida, G. Raffy, M. Kimura, K. Tsukamoto, R. Akasegawa, K. Hachiya, M. Takafuji, A. Del Guerzo, André, T. Sagawa.

Materials Advances, Vol. 5, 2253-2259, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00648D

2023 (6)  to page top

Zero-waste preparation of supramolecular hydrogels and films comprising tannic acid and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene oxide

Y. Goto, A.Obata, M. Inoue, T. Taharabaru, T. Kihara, R. Onodera, D. Iohara, M. Takafuji, K. Motoyama, T. Higashi

Results in Materials, Vol. 19, 100425, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.rinma.2023.100425

Fabrication of electrospun PLA-nHAp nanocomposite for sustained drug release in dental and orthopedic applications

N. A. Kanak, Md Shahruzzaman, Md S. Islam, M. Takafuji, M. M. Rahman, S. F. Kabir

Materials, Vol.16(10), 3691, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/ma16103691

Chiral H‐aggregation‐induced large stokes shift with CPL generation assisted by α‐helical poly(L‐lysine) substructure

K. Yoshida, Y. Kuwahara, N. Hano, Y. Horie, M. Takafuji, N. Ryu, S. Nagaoka, R. Oda, H. Ihara

Chirality, Vol. 35 (7), pp. 411-417, 2023. DOI: 10.1002/chir.23553

Special Issue of “Chiral materials: Recent progress in structural analysis and emerging new technologies”

Controlled packing of chiral assembly scaffolds to promote chiral J-aggregation of carbocyanine dyes

N. Ryu, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Okazaki, N. Hano, Y. Iwamoto, T. Shirosaki, S. Nagaoka, R. Oda, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Chemical Communications, Vol. 59, 11979-11982, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03394E

Sequential chiral induction between organic and inorganic supramolecular helical assemblies for the in situ formation of chiral carbon dots

P. Pranee, A. Scalabre, C. Labrugere, N. Ryu, A. Yano, N. Hano, D. Talaga, Y. Okazaki, E. Pouget, S. Nlate, S. Bonhommeau, M. Takafuji, T. Wada, H. Ihara, T. Buffeteau, D. M Bassani, R. Oda

Chemical Communications, Vol. 59, pp.9762-9765, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02057F

Zwitterionic polymer-terminated porous silica stationary phases for highly selective separation in hydrophilic interaction chromatography

Y. Hu, J. Kadotani, Y. Kuwahara, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Journal of Chromatography A, Vol.1693, 463885, 2023.

2022 (12)  to page top

A π-extended phenanthrene-fused aza[7]helicenium as a novel chiroptically-active architecture in organic and aqueous media

C. Olivier, N. Nagatomo, T. Mori, N. McClenaghan, G. Jonusauskas, B. Kauffmann, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, Y. Ferrand

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 10(3), pp. 752–758, 2023.

Carbonized π-conjugated polymer-coated porous silica: preparation and evaluating its extraction ability for berberine

P. Jin, F. Zhu, M. Jiang, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, L. Nie, H. Liu

Microchimica Acta, Vol. 189 (11), 401, 2022.

Preparation of hybrid microspheres with homogeneously dispersed nanosilica using in-situ sol-gel reaction inside a polystyrene matrix
A. Toyofuji, N. Hano, Y. Yamaguchi, T. Wakiya, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji*
Chemistry Letters, Vol. 51, pp.639-642, 2022. DOI: 10.1246/cl.220121

Co-assembling system that exhibits bright circularly polarized luminescence

N. Ryu, T. Harada, Y. Okazaki, K. Yoshida, T. Shirosaki, R. Oda, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, S. Nagaoka
Materials Advances, Vol. 3, 3123–3127, 2022. DOI: 10.1039/d2ma00002d

Selective reflection enhancement by controlling of surface-layering structure of inorganic nanoparticles on polymer microspheres

N. Hano, N. Ryu, S. Nagaoka, H. Ihara, M.Takafuji

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 637, 128188, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.128188

Advanced CNC/PEG/PDMAA Semi-IPN Hydrogel for Drug Delivery Management in Wound Healing

S. Afrin, Md. Shahruzzaman, P. Haque, Md. S. Islam; S. Hossain, T. Ur Rashid, T. Ahmed, M. Takafuji, M. M. Rahman

Gels, Vol. 8 (No. 6), 340, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/gels8060340

Adsorption isotherm and kinetics of methylene blue on gamma radiation assisted starch/acrylic acid/4-styrenesulfonic acid sodium salt hydrogel

Z. Hasan, S. Afroz, K. Nipa, M. S. Rahaman, S. M. M. Hasnine, T. Ahmed, S. Sultana, M. Takafuji, M. A. Alam

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials, Vol. 61, 306-324, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/25740881.2021.1982970

Preparation, characterization, and evaluation of a novel chitosan/laterite/Iron oxide-based biocomposite for the removal of methylene blue in aqueous solution

Md N. Sakib, N. Hano, M. Takafuji, S. Ahmed

Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management,  Vol. 17, 100658, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2022.100658

Functionalized aluminum oxide by immobilization of totally organic aromatic polymer spherical nanoparticles
S. Nagaoka, K. Yoshida, Y. Hirota, Y. Komachi, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 640, 128438, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128438

Fabrication of naphthol-based phenolic polymer coated-silica for mixed-mode chromatography

Y. Hu, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji
Journal of Chromatography Open, Vol. 2, 100028, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcoa.2021.100028

Advanced Mg-Al-Ca alloys with combined properties of high thermal conductivity, high mechanical strength and non-flammability

Y. Kawamura, S. Inoue, K. Ougi, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, T. Kiguchi, D. S. Shih

Materials Transaction, Vol. 63 (2), 118-127, 2022. DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2021195

Chemical redox-induced chiroptical switching of supramolecular assemblies of viologens

Y. Kuwahara, M. Ito, T. Iwamoto, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, N. Ryu and T. Mani
RSC Advances, Vol. 12, pp.2019-2025, 2022. DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08984F

2021 (12)  to page top

Efficient removal of methylene blue dye from an aqueous solution using silica nanoparticle crosslinked acrylamide hybrid hydrogels

M. Maria Rahman, J, A. Foisal, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

New Journal of Chemistry (RSC), Vol. 45, pp. 20107-20119 , 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ04383H

Thermally stable high-contrast iridescent structural colours from silica colloidal crystal doped with monodisperse spherical black carbon particles as maverick

K. Nakamae, N. Hano, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Materials Advances (RSC), Vol. 2, pp. 5935-5941, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1MA00523E

Efficient extraction of quaternary ammonium alkaloids based on π-conjugated polymer coated porous silica adsorbent

H. Yu, P. Jin, F. Zhu, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, L. Nie, H. Liu

Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 426, 131061, 2021 (15 December).

Supramolecular assembly of glutamide attached terpyridine-lanthanide complex with enhanced chirality and high fluorescence quantum yield

N. Sultana, T. Kawahara, Y. Kuwahara, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 781, 138968, 2021.

Temperature depending bioelectrocatalysis current of multicopper oxidase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum

M. Tominaga, S. Nakao, M. Takafuji, E. Takamura, S. Suye, T. Satomura.

Electrochemistry Communications, Vol. 125, 106982, 2021.

A molecular shape recognitive HPLC stationary phase based on a highly ordered amphiphilic glutamide molecular gel

N. Kawamoto, Y. Hu, Y. Kuwahara, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Nanomaterials, Vol. 11(6), 1574, 2021. DOI: 10.3390/nano11061574
Special issue “Self-assembled nanostructures for molecular recognition” (Special editors: Makoto Takafuji and Hirotaka Ihara)

Selectivity enhancement for the separation of shape-constrained isomers by particle size-derived molecular ordering and density in reversed-phase liquid chromatography

A. K. Mallik,* H. Noguchi, M. M. Rahman, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara

Separation Science Plus, Vol. 4, pp. 296–304, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/sscp.202100017.

Hetero-network hydrogels crosslinked with silica nanoparticlesfor strategic control of thermal responsive property

M. Maria Rahman, Md. A. Alam, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji

Soft Matter (RSC), Vol. 17, pp. 4615-4622, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1SM00191D

Enantioselective self-assembled nanofibrillar network with glutamide-based organogelator

N. Nagatomo, H. Oishi, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, R. Oda, T. Hamada H. Ihara

Nanomaterials, Vol. 11(6), 1376, 2021. DOI: 10.3390/nano11061376.

Special issue “Self-assembled nanostructures for molecular recognition” (Special editors: Makoto Takafuji and Hirotaka Ihara)

Lanthanide ion-doped silica nanohelix: a helical inorganic network acts as a chiral source for metal ions

T. Harada, H. Yanagita, N. Ryu, Y. Okazaki, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, S. Nagaoka, H. Ihara, R. Oda

Chemical Communications (RSC), Vol. 57, pp. 4392-4395, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01112j

Remarkable enhancement of thermal stability of epoxy resin through the incorporation of mesoporous silica micro-filler

F. Yeasmin, A. K. Mallik, A. H. Chisty, F. N.Robel, Md.Shahruzzaman, P. Haque, M. M. Rahman, N. Hano, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara

Heliyon, Vol. 7, e05959, 2021.

Jute cellulose nanocrystal/poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-3-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane) hydrogel for removing a cationic dye from aqueous solution by ionic interaction

M. Shahruzzaman, S. Hossain, S. F. Kabir, Md. S. Rahman, S. Sultana, A. K. Mallik, P. Haque, M. Takafuji, M. M. Rahman.

Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, Vol. 6,pp. 254-263, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsamd.2021.02.005

2020 (8)  to page top

Extreme enhancement of secondary chirality through coordination-driven steric changes of terpyridyl ligand in glutamide-based molecular gels

M. Takafuji,* T. Kawahara, N. Sultana, N. Ryu, K. Yoshida, Y. Kuwahara, R. Oda, H. Ihara*

RSC Advances, Vol. 10, pp. 29627-29632, 2020. doi.org/10.1039/D0RA05057A

Fabrication of carbon-like, π-conjugated organic layer on a nano-porous silica surface

H. Noguchi, M. Sultana, N. Hano, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, S. Nagaoka, H. Qiu, H. Ihara*

Nanomaterials, Vol. 10 (No. 9), 1882, 2020. 10.3390/nano10091882

Polymer encapsulation and stabilization of molecular gel- based chiroptical information for strong, tunable circularly polarized luminescence film

H. Oishi, S. Mashima, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, K. Yoshida, R. Oda, H. Qiu, H. Ihara.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 8, pp. 8732-8735, 2020. doi.org/10.1039/D0TC01480J

Chirality induction on non-chiral dye-linked polysilsesquioxane in nanohelical structures

N. Ryu, T. Kawaguchi, H. Yanagita, Y. Okazaki, T. Buffeteau, K. Yoshida, T. Shirosaki, S. Nagaoka, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, R. Oda.

Chemical Communications, Vol. 56, pp. 7241-7244, 2020. doi.org/10.1039/D0CC02224A

Multi-chiro-informative system created by a porphyrin-functionalized chiral molecular assembly

S. Mashima, N.Ryu, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, H. Jintoku, R. Oda, H. Ihara

Chemistry Letters, Vol.49, pp.368-371, 2020. doi.org/10.1246/cl.200018.

Calcium ion mediated rapid wound healing by nano-ZnO doped calcium phosphate-chitosan-alginate biocomposites

M. A. Rahman, M. S. Islam, P. Haque, M. N Khan, M. Takafuji, M. Begum, G. W. Chowdhury, M. Khan, M. M. Rahman

Materialia, Vol. 13, Article number 100839, September 2020.

Preparation of novel chitosan/poly (ethylene glycol)/ZnO bionanocomposite for wound healing application: Effect of gentamicin loading

R. A. Masud, M. S. Islam, P. Haque, M. N. I. Khan, M. Shahruzzaman, M. Khan, M. Takafuji, M. M. Rahman

Materialia, Vol. 12, Article number 100785, August 2020.

Spherical filler-promoting thermally conductive pathway in graphite-containing polymer composites for high heat radiation

M. Takafuji, N. Kawamoto, N. Hano, K. Sasahara, S. Nagaoka, H. Ihara.

Journal of Polymer Science, Vol.58, pp.607–615, 2020. doi.org/10.1002/pol.20190182.

2019 (7)  to page top

Fabrication of fluorescent one-dimensional-nanocomposites through one-pot self-assembling polymerization on nano-helical silica.

S. Pathan, H. Noguchi, N. Yamada, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, R. Oda, H. Ihara.

Chemistry Letters, Vol.48, No.9, pp.1088-1091, 2019. DOI: 10.1246/cl.190339

Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) prepared by metal induced reduction of graphite oxide improves the conductive behavior of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/rGO composite.

A. K. Mallik, Md. L. Habib, F. N. Robel, Md. Shahruzzaman, P. Haque, M. M. Rahman, D. Vasudevan, D. J. Martin, Y. Yamauchi, A. K. Nanjundan, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara.

Chemistry Select, Vol. 4, Iss. 27, pp.7954-7958, 2019. (July 23, 2019) DOI: 10.1002/slct.201901281

Emission color control in polymer film by memorized fluorescence solvatochromism due to a new class of totally-organic fluorescent nanogel particles

N. Yamada, H. Noguchi, Y. Orimoto, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, S. Pathan, R. Oda, A. Rahmuri, M. Ramzanov, H. Ihara.

Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol.25, pp.1–9, 2019. doi.org/10.1002/chem.201901239

Monodisperse surface charge-controlled black nanoparticles for near infrared shielding.

N. Hano, M. Takafuji, H. Noguchi, H. Ihara

ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp.3597–3605, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b00555.

Preparation of high refractive index composite films based on titanium oxide nanoparticles hybridized hydrophilic polymers

M. Takafuji, M. Kajiwara, N. Hano, Y. Kuwahara, H. Ihara.

Nanomaterials, Vol. 9(4), 514, 2019. DOI: 10.3390/nano9040514

L-Lysine-derived highly selective stationary phases for hydrophobic interaction chromatography: Effect of chain length on selectivity, efficiency, resolution, and asymmetry.

A. K. Mallik, S. Guragain, M. M. Rahman, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara.

Separation Science Plus (SSC Plus), Volume2, pp.42-50, 2019. DOI: org/10.1002/sscp.201800148

pH-Sensitive Hydrogel from Polyethylene Oxide and Acrylic acid by Gamma Radiation

T.S. B. Monir, S. Afroz, R. A. Khan, M. Y. Miah, M. Takafuji, Md. A. Alam.

Journal of Composite Science, Vol. 3(2), 58, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs3020058

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