Publications

Polyrotaxane and slide-ring materials

  1. S. Uenuma, R. Maeda, H. Yokoyama, K. Ito, "Precise control of cyclodextrin-based pseudo-polyrotaxane lamellar structure via axis polymer composition", Soft Matter, 16, 9035(2020).
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  2. Kazuaki Kato, Yuta Ikeda, Kohzo Ito, "Direct Determination of Cross-Link Density and Its Correlation with the Elastic Modulus of a Gel with Slidable Cross-Links", ACS Macro Letters, 8, 700-704(2019).
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  3. Koichi Mayumi, Chang Liu, Kohzo Ito, "Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Dynamically Cross-Linked Polymer Gels and Elastomers with Molecular Necklaces", NIHON REOROJI GAKKAISHI, 47(2), 43-49(2019).
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  4. R Tantiwechwuttikul, M Yarime, Kohzo Ito, "Solar Photovoltaic Market Adoption: Dilemma of Technological Exploitation vs Technological Exploration", Technologies and Eco-innovation towards Sustainability II, 215-227(2019).
  5. Shuntaro Uenuma, Rina Maeda, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo Ito, "Formation of well-defined supramolecular microstructures consisting of γ-cyclodextrin and polyether —rods, cubes, plates, and nanosheets—guided by guest polymer structure", Polymer, 179, 121689(2019).
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  6. Shuntaro Uenuma, Rina Maeda, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo Ito, "Formation of Isolated Pseudo-Polyrotaxane Nanosheet Consisting of α-Cyclodextrin and Poly(ethylene glycol)", Macromolecules, 52(10), 3881-3887(2019).
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  7. Shuntaro Uenuma, Rina Maeda, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo Ito, "Autonomously isolated pseudo-polyrotaxane nanosheets fabricated via hierarchically ordered supramolecular self-assembly", Chemical Communications, 55(29), 4158-4161(2019), pulished as Outside Back Cover Artwork.
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  8. Guan Li, Kazuaki Kato, Koichi Mayumi, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Efficient Mechanical Toughening of Polylactic Acid without Substantial Decreases in Stiffness and Transparency by the Reactive Grafting of Polyrotaxanes", Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 93(1-2), 107-116(2019).
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  9. Yusuke Yasuda, Yuta Hidaka, Koichi Mayumi, Takeshi Yamada, Kazushi Fujimoto, Susumu Okazaki, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Molecular Dynamics of Polyrotaxane in Solution Investigated by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Sliding Motion of Rings on Polymer", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(24), 9655-9663(2019), published as Supplementary Cover Artwork.
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  10. Si Yu Zheng, Chang Liu, Lan Jiang, Ji Lin, Jin Qian, Koichi Mayumi, Zi Liang Wu, Kohzo Ito, Qiang Zheng, "Slide-Ring Cross-Links Mediated Tough Metallosupramolecular Hydrogels with Superior Self-Recoverability", Macromolecules, 52(17), 6748-6755(2019).
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  11. Chang Liu, Hirokazu Kadono, Hideaki Yokoyama, Koichi Mayumi, and Kohzo Ito, "Crack propagation resistance of slide-ring gels", Polymer, 181(24), 121782(2019).
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  12. Chang Liu, Koichi Mayumi*, Kyohei Hayashi, Lan Jiang, Hideaki Yokoyama, Kohzo Ito, "Direct Observation of Large Deformation and Fracture Behavior at the Crack Tip of Slide-Ring Gel", Jounal of the Electrochemical Society, 166(9), B3143-B3147(2019).
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  13. Yusuke Yasuda, Masatoshi Toda, Koichi Mayumi*, Hideaki Yokoyama, Hiroshi Morita, Kohzo Ito, "Sliding Dynamics of Ring on Polymer in Rotaxane: a Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study", Macromolecules, 52(10), 3787-3793(2019).
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  14. Shuntaro Uenuma, Rina Maeda, Kazuaki Kato, Koichi Mayumi, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Drastic Change of Mechanical Properties of Polyrotaxane Bulk: ABA–BAB Sequence Change Depending on Ring Position", ACS Macro Letters, 8(2), 140-144(2019), published as Supplementary Cover Artwork.
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  15. Ying-Cheng Lin, Kohzo Ito, and Hideaki Yokoyama, "Solid polymer electrolyte based on crosslinked polyrotaxane", Polymer, 136, 121-127(2018).
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  16. Hiroaki Gotoh, Chang Liu, Abu Bin Imran, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro Seki, Koichi Mayumi, Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu Takeoka, "Optically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley", Science advances, 4(10), eaat7629(2018).
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  17. Lan Jiang, Chang Liu, Koichi Mayumi, Kazuaki Kato, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Highly Stretchable and Instantly Recoverable Slide-Ring Gels Consisting of Enzymatically Synthesized Polyrotaxane with Low Host Coverage", Chemistry of Materials, 30(15), 5013-5019(2018).
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  18. Taku Goto, Masaki Iida, Helen Tan, Chang Liu, Koichi Mayumi, Rina Maeda, Koichi Kitahara, Kazuto Hatakeyama, Tsuyohito Ito, Yoshiki Shimizu, Hideaki Yokoyama, Kaoru Kimura, Kohzo Ito, Yukiya Hakuta, Kazuo Terashima, "Thermally conductive tough flexible elastomers as composite of slide-ring materials and surface modified boron nitride particles via plasma in solution", Applied Physics Letter, 112, 101901(2018).
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  19. Akira Tanaka, Kazuaki, Kato, Kohzo Ito, Kenji Urayama, "Pronounced Effects of the Densities of Threaded Rings on the Strain-Dependent Poisson’s Ratio of Polyrotaxane Gels with Movable Cross-links", Soft Matter., 14(15), 2808-2815(2018).
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  20. Kazuaki Kato, Ayaka Hori, and Kohzo Ito, "An efficient synthesis of low-covered polyrotaxanes grafted with poly(ε-caprolactone) and the mechanical properties of its cross-linked elastomers", Polymer, 147(4), 67-73(2018).
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  21. Liu, C., Kadono, H., Mayumi, K., Kato, K., Yokoyama, H., & Ito, K., "Unusual Fracture Behavior of Slide-Ring Gels with Movable Cross-Links", ACS Macro Letters, 6, 1409-1413(2017).
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  22. L. Jiang, K. Kato, K. Mayumi. H. Yokoyama, K. Ito, "One-Pot Synthesis and Characterization of Polyrotaxane–Silica Hybrid Aerogel", ACS Macro Lett., 6(3), 281-286(2017).
  23. K. Minato, K. Mayumi, M. Rina, K. Kato, H. Yokoyama, K. Ito, "Mechanical properties of supramolecular elastomers prepared from polymer-grafted polyrotaxane", Polymer, 128(16), 386-391(2017).
  24. Kazuaki Kato, Tomoki Mizusawa, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Effect of Topological Constraint and Confined Motions on the Viscoelasticity of Polyrotaxane Glass with Different Interactions between Rings", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(3), 1861-1869(2017).
  25. Naoki Sugihara, Kirara Nishimura, Haruka Nishino, Shinji Kanehashi, Koichi Mayumi, Yoichi Tominaga, Takeshi Shimomura, Kohzo Ito, “Ion-Conductive and Elastic Slide-Ring Gel Li Electrolytes Swollen with Ionic Liquid”, Electrochimica Acta 229, 166-172
  26. Atsushi Yasumoto, Hiroaki Gotoh, Abu Bin Imran, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro, Seki, Yasuhiro Sakai, Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu Takeoka, "Highly Responsive Hydrogel Prepared Using Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Grafted Polyrotaxane as a Building Block Designed by Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization and Click Chemistry", Macromolecules, 50(1), 364-374(2017).
  27. Atsushi Yasumoto, Hiroaki Gotoh, Abu Bin Imran, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro, Seki, Yasuhiro Sakai, Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu Takeoka, "Highly Responsive Hydrogel Prepared Using Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Grafted Polyrotaxane as a Building Block Designed by Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization and Click Chemistry", Macromolecules, 50(1), 364-374(2017).
  28. K. Minato, K. Mayumi, R. Maeda, K. Kato, H. Yokoyama, K. Ito, “Mechanical properties of supramolecular elastomers prepared from polymer-grafted polyrotaxane” Polymer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.02.090
  29. L. Jiang, K. Kato, K. Mayumi. H. Yokoyama, K. Ito,“One-Pot Synthesis and Characterization of Polyrotaxane–Silica Hybrid Aerogel”, ACS Macro Lett., 6, 281-286 (2017).
  30. K. Ohmori, I. Abu Bin, T. Seki, C. Liu, K. Mayumi, K. Ito, Y. Takeoka,“Molecular weight dependency of polyrotaxane-cross-linked polymer gel extensibility”Chem. Commun., 52, 13757-13759 (2016).
  31. W. Wang, D. Zhao, J. Yang, T. Nishi, K. Ito, X. Zhao, L. Zhang, “Novel Slide-Ring Material/Natural Rubber Composites with High Damping Property”, Scientific Reports, 6, 22810 (2016).
  32. Shoko Takahashi, Norifumi L. Yamada, Kohzo Ito, and Hideaki Yokoyama, "Inclusion Complex of α-Cyclodextrin with Poly(ethylene glycol) Brush", Macromolecules, 49(18), 6947-6952(2016).
  33. Shuntaro Uenuma, Rina Maeda, Shoko Takahashi, Kazuaki Kato, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Self-assembled Structure of Polyrotaxane Consisting of β-Cyclodextrin and Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propyleneoxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) Triblock Copolymer in Bulk System", Chemistry letters, 45(8), 991-993(2016).
  34. Akinori Bando, Rumiko Kasahara, Kentaro Kayashima, Yasushi Okumura, Kazuaki Kato, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hideaki Yokoyama, Yuya Shinohara, Yoshiyuki Amemiya, and Kohzo Ito, "Volume Phase Transitions of Slide-Ring Gels", Polymers, 8(6), 217(2016).
  35. Kazuaki Kato, Daisuke Matsui, Koichi Mayumi, and Kohzo Ito, "Synthesis, structure, and mechanical properties of silica nanocomposite polyrotaxane gels", Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 11, 2194-2201(2015).
  36. Kazuaki Kato, Tomoki Mizusawa, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Polyrotaxane Glass: Peculiar Mechanics Attributable to the Isolated Dynamics of Different Components", Journal of Physical Chemistry, Letters, 6, 4043-4048(2015).
  37. Kazuaki Kato, Yoshinori Okabe, Yuya Okazumi, and Kohzo Ito, "A significant impact of host–guest stoichiometry on the extensibility of polyrotaxane gels", Chemical Communications, 51, 16180-16183(2015).
  38. Naoki Sugihara, Yoichi Tominaga, Takeshi Shimomura, and Kohzo Ito, "Ionic conductivity and mechanical properties of slide-ring gel swollen with electrolyte solution including lithium ions", Electrochimica Acta, 169, 433-439(2015).
  39. Dan Yang, Fengxing Ge, Ming Tian, Nanying Ning, Liqun Zhang, Changming Zhao, Kohzo Ito, Toshio Nishi, Huaming Wang, and Yunguang Luan, "Dielectric elastomer actuator with excellent electromechanical performance using slide-ring materials/barium titanate composites", J. Mater. Chem. A, 3, 9468-9479(2015).
  40. Kazuaki Kato, Kanae Karube, Nanako Nakamura, and Kohzo Ito, "The effect of ring size on the mechanical relaxation dynamics of polyrotaxane gels", Polymer Chemistry, 6(12), 2241-2248 (2015).
  41. Manabu Inutsuka, Katsunari Inoue, Yuki Hayashi, Aoi Inomata, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Highly dielectric and flexible polyrotaxane elastomer by introduction of cyano groups", Polymer, 59, 10-15 (2015).
  42. Yuuki Kondo, Kenji Urayama, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Koichi Mayumi, Toshikazu Takigawa, and Kohzo Ito, "Applicability of a particularly simple model to nonlinear elasticity of slide-ring gels with movable cross-links as revealed by unequal biaxial deformation", Journal of Chemical Physics, 141(13), 134906 1-9 (2014).
  43. Abu Bin Imran, Kenta Esaki, Hiroaki Gotoh, Takahiro Seki, Kohzo Ito, Yasuhiro Sakai, and Yukikazu Takeoka, "Extremely stretchable thermosensitive hydrogels by introducing slide-ring polyrotaxane cross-linkers and ionic groups into the polymer network", Nature Communications, 5, 5124 1-8 (2014).
  44. Xue Li, Hailan Kang, Jianxiang Shen, Liqun Zhang, Toshio Nishi, Kohzo Ito, Changming Zhao, and Phil Coastes, "Highly toughened polylactide with novel sliding graft copolymer by in situ reactive compatibilization, crosslinking and chain extension", Polymer, 55(16), 4313-4323 (2014).
  45. Yumiki Noda, Yuki Hayashi, and Kohzo Ito, "From topological gels to slide-ring materials", Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences, 131(15), 40509 1-9 (2014).
  46. Lin Ye, Xiaoqiong Liu, Kohzo Ito, and Zengguo Feng, "The preparation of an azo-substituted polyrotaxane end-capped with PNIPPAAm and its dual stimuli-responsive behavior for drug delivery applications", Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(35), 5746-5757 (2014).
  47. Kazuaki Kato, Takaaki Yasuda, and Kohzo Ito, "Peculiar elasticity and strain hardening attributable to counteracting entropy of chain and ring in slide-ring gels", Polymer, 55(10), 2614-2619 (2014).
  48. Kazuaki Kato, Tomoya Ise, and Kohzo Ito, "Crystal structure transition of polyrotaxanes attributable to competing rings and backbone induced by in situ modification of the backbone", Polymer, 55(6), 1514-1519 (2014).
  49. Koichi Mayumi and Kohzo Ito, "Novel entropic elasticity of topological network formed by ring and string", Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 68(3), 158-161 (2013).
  50. Koichi Mayumi and Kohzo Ito, "Structure and Dynamics of Polyrotaxane and Mechanical Properties of Slide-ring Gels", Hamon, 23(1), 50-55 (2013).
  51. Dan Yang, Liqun Zhang, Nanying Ning, Dongdong Li, Zhao Wang, Toshio Nishi, Kohzo Ito, and Ming Tian, "Large increase in actuated strain of HNBR dielectric elastomer by controlling molecular interaction and dielectric filler network", RSC Advances, 3(44), 21896-21904 (2013).
  52. Chuan Tang, Aoi Inomata, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hideaki Yokoyama, Toshikazu Miyoshi, and Kohzo Ito, "Effects of Chemical Modification on the Molecular Dynamics of Complex Polyrotaxanes Investigated by Solid-state NMR", Macromolecules, 46(17), 6898-6907 (2013).
  53. Yeng Meng, Zheng Wei, Ling Liu, Li Liu, Liqun Zhang, Toshio Nishi, Kohzo Ito, "Significantly improving the thermal stability and dispersion morphology of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane/polysiloxane composites by in-situ grafting reaction", Polymer, 54(12), 3055-3064 (2013).
  54. Yasuhiro Sakai, Ryojiro Gomi, Kazuaki Kato, Hideaki Yokoyama, Kohzo Ito, "Structure and dynamics of polyrotaxane-based sliding graft copolymers with alkyl side chains", Soft Matter, 9(6), 1895-1901 (2013).
  55. Akinori Bando, Koichi Mayumi, Hideaki Yokoyama, Kohzo Ito, "Theory of volume phase transition of slide-ring gels", Reactive & Functional Polymers, 73(7), 904-910 (2013).
  56. Takao Moriyasu, Takuma Sakamoto, Naoki Sugihara, Yukie Sasa, Yutaka Ota, Takeshi Shimomura, Yasuhiro Sakai, Kohzo Ito, "Ionic conduction of slide-ring gel swollen with ionic liquids", Polymer, 54(5), 1490-1496 (2013).
  57. Kazuaki Kato, Kohzo Ito, "Polymer networks characterized by slidable crosslinks and the asynchronous dynamics of interlocked components", Reactive & Functional Polymers, 73(2), 405-412 (2013).
  58. Kazuaki Kato, Takaaki Yasuda, Kohzo Ito, "Viscoelastic Properties of Slide-Ring Gels Reflecting Sliding Dynamics of Partial Chains and Entropy of Ring Components", Macromolecules, 46(1), 310-316 (2013).
  59. Akihiro Konda, Koichi Mayumi, Kenji Urayama, Toshikazu Takigawa, Kohzo Ito, "Influence of Structural Characteristics on Stretching-Driven Swelling of Polyrotaxane Gels with Movable Cross Links", Macromolecules, 45(16), 6733-6740 (2012).
  60. Kazuaki Kato, Kohzo Ito, "Molecular Designs of Slide-ring Materials based on the Diversity of the Backbone Polymers", Journal of Synthetic Organic Japan, 70(5), 517-523 (2012).
  61. Koichi Mayumi, Masahiko Tezuka, Akinori Bando, Kohzo Ito, "Mechanics of slide-ring gels: novel entropic elasticity of a topological network formed by ring and string", Soft Matter, 8(31), 8179-8183 (2012).
  62. Kohzo Ito, "Novel entropic elasticity of polymeric materials: why is slide-ring gel so soft?", Polymer Journal, 44(1), 38-41 (2012).
  63. Hitoshi Endo, Koichi Mayumi, Noboru Osaka, Kohzo Ito, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, "The static structure of polyrotaxane in solution investigated by contrast variation small-angle neutron scattering", Polymer Journal, 43(2), 155-163 (2011).
  64. Keiko Sumitomo, Koichi Mayumi, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Toru Asahi, Toshimi Shimizu, Kohzo Ito, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, "Buffers to suppress sodium dodecyl sulfate adsorption to polyethylene oxide for protein separation on capillary polymer electrophoresis", Electrophoresis, 32(3-4), 448-454 (2011).
  65. Kazuki Kato, Kohzo Ito, "Dynamic transition between rubber and sliding states attributed to slidable cross-links", Soft Matter, 7(19), 8737-8740 (2011).
  66. Wei Li, Yanli Guo, Peng He, Rong Yang, Xingguo Li, Ye Chen, Dehai Liang, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito, "Preparation and study of alkyl carbamylated polyrotaxanes with large hysteresis during sol-gel phase transition", Polymer Chemistry, 2(8), 1797-1802 (2011).
  67. Yohsuke Bitoh, Norio Akuzawa, Kenji Urayama, Toshikazu Takigawa, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito, "Peculiar Nonlinear Elasticity of Polyrotaxane Gels with Movable Cross-Links Revealed by Multiaxial Stretching", Macromolecules, 44(21), 8661-8667 (2011).
  68. Bitoh Yohsuke, Kenji Urayama, Toshikazu Takigawa, Kohzo Ito, "Biaxial strain testing of extremely soft polymer gels", Soft Matter, 7(6), 2632-2638 (2011).
  69. Yasuhiro Sakai, Kentaro Ueda, Naoya Katsuyama, Koji Shimizu, Shunya Sato, Jun Kuroiwa, Jun Araki, Akira Teramoto, Koji Abe, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo Ito, "Fabrication and Structural Analysis of Polyrotaxane fibers and films", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23(28), 284108 (2011).
  70. Aoi Inomata, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo Ito"Orientational motions in mesogenic polyrotaxane and local mode relaxations of polymer segments in solid state polyrotaxane", Soft Matter, 7(3), 922-928 (2011).
  71. Koichi Mayumi, and Kohzo Ito, "Structure and Dynamics of Polyrotaxane and Slide-Ring Materials", Polymer, 51(4), 959-967 (2010).
  72. Naoya Katsuyama, Koji Shimizu, Syunya Sato, Jun Araki, Akira Teramoto, Koji Abe, Kohzo Ito, "Preparation of Polyrotaxane Fibers. Part II: Tensile Properties of Polyrotaxane Fibers Treated with Two Cross-linking Reagents", Textile Research Journal, 80(12), 1131-1137 (2010).
  73. Naoya Katsuyama, Koji Shimizu, Syunya Sato, Jun Kuroiwa, Akira Teramoto, Koji Abe, Jun Araki, Kohzo Ito, "Preparation of Polyrotaxane Fibers. Part I: Influence of Dope Solvents on the Physical Properties of Wet-spun Polyrotaxane Fibers", Textile Research Journal, 80(9), 834-840 (2010).
  74. Ken Ogata, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito, Kazuo Terashima, "Surface Modification of Slide-Ring Gel by Strip-line Microwave Micro Atmospheric Plasma", Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 23(4), 535-540 (2010).
  75. Kazuaki Kato, Hiroshi Komatsu, and Kohzo Ito, "A Versatile Synthesis of Diverse Polyrotaxanes with a Dual Role of Cyclodextrin as both the Cyclic and Capping Component", Macromolecules, 43(21), 8799–8804 (2010).
  76. Aoi Inomata, Yasuhiro Sakai, Changming Zhao, Christian Ruslim, Yuya Shinohara, Hideaki Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Amemiya, and Kohzo Ito"Crystallinity and Cooperative Motions of Cyclic Molecules in Partially Threaded Solid-State Polyrotaxanes", Macromolecules, 43(10), 4660–4666 (2010).
  77. Kohzo Ito, "Slide-Ring Materials Using Topological Supramolecular Architecture", Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science, 14(2), 28-34 (2010).
  78. Abu Bin Imran , Takahiro Seki, Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu Takeoka,"Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gel Prepared Using a Hydrophilic Polyrotaxane-Based Movable Cross-Linker", Macromolecules, 43(4),1975-1980(2010).
  79. Koichi Mayumi, Hitoshi Endo, Noboru Osaka, Hideaki Yokoyama, Michihiro Nagao, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, and Kohzo Ito, "Mechanically Interlocked Structure of Polyrotaxane Investigated by Contrast Variation Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, 42(16), 6327-6329 (2009).
  80. Keiko Sumitomo, Koichi Mayumi, Hideaki Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Toshimi Shimizu, Kohzo Ito, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, "Dynamic light-scattering measurement of sieving polymer solutions for protein separation on SDS CE", Electrophoresis, 30(20), 3607-3612 (2009).
  81. Tetsuya Kume, Jun Araki, Yasuhiro Sakai, Koichi Mayumi, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Hideaki Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Static and Dynamic Light Scattering Studies on Dilute Polyrotaxane Solutions", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 184, 012018 (2009).
  82. Koichi Mayumi, Michihiro Nagao, Hitoshi Endo, Noboru Osaka, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Kohzo Ito, Dynamics of polyrotaxane investigated by neutron spin echo, Physica B, 404, 2600-2602 (2009).
  83. Naoki Murata, Akihiro Konda, Kenji Urayama, Toshikazu Takigawa, Masatoshi Kidowaki, and Kohzo Ito, "Anomaly In Stretching-Induced Swelling of Slide-Ring Gels with Movable Cross-Links", Macromolecules,42(21), 8485-8491 (2009).
  84. Kazuaki Kato, Katsunari Inoue, Masatoshi Kidowaki, and Kohzo Ito, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Slide-Ring Gels: Polyrotaxanes Consisting of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and gamma-Cyclodextrin and Subsequent TopologicalCross-Linking", Macromolecules, 42(18), 7129-7136 (2009).
  85. Koichi Mayumi,Noboru Osaka,Hitoshi Endo,Hideaki Yokoyama,Yasuhiro Sakai,Mitsuhiro Shibayama,and Kohzo Ito, Concentration-induced conformational change in linear polymer threaded into cyclic molecules, Macromolecules, 41, 6480-6485 (2008).
  86. Sadaki Samitsu, Jun Araki, Takeshi Shimomura, Kohzo Ito, "Synthesis of a molecular tube in dimethyl sulfoxide and its inclusion complexation behavior with poly (ethylene oxide-ran-propylene oxide)", Macromolecules, 41, 5385-5392 (2008).
  87. Abu Bin Imran, Takahiro Seki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki,Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu Takaoka, "Fabrication of Mechanically Improved Hydrogels Using a Movable Cross-Linker Based on Vinyl Modified Polyrotaxane", Chemical Communications, 41, 5227-5229 (2008).
  88. Yukikazu Takeoka, Harumi Murayama, Abu Imran, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Masatoshi Kidowaki, and Kohzo Ito, "Chromic Slide-Ring Gel based on Reflection from Photonic Bandgap", Macromolecules, 41(5), 1808-1814 (2008).
  89. Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, and Kohzo Ito, "Preparation of a ''sliding graft copolymer'', an organic solvent-soluble polyrotaxane containing mobile side chains, and its application for a crosslinked elastomeric supramolecular film", Soft Matter, 4, 245-249 (2008).
  90. Jun Araki and Kohzo Ito, "Strongly thixotropic viscosity behavior of dimethylsulfoxide solution of polyrotaxane comprising a-cyclodextrin and low molecular weight poly(ethylene glycol)", Polymer, 48, 7139-7144 (2007).
  91. Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Kohzo Ito, "New solvent for polyrotaxane. III. dissolution in calcium thiocyanate aqueous solution or N-Methylmorpholine-N-Oxide (NMMO) monohydrate and the spontaneous gelation of the former solution", J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 105, 2265-2270 (2007).
  92. Aoi Inomata, Hitoshi Ishibashi, Takao Nakajima, Yasuhiro Sakai, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Takeshi Shimomura and Kohzo Ito, "Dielectric relaxation of liquid-crystalline polyrotaxane", Europhysics Letters, 79(6), 66004 (2007).
  93. Toshiyuki Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Changming Zhao, Jun Araki, Takayuki Ikehara, and Kohzo Ito, "Thermal properties and microstructures of methylated polyrotaxane solutions", Current Drug Discovery Technologies, 4(4), 275-281(2007).
  94. Masatoshi Kidowaki, Takao Nakajima, Jun Araki, Aoi Inomata, Hitoshi Ishibashi, Kohzo Ito, "Novel liquid crystalline polyrotaxane with movable mesogenic side chains", Macromolecules, 40, 6859-6862 (2007).
  95. Toshiyuki Kataoka, Yohei Nagao, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Jun Araki, Kohzo Ito; "Liquid-liquid equilibria of polyrotaxane and poly(vinyl alcohol)", Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 56, 270-276(2007).
  96. Shibayama, M; Karino, T; Domon, Y; Ito, K., "Complementary Use of SANS and DLS Studies for Structure Analysis and Dynamics of Polymer Gels", J. Appl. Cryst., 40, s43-s47 (2007).
  97. Taiga Sakai, Harumi Murayama, Shusaku Nagano, Yukikazu Takeoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito and Takahiro Seki, "Photoresponsive slide-ring gels", Advanced Materials, 19(15), 2023-2025 (2007).
  98. Jun Araki and Kohzo Ito, "Recent advances in the preparation of cyclodextrin-based polyrotaxanes and their applications to soft materials", Soft Matter, 3(12), 1456-1473 (2007).
  99. Kohzo Ito, "Novel cross-linking concept of polymer network: Synthesis, structure, and properties of slide-ring gels with freely movable junctions", Polymer Journal, 39, 488-500 (2007).
  100. Takeshi Karino, Yasushi Okumura, Changming Zhao, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Kohzo Ito and Mitsuhiro Shibayama; "Sol-gel transition of hydrophobically modified polyrotaxane", Macromolecules, 39, 9435-9441(2006).
  101. Jun Araki, Kohzo Ito; "Polyrotaxane derivatives. I. Preparation of modified polyrotaxanes with nonionic functional groups and their solubility in organic solvents", Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 44(21), 6312-6323(2006).
  102. Toshiyuki Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowak, Changming Zhao, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Toshimi Shimizu and Kohzo Ito; "Local and network structure of thermoreversible polyrotaxane hydrogels based on poly(ethylene glycol) and methylated α-cyclodextrins", Journal of Physical Chemistry, B, 110(48), 24377-243823(2006).
  103. Masatoshi Kidowaki, Changming Zhao, Toshiyuki Kataoka, and Kohzo Ito; "Thermoreversible sol-gel transition of an aqueous solution of polyrotaxane composed of highly methylated α-cyclodextrin and polyethylene glycol", Chemical Communications, 4102-4103(2006).
  104. Sadaki Samitsu, Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka and Kohzo Ito, "New solvent for polyrotaxane. II. Dissolution behavior of polyrotaxane in ionic liquids and preparation of ionic-liquid-containing slide-ring gel", Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 44, 1985-1994(2006).
  105. Jun Araki and Kohzo Ito; "New solvent for polyrotaxane. I. Dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride (DMAc/LiCl) system for modification of polyrotaxane", Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry., 44 , 532 - 538(2006).
  106. Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Naoya Katsuyama, Akira Teramoto, Kohzo Ito and Koji Abe, "A preliminary study for fiber spinning of mixed solutions of polyrotaxane and cellulose in a dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride (DMAc/LiCl)", Polymer, 47, 8241-8246 (2006).
  107. Takeshi Karino, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito; "SANS study on pulley effect of slide-ring gel", Physica B, 385-386, 807-809 (2006).
  108. Takeshi Karino, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Kohzo Ito; "Slide-ring gel: Topological gel with freely movable cross-links”, Physica B, 385-386, 692-696 (2006).
  109. Yuya Shinohara, Kentaro Kayashima, Yasushi Okumura, Changming Zhao, Kohzo Ito and Yoshiyuki Amemiya, "Small-angle X-ray scattering study of the pulley effect of slide-ring gels", Macromolecules, 39, 7386-7391 (2006).
  110. Jun Araki, Changming Zhao and Kohzo Ito; "Efficient Production of Polyrotaxanes from α-Cyclodextrin and Poly(ethylene glycol)", Macromolecules, 38(17) , 7524 - 7527(2005).
  111. Changming Zhao, Yusuke Domon, Yasushi Okumura1, Satoshi Okabe, Mitsuhiro Shibayama and Kohzo Ito; "Sliding mode of cyclodextrin in polyrotaxane and slide-ring gel", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17 , S2841-S2846(2005).
  112. Takeshi Karino, Yasushi Okumura, Changming Zhao, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Kohzo Ito and Mitsuhiro Shibayama, "SANS studies on deformation mechanism of slide-ring gel", Macromolecules, 38, 6161-6167 (2005).
  113. Takeshi Karino, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito, "SANS studies on spatial inhomogeneities of slide-ring gels", Macromolecules, 37, 6177-6182 (2004).
  114. Kohzo Ito, Takeshi Shimomura and Yasushi Okumura; "Nanostructures formed by combination of nanotube and polymer chains", Macromolecular Symposia, 201, 103-110(2003).
  115. Takeshi Shimomura, Tatsuya Funaki and Kohzo Ito; "Circular dichroism study of the inclusion-dissociation behavior of complexes between a molecular nanotube and azobenzene substituted linear polymers", Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 44, 275-278(2003).
  116. Takuya Funaki, Takeshi Shimomura and Kohzo Ito; "Inclusion-dissociation behavior between non-ionic surfactants and molecular nanotube in aqueous solution", Koubunshi Ronbunshu, 58, 299-303(2001).
  117. Makoto Saito, Takeshi Shimomura, Yasushi Okumura, Kohzo Ito and Reinosuke Hayakawa; "Temperature dependence of inclusion-dissociation behavior between molecular nanotubes and linear polymers", Journal of Chemical Physics, 114, 1-3(2001).
  118. Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito, "The polyrotaxane gel: a topological gel by figure-of-eight cross-links", Advanced Materials, 13(7), 485-487(2001).
  119. Yasushi Okumura, Kohzo Ito, Reinosuke Hayakawa and Toshio Nishi; "Self-assembling dendritic supramolecule of molecular nanotubes and starpolymers", Langmuir, 26, 10278-10280(2000).
  120. Yasushi Okumura, Kohzo Ito and Reinosuke Hayakawa; "Theory on inclusion behavior between cyclodextrin molecules and linear polymer chains in solutions", Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 11, 815-819(2000).
  121. Eiji Ikeda, Yasushi Okumura, Takeshi Shimomura, Kohzo Ito and Reinosuke Hayakawa; "Inclusion behavior between molecular nanotubes and linear polymer chains in aqueous solutions", Journal of Chemical Physics, 112, 4321-4325 (2000).

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