A review paper Aki co-authored has been published: Molecular Origami: Designing Functional Molecules of the FutureHitoshi Ishida,* Takeshi Ito, and Akinori KuzuyaMolecules, 2025, 30 (2), 242. (DOI: 10.3390/molecules30020242) And it’s selected as a Cover Picture for Vol. 30, Issue 20.
The latest original paper on “Molecular Swarm Robots” has been published in Small. It introduces a new system in which molecular robots “talk to each other” and “change their behaviors accordingly”: Nonequilibrium Self‐Assembly of Microtubules Through Stepwise Sequential Interactions of DNAJakia Jannat Keya, Mousumi Akter, Yuta Yamasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya,* Akira Kakugo*Small, 2024,… Read More »
An original research paper Aki co-authored on DNA origami by Jianping, former Ned Seeman’s student, has been published: DNA Origami-Constructed Nanotapes for Sunitinib Adsorption and Inhibition of Renal Clear Carcinoma CellsLin Li, Xuxiang Yao, Pengyao Wei, Dongdong He, Qiaojiao Ding, Bing Bai, Xiuyi Lv, Akinori Kuzuya, Yuling Wang, Kerong Wu,* Kaizhe Wang,* Jianping Zheng*ACS Omega… Read More »
Original Paper Aki co-authored from Functional Polymers Lab of our department has been published: Sustained-Release of Antigens and CpG-DNA using Temperature-Responsive Biodegradable Injectable Polymers: Performance on Induction of Immune ResponsesYuta Yoshizaki,* Kenta Horii, Nobuo Murase, Akinori Kuzuya, Yuichi Ohya*Advanced Therapeutics 2024, 7 (8), 2300296. (DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202300296)
Original Paper Aki co-authored from Functional Polymers Lab of our department has been published: Gelation upon the Mixing of Amphiphilic Graft and Triblock Copolymers Containing Enantiomeric Polylactide Segments through Stereocomplex FormationYuichi Ohya*, Yasuyuki Yoshida, Taiki Kumagae, and Akinori KuzuyaGels 2024, 10 (2), 139. (DOI: 10.3390/gels10020139)
Original Paper Aki co-authored from Functional Polymers Lab of our department has been published: Synthesis of Topological Gels by Penetrating Polymerization Using a Molecular NetYuichi Ohya*, Ryota Dohi, Fumika Seko, Yuto Nakazawa, Ken-ichiro Mizuguchi, Kosei Shinzaki, Takahiko Yasui, Hiroaki Ogawa, Shizuka Kato, Yuta Yoshizaki, Nobuo Murase, and Akinori KuzuyaAngewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63 (11), e202317045. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317045)
Original paper Aki co-authored from Functional Polymers Lab of our department has been published: Development of immune cell delivery system using biodegradable injectable polymers for cancer immunotherapyYuta Yoshizaki,* Kenta Horii, Nobuo Murase, Akinori Kuzuya, and Yuichi Ohya*International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2024, 652, 123801. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123801)
A review paper Aki wrote has been published online: From Molecular Robotics to Molecular Cybernetics: The First Step Toward Chemical Artificial IntelligenceAkinori Kuzuya,* Shin-Ichiro M. Nomura, Taro Toyota, Takashi Nakakuki, Satoshi MurataIEEE Trans. Mol. Biol. Multi-Scale Commun. 2023, 9 (3), 354-363. DOI: 10.1109/TMBMC.2023.3304243
The episode of the TV program NHK WORLD JAPAN “Science View,” in witch Aki introduced DNA Origami technique will be rerun on Jul 18, 2023.
An original paper on biodegradable poly-ion complex micelles Aki co-authored has been published online: Drug Delivery with Hyaluronic Acid-Coated Polymeric Micelles in Liver Fibrosis TherapyYuta Yoshizaki, Manami Yamasaki, Takuya Nagata, Kengo Suzuki, Rio Yamada, Takuma Kato, Nobuo Murase, Akinori Kuzuya, Akira Asai, Kazuhide Higuchi, Kosuke Kaji, Hitoshi Yoshiji, and Yuichi Ohya*ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2023, 9 (6), 3414–3424. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00327