Another original paper Aki co-authored has been published on Polymer Degradation and Stabili. Thermal properties and degradation of enantiomeric copolyesteramides poly(lactic acid-co-alanine)sHideto Tsujia, Shotaro Sato, Noriaki Masaki, Yuki Arakawa, Yuta Yoshizaki, Akinori Kuzuya, Yuichi Ohya*Polym. Degrad. Stab., in press. (DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.109047)
An original paper Aki co-authored has been published on Polymer Crystallization. “Stereocomplex crystallization, homocrystallization, and polymorphism of enantiomeric copolyesteramides poly(lactic acid‐co‐alanine)s from the melt”Hideto Tsuji,* Shotaro Sato, Noriaki Masaki, Yuki Arakawa, Yuta Yoshizaki, Akinori Kuzuya, Yuichi Ohya*Polymer Crystallization, in press. (DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10094)
Our paper on an attempt to apply DNA Quadruplex Hydrogels to cell culture substrate has been published on Polymers journal with open access. “Application of DNA Quadruplex Hydrogels Prepared from Polyethylene Glycol-Oligodeoxynucleotide Conjugates to Cell Culture Media” Shizuma Tanaka, Shinsuke Yukami, Yuhei Hachiro, Yuichi Ohya,* Akinori Kuzuya* Polymers 2019, 11, 1607. (DOI: 10.3390/polym11101607)
A book by PRESTO “Molecular Technology” researchers, “Molecular Technology: Life Innovation“, has been published online. Aki wrote the second chapter.
The 2nd paper on our “molecular swarm robots” has been published: “Control of swarming of molecular robots” J. J. Keya, A. M. R. Kabir, D. Inoue, K. Sada, H. Hess, A. Kuzuya,* A. Kakugo* Sci. Rep. 2018, 8, 11756 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30187-1)
Original paper co-authored with collaborators at Universiti Sains Malaysia has been published today: DNA Switch: Toehold-Mediated DNA Isothermal Amplification for Dengue Serotyping Soo Khim Chan, Akinori Kuzuya, Yee Siew Choong, and Theam Soon Lim* SLAS Discov., 2018, in press. (DOI: 10.1177/2472555218791743)
An original paper written by Prof. Ohya has been published: Preparation of Biodegradable Oligo(lactide)s-Grafted Dextran Nanogels for Efficient Drug Delivery by Controlling Intracellular Traffic Yuichi Ohya,* Akihiro Takahashi, and Akinori Kuzuya Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2018, 16, 1606 (DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061606).
Our movie on “Molecular Swarm Robots” has been covered by “Biomedical Picture of the Day” managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences: “New Formation“.
An original paper on i-motif hydrogels has been published today: Bulk pH Responsive DNA Quadruplex Hydrogels Prepared by Liquid-Phase Large Scale DNA Synthesis Shizuma Tanaka, Shinsuke Yukami, Kazuki Fukushima, Kenta Wakabayashi, Yuichi Ohya,* and Akinori Kuzuya* ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 295-299 (DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00063).
Our recent “Molecular Swarm Robots” paper has been covered by “Chemistry World” journal from The Royal Society of Chemistry: “Flocks of nanorobots could form artificial muscles“.