Correlation between the Structure of Water in the Vicinity of Polymer Brushes and Their Function

2010 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project Area: Molecular Soft-Interface Science
• Project/Area Number: 20106007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: University of Toyama
• Principal Investigator: KITANO Hiromi University of Toyama, 大学院・理工学研究部(工学), 教授 (40115829)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2012
• Keywords: 高分子ブラシ / 両性高分子 / 水の構造 / 和周波発生法

Research Abstract

生体適合性や環境応答性など様々な機能を有する高分子ブラシの近傍における水の構造を、振動分光法など種々の手法により調査し、当該ブラシの機能と近傍水の構造との相関を明らかにする。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Silica particles coated with zwitter- ionicpolymer brush: Formation of colloidal crystalsand anti-biofouling properties in aqueousmedium. (2011)
  • Author(s): Suzuki H., Murou M., Kitano H., Ohno K., Saruwatari Y.
  • Journal Title: Colloids Surfaces B:Biointerfacse 84 Pages: 111-116
• [Journal Article] Image Printing on the Surface of Anti-biofouling Zwitterionic Polymer Brush by Ion Beam Irradiation. (2011)
  • Author(s): Kitano H., Suzuki H., Kondo T., Sasaki K., Iwanaga S., Nakamura M., Ohno K., Saruwatari Y.
  • Journal Title: Macromol.Biosci. 11 Pages: 557-564
• [Journal Article] Suitability of Synthetic Copolymer Membranes as a Human Skin Alternative for InVitro Skin Permeation Testing. (2010)
  • Author(s): Miki R., Kimura S., Ueda H., Shima-mura T., Numajiri S., Seki, T., Juni K., Kitano H., Morimoto Y.
  • Journal Title: Alternatives to Animal Testing and Experimentations (AATEX) 15 Pages: 14-27
• [Journal Article] Drying dissipative structures of colloidal crystals of silica spheres coated with polymer brushes of poly carboxy- methyl betaine. (2010)
  • Author(s): Okubo T., Suzuki H., Kitano H., Ohno K., Mizutani M., Tsuchida A.
  • Journal Title: Colloid Polym.Sci. 288 Pages: 1233-1243
• [Journal Article] Direct spectroscopic observation of binding of sugars to polymers having phenylboronic acids substituted with an ortho-phenylazo group. (2010)
  • Author(s): Okasaka Yu, Kitano H.
  • Journal Title: Colloids Surfaces B:Biointerfaces 79 Pages: 434-439
• [Journal Article] Thermally Latent Water in a Polymer Matrix. (2010)
  • Author(s): Gemmei-Ide M., Ohya A., Kitano H.
  • Journal Title: J.Phys.Chem.B 114 Pages: 4310-4312
• [Journal Article] Recognition of peptide inhibitor by β-secretaseat an exterior surface of SAM. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kitano H., Kondo Y., Saito D., Gemmei-Ide M., Morita H., Kanayama N.
  • Journal Title: Colloids Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 78 Pages: 155-162
• [Journal Article] Molecular Recognition at the Exterior Surfaceof Zwitterionic Telomer Brush. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kitano H., Suzuki H., Matsuura K., Ohno K.
  • Journal Title: Langmuir 2010 26 Pages: 6767-6774
• [Journal Article] Temperature-Responsive Polymer Brush Constructed on a Glass Surface by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kitano H., Kondo T., Suzuki H., Ohno K.
  • Journal Title: J.Colloid Interface Sci. 345 Pages: 325-331
• [Journal Article] Structure of Water in the Vicinity of Amphoteric Polymers as Revealed by Vibrational Spectroscopy. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kitano H., Gemmei-Ide M.
  • Journal Title: J.Biomaterials Sci.Polym.Ed. 21 Pages: 1877-1893