Precision polymer network science with tetra-PEG gels—a decade history and future

Gels: From Soft Matter to BioMatter

(2018) Mitsuhiro Shibayama et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Small-angle scattering study of tetra-poly(acrylic acid) gels

(2018) Ken Morishima et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Near-Model Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks Based on Four-Arm Stars of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and Poly(ethylene glycol): Synthesis and Characterization

(2018) Demetris E. Apostolides et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Decisive test of the ideal behavior of tetra-PEG gels

(2017) Ferenc Horkay et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Microscopic Structure of the “Nonswellable” Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Conetwork

(2017) Shintaro Nakagawa et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Probe Diffusion during Sol–Gel Transition of a Radical Polymerization System Using Isorefractive Dynamic Light Scattering

(2017) Nobuyuki Watanabe et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Probe Diffusion of Sol–Gel Transition in an Isorefractive Polymer Solution

(2017) Xiang Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

SANS Study on Critical Polymer Clusters of Tetra-Functional Polymers

(2017) Xiang Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Permeation of Water through Hydrogels with Controlled Network Structure

(2017) Takeshi Fujiyabu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dynamic Covalent Star Poly(ethylene glycol) Model Hydrogels: A New Platform for Mechanically Robust, Multifunctional Materials

(2017) Demetris E. Apostolides et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Experimental Observation of Two Features Unexpected from the Classical Theories of Rubber Elasticity

(2017) Kengo Nishi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Scattering perspectives on nanostructural inhomogeneity in polymer network gels

(2017) Sebastian Seiffert   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Fast-forming hydrogel with ultralow polymeric content as an artificial vitreous body

(2017) Kaori Hayashi et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

Fabrication and Structural Characterization of Module-Assembled Amphiphilic Conetwork Gels

(2016) Takashi Hiroi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Quantifying the impact of molecular defects on polymer network elasticity

(2016) M. Zhong et al.   SCIENCE

Reliable Hydrogel with Mechanical “Fuse Link” in an Aqueous Environment

(2015) Shinji Kondo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Dioxide Separation Using a High-toughness Ion Gel with a Tetra-armed Polymer Network

(2015) Kenta Fujii et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Electrophoretic mobility of semi-flexible double-stranded DNA in defect-controlled polymer networks: Mechanism investigation and role of structural parameters

(2015) Kateryna Khairulina et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Rubber elasticity for percolation network consisting of Gaussian chains

(2015) Kengo Nishi et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Nearly Ideal Polymer Network Ion Gel Prepared in pH-Buffering Ionic Liquid

(2015) Kei Hashimoto et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Model Polyelectrolyte Gels Synthesized by End-Linking of Tetra-Arm Polymers with Click Chemistry: Synthesis and Mechanical Properties

(2014) Kazuyuki Oshima et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Kinetic Aspect on Gelation Mechanism of Tetra-PEG Hydrogel

(2014) Kengo Nishi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multiscale Dynamics of Inhomogeneity-Free Polymer Gels

(2014) Takashi Hiroi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study on Defect-Controlled Polymer Networks

(2014) Kengo Nishi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The chemistry of tissue adhesive materials

(2014) Petra J.M. Bouten et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

"Nonswellable" Hydrogel Without Mechanical Hysteresis

(2014) H. Kamata et al.   SCIENCE

Shrinking Kinetics of Polymer Gels with Alternating Hydrophilic/Thermoresponsive Prepolymer Units

(2013) Hiroyuki Kamata et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Rubber elasticity for incomplete polymer networks

(2012) Kengo Nishi et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Structural Analysis of High Performance Ion-Gel Comprising Tetra-PEG Network

(2012) Hanako Asai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Anomalous volume phase transition in a polymer gel with alternative hydrophilic–amphiphilic sequence

(2012) Hiroyuki Kamata et al.   Soft Matter

Effect of swelling and deswelling on the elasticity of polymer networks in the dilute to semi-dilute region

(2012) Takamasa Sakai et al.   Soft Matter

Structure-mechanical property relationship of tough hydrogels

(2012) Mitsuhiro Shibayama   Soft Matter

SANS Studies on Tetra-PEG Gel under Uniaxial Deformation

(2011) Takuro Matsunaga et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Connectivity and Structural Defects in Model Hydrogels: A Combined Proton NMR and Monte Carlo Simulation Study

(2011) Frank Lange et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Kinetic Study for AB-Type Coupling Reaction of Tetra-Arm Polymers

(2011) Kengo Nishi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Examination of the Theories of Rubber Elasticity Using an Ideal Polymer Network

(2011) Yuki Akagi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High-performance ion gel with tetra-PEG network

(2011) Kenta Fujii et al.   Soft Matter

Highly Elastic and Deformable Hydrogel Formed from Tetra-arm Polymers

(2010) Takamasa Sakai et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Evaluation of Gelation Kinetics of Tetra-PEG Gel

(2010) Manami Kurakazu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structure Characterization of Tetra-PEG Gel by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

(2009) Takuro Matsunaga et al.   MACROMOLECULES

SANS and SLS Studies on Tetra-Arm PEG Gels in As-Prepared and Swollen States

(2009) Takuro Matsunaga et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Evaluation of Topological Defects in Tetra-PEG Gels

(2009) Yuki Akagi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Our plastic age

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Design and Fabrication of a High-Strength Hydrogel with Ideally Homogeneous Network Structure from Tetrahedron-like Macromonomers

(2008) Takamasa Sakai et al.   MACROMOLECULES