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  1. Optogenetic Calcium Ion Influx in Myoblasts and Myotubes by Near-Infrared Light Using Upconversion Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  2. Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Fibers by Lithium Iodide Addition

    Article • ACS Omega, August 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  3. Polyampholytes and Their Hydrophobic Derivatives as Excipients for Suppressing Protein Aggregation

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, June 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  4. Polyampholyte‐Based Polymer Hydrogels for the Long‐Term Storage, Protection and Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins

    Article • Advanced Healthcare Materials, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  5. Design of self-assembled glycopolymeric zwitterionic micelles as removable protein stabilizing agents

    Article • Nanoscale Advances, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  6. Mechanistic insights and importance of hydrophobicity in cationic polymers for cancer therapy

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  7. Bridging polymer chemistry and cryobiology

    Article • Polymer Journal, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  8. Evaluation of the optimal dose for maximizing the anti-adhesion performance of a self-degradable dextran-based material

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, December 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  9. Cellular Flocculation Driven by Concentrated Polymer Brush-Modified Cellulose Nanofibers with Different Surface Charges

    Article • Biomacromolecules, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  10. Enhanced proliferation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in the gravity‐controlled environment

    Article • Artificial Organs, April 2022, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  11. Cellular Flocculation Using Concentrated Polymer Brush-Modified Cellulose Nanofibers with Different Fiber Lengths

    Article • Biomacromolecules, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  12. Cell-adhesive gels made of sacran/collagen complexes

    Article • Polymer Journal, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  13. Quick and Mild Isolation of Intact Lysosomes Using Magnetic–Plasmonic Hybrid Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Nano, January 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  14. Development and structural analysis of dual-thermo-responsive self-assembled zwitterionic micelles

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  15. Polyethylene-glycol-modified zwitterionic polymer assisted protein aggregation arrest and refolding

    Article • Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  16. Facile Photolithographic Fabrication of Zwitterionic Polymer Microneedles with Protein Aggregation Inhibition for Transdermal Drug Delivery

    Article • Biomacromolecules, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  17. Gene expression analysis of human induced pluripotent stem cells cryopreserved by vitrification using StemCell Keep

    Article • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  18. Design of an Ice Recrystallization-Inhibiting Polyampholyte-Containing Graft Polymer for Inhibition of Protein Aggregation

    Article • Biomacromolecules, November 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  19. Oxidized Polysaccharides as Green and Sustainable Biomaterials

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, April 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  20. Molecular mechanisms of cell cryopreservation with polyampholytes studied by solid-state NMR

    Article • Communications Materials, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  21. Review of the current state of protein aggregation inhibition from a materials chemistry perspective: special focus on polymeric materials

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  22. Molecular Design of Polyampholytes for Vitrification-Induced Preservation of Three-Dimensional Cell Constructs without Using Liquid Nitrogen

    Article • Biomacromolecules, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  23. Development of an efficient vitrification method for chondrocyte sheets for clinical application

    Article • Regenerative Therapy, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  24. Novel anti-biofouling and drug releasing materials for contact lenses

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, May 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  25. Special Issue: Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  26. Controlling the degradation of cellulose scaffolds with Malaprade oxidation for tissue engineering

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  27. Dual Thermo- and pH-Responsive Behavior of Double Zwitterionic Graft Copolymers for Suppression of Protein Aggregation and Protein Release

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  28. Comparative Study of Protein Aggregation Arrest by Zwitterionic Polysulfobetaines: Using Contrasting Raft Agents

    Article • ACS Omega, July 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  29. Effect of dual‐drug‐releasing micelle–hydrogel composite on wound healingin vivoin full‐thickness excision wound rat model

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  30. Amino-Carrageenan@Polydopamine Microcomposites as Initiators for the Degradation of Hydrogel by near-Infrared Irradiation for Controlled Drug Release

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, January 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  31. Controlling the degradation of an oxidized dextran-based hydrogel independent of the mechanical properties

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  32. Cytosolic delivery of quantum dots mediated by freezing and hydrophobic polyampholytes in RAW 264.7 cells

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  33. Micropatterned Cell Orientation of Cyanobacterial Liquid-Crystalline Hydrogels

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  34. Development and Characterization of a Poly (Vinyl Alcohol)/Graphene Oxide Composite Hydrogel as An Artificial Cartilage Material

    Article • Applied Sciences, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  35. pH-Responsive Polyion Complex Vesicle with Polyphosphobetaine Shells

    Article • Langmuir, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  36. Hydrophobic Polyampholytes and Nonfreezing Cold Temperature Stimulate Internalization of Au Nanoparticles to Zwitterionic Liposomes

    Article • Langmuir, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  37. Surface-Selective Control of Cell Orientation on Cyanobacterial Liquid Crystalline Gels

    Article • ACS Omega, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  38. Zwitterionic Polymer Design that Inhibits Aggregation and Facilitates Insulin Refolding: Mechanistic Insights and Importance of Hydrophobicity

    Article • Macromolecular Bioscience, April 2018, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  39. Enhanced Adsorption of a Protein–Nanocarrier Complex onto Cell Membranes through a High Freeze Concentration by a Polyampholyte Cryoprotectant

    Article • Langmuir, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  40. Comparative analysis of the cellular entry of polystyrene and gold nanoparticles using the freeze concentration method

    Article • Biomaterials Science, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  41. Tunable Dual‐Thermoresponsive Core–Shell Nanogels Exhibiting UCST and LCST Behavior

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, September 2017, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  42. Magnetic Separation of Autophagosomes from Mammalian Cells Using Magnetic–Plasmonic Hybrid Nanobeads

    Article • ACS Omega, August 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tomohiko Taguchi, Dr Shinya Maenosono, Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  43. Freezing-Assisted Gene Delivery Combined with Polyampholyte Nanocarriers

    Article • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  44. A Freeze‐Concentration and Polyampholyte‐Modified Liposome‐Based Antigen‐Delivery System for Effective Immunotherapy

    Article • Advanced Healthcare Materials, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  45. Switchable release nano-reservoirs for co-delivery of drugs via a facile micelle–hydrogel composite

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  46. Tunable phase-separation behavior of thermoresponsive polyampholytes through molecular design

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  47. Toward a Molecular Understanding of the Mechanism of Cryopreservation by Polyampholytes: Cell Membrane Interactions and Hydrophobicity

    Article • Biomacromolecules, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  48. Dextran oxidized by a malaprade reaction shows main chain scission through a maillard reaction triggered by schiff base formation between aldehydes and amines

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, March 2016, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  49. Polyampholyte- and nanosilicate-based soft bionanocomposites with tailorable mechanical and cell adhesion properties

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, February 2016, Wiley

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  50. Ag/FeCo/Ag Core/Shell/Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles with Plasmonic Imaging Capability

    Article • Langmuir, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tomohiko Taguchi, Dr Shinya Maenosono, Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  51. A zwitterionic polymer as a novel inhibitor of protein aggregation

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura

  52. Hydrogelation of dextran-based polyampholytes with cryoprotective properties via click chemistry

    Article • Biomaterials Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kazuaki Matsumura