Recent Pubulication

• J. Zhan, H. Matsuno, H. Masunaga, H. Ogawa, K. Tanaka,
  "Green solid films with tunable mechanical properties made from deoxyribonucleic acid",
  NPG Asia Mater. 6(1), e92 (2014).
• Y. Oda, A. Horinouchi, D. Kawaguchi, H. Matsuno, S. Kanaoka, S. Aoshima, K. Tanaka,
  "Effect of Side-Chain Carbonyl Groups on the Interface of Vinyl Polymers with Water",
  Langmuir 30(5), 1215-1219 (2014).
• Y. Ogata, D. Kawaguchi, N. L. Yamada, K. Tanaka,
  "Multistep Thickening of Nafion Thin Films in Water",
  ACS Macro Lett. 2(10), 856-859 (2013).
• S. Shimomura, H. Matsuno, K. Tanaka,
  "Effect of Mechanical Instability of Polymer Scaffolds on Cell Adhesion",
  Langmuir 29(35), 11087-11092 (2013).
• A. Shundo, K. Hori, D. P. Penaloza Jr., K. Yoshihiro, M. Annaka, K. Tanaka,
  "Nonsolvents-induced swelling of poly(methyl methacrylate) nanoparticles",
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15(39), 16574-16578 (2013).
• A. Shundo, K. Hori, T. Ikeda, N. Kimizuka, K. Tanaka,
  "Design of a dynamic polymer interface for chiral discrimination",
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135(28), 10282-10285 (2013).
• A. Horinouchi, K. Tanaka,
  "An effect of stereoregularity on the structure of poly(methyl methacrylate) at air and water interfaces",
  RSC Advances 3(24), 9446-9452 (2013).
• D. P. Penaloza Jr., A. Shundo, K. Matsumoto, M. Ohno, K. Miyaji, M. Goto, K. Tanaka,
  "Spatial heterogeneity in the sol-gel transition of a supramolecular system",
  Soft Matter 9(21), 5166-5172 (2013).
• T. Hirai, M. Haraguchi, A. Sakai, D. P. Penaloza Jr., M. Ozawa, K. Miyaji, K. Tanaka,
  "Water-Sliding Property of Polyacrylates with Different Fluoro Side Chains",
  Chem. Lett. 42(5), 483-485 (2013).
• M. Haraguchi, T. Hirai, M. Ozawa, K. Miyaji, K. Tanaka,
  "Hydrophobic acrylic hard coating by surface segregation of hyper-branched polymers",
  Appl. Surf. Sci. 266(1), 235-238 (2013).
• A. Shundo, K. Hori, D. P. Penaloza, Jr., K. Tanaka,
  "Optical tweezers with fluorescence detection for temperature-dependent microrheological measurements",
  Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84(1), 0141031 (2013).
• H. Atarashi, T. Hirai, K. Hori, M. Hino, H. Morita, T. Serizawa, K. Tanaka,
  "Uptake of water in as-spun poly(methyl methacrylate) thin films",
  RSC Advances 3(11), 3516-3519 (2013).
• H. Tsuruta, Y. Ikinaga, Y. Fujii, K. Tanaka,
  "A Simple Approach for Surface Hardening of Polystyrene",
  Appl. Surf. Sci. 264(1), 589-592 (2013).
• C. Zhang, Y. Fujii, K. Tanaka,
  "Effect of Long Range Interactions on the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polystyrene Films",
  ACS Macro Lett. 1(11), 1317-1320 (2013).
• A. Shundo, D. P. Penaloza Jr., K. Tanaka,
  "Microscopic Heterogeneity in Viscoelastic Properties of Molecular Assembled Systems",
  Chin. J. Polym. Sci. 31(1), 1-11 (2013).
• Y. Fujii, H. Morita, A. Takahara, K. Tanaka,
  "Mobility Gradient of Polystyrene in Films Supported on Solid Substrates",
  Adv. Polym. Sci. 252(1), 1-27 (2013).
• T. Hirai, K. Kawasaki, K. Tanaka,
  "Interfacial Kinetics of a Model Epoxy-amine Addition Reaction",
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14(39), 13532-13534 (2012).
• A. Matsubayashi, K. Fukunaga, K. Tanaka,
  "Metal Ions/Ion Clusters Transport in Glassy Polymer Films: Construction of Multi-layered Polymer and Metal Composite Films",
  J. Mater. Chem. 22(31), 15578-15585 (2012).
• K. Hori, D. P. Penaloza Jr., A. Shundo, K. Tanaka,
  "Time-Dependent Heterogeneity in Viscoelastic Properties of Worm-Like Micelle Solutions",
  Soft Matter 8(28), 7361-7364 (2012).
• H. Tsuruta, Y. Fujii, N. Kai, H. Kataoka, T. Ishizone, M. Doi, H. Morita, K. Tanaka,
  "Local Conformation and Relaxation of Polystyrene at Substrate Interface",
  Macromolecules 45(11), 4643-4649 (2012).
• A. Horinouchi, H. Atarashi, Y. Fujii, K. Tanaka,
  "Dynamics of Water-Induced Surface Reorganization in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Films",
  Macromolecules 45(11), 4638-4642 (2012).
• D. P. Penaloza Jr., K. Hori, A. Shundo, K. Tanaka,
  "Spatial Heterogeneity in a Lyotropic Liquid Crystal with Hexagonal Phase",
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14(15), 5247-5250 (2012).
• A. Shundo, Y. Okada, F. Ito, K. Tanaka,
  "Fluorescence Behavior of Dyes in Thin Films of Various Polymers",
  Macromolecules 45(1), 329-335 (2012).
• H. Tsuruta, Y. Fujii, K. Tanaka,
  "One-pot Surface Modification of Rubbery Polymer Films",
  Polym. Chem. 3(2), 319-321 (2012).
• K. Hori, H. Matsuno, K. Tanaka,
  "Sorption kinetics of methanol in thin poly(methyl methacrylate) films studied by optical reflectivity",
  Soft Matter 7(21), 10319-10326 (2011).
• S. Miwa, T. Kikuchi, Y. Ohtake, K. Tanaka,
  "Surface degradation of poly(ethylene-co-propylene-co-5-ethylidene-2-norbornene) terpolymer by ozone in water",
  Polym. Degrad. Stab. 96(8), 1503-1507 (2011).
• A. Shundo, K. Mizuguchi, M. Miyamoto, M. Goto, K. Tanaka,
  "Controllable heterogeneity in a supramolecular hydrogel",
  Chem. Commun. 47(31), 8844-8846 (2011).

Invited Lecture

• Surface Reorganization in Polymer Blend Films
  Keiji Tanaka
  The 6th Taiwan-Japan Joint Meeting on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, Taiwan, March 9-12

Conference Presentation

• Aggregation States of Isotactic Polypropylene in Thin Films
  Kentaro Yamamoto, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Keiji Tanaka
  The 13th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC2013), Taiwan, November 17-22
• Molecular Aggregation State at Bio-inert Polymer Interfaces
  Hisao Matsuno, Toyoaki Hirata, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Norifumi L. Yamada, Masaru Tanaka, Keiji Tanaka
  The 13th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC2013), Taiwan, November 17-22
• Thermal Molecular Motion and Its Exction Dynamics of Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Films
  Yudai Ogata, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Keiji Tanaka
  The 13th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC2013), Taiwan, November 17-22
• Three-Step Swelling Behavior of Thin Nafion Films
  Yudai Ogata, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Norifumi L. Yamada, Keiji Tanaka
  The 13th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC2013), Taiwan, November 17-22
• Design of Poly(vinyl Ether)s toward Control of Their Water Interfaces
  Yukari Oda, Ayanobu Horinouchi, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• Interfacial Adhesion of Immiscible Polymer Pairs Promoted by Non-solvents
  Ayumi Kikuchi, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• Interfacial Mobility of Model Epoxy Resin
  Mika Aoki, Ayanobu Horinouchi, Atsuomi Shundo, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Tatsuya Ganbe, Nobuyuki Sekine, Kenji Okamoto, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• Local Conformation of Polypropylene at Lamellar Interfaces Buried in Thin Films
  Kentaro Yamamoto, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• Thermal Molecular Motion and Ultrafast Photodynamics of A Semiconducting Polymer in Films
  Yudai Ogata, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• Three-Step Swelling Behavior of Thin Nafion Films in Water
  Yudai Ogata, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Norifumi L. Yamada, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• Cell Adhesion Control Based on Patterning of Mechanical Instability at Polymer Interfaces
  Shinichiro Shimomura, Hiroki Komori, Hisao Matsuno, Yohei Kinoshita, Satoshi Fujimura, Keiji Tanaka
  Japan-Korea Joint Symposium 2013, Tokyo, October 31- November 1
• Local Conformation of Isotactic Polypropylene at Crystalline/Amorphous Interfaces
  Kentaro Yamamoto, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Keiji Tanaka
  Japan-Korea Joint Symposium 2013, Tokyo, October 31- November 1
• Precision Design of Water Interfaces using Poly(Vinyl Ether)s by Living Cationic Polymerization
  Yukari Oda, Ayanobu Horinouchi, Cui Zhang, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Keiji Tanaka
  IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization 2013, Awaji, September 23-28
• Design of Cell Scaffolds Based on Mechanical Instability at Polymer Interfaces
  Shinichiro Shimomura, Hisao Matsuno, Keiji Tanaka
  IMSE2013, Beijing, September 19-22
• Nonsolvent-induced Interfacial Adhesion of Polymer Films
  Ayumi Kikuchi, Keiji Tanaka
  IMSE2013, Beijing, September 19-22
• Precision Design of Poly(vinyl ether)s toward Control of Their Water Interfaces
  Yukari Oda, Ayanobu Horinouchi, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Keiji Tanaka
  IMSE2013, Beijing, September 19-22
• Enantioselective Surface Properties of a Chiral Polymer Film
  Atsuomi Shundo, Koichiro Hori, Nobuo Kimizuka, Keiji Tanaka
  2013 Kyushu-Seibu/Pusan-Kyeongnam Joint Symposium on High Polymers (16th) and Fibers (14th), Saga, November 8-10
• One-pot Surface Modification of Poly(lactic acid) Scaffolds with Titanium for Enhancing Cell Adhesion
  Arisa Yamamoto, Hisao Matsuno, Keiji Tanaka
  Tsukuba International Conference on Materials Science, Tsukuba, August 29-30
• Precision Design of Poly(Vinyl Ether)s towards Control of Their Water Interfaces
  Yukari Oda, Ayanobu Horinouchi, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Keiji Tanaka
  Tsukuba International Conference on Materials Science, Tsukuba, August 29-30
• Surface Modification with Hyperbranched Polymers for Bioapplications
  Kazutaka Shimafuji, Yukari Oda, Tomoyasu Hirai, Hisao Matsuno, Masayuki Haraguchi, Masaaki Ozawa, Katsuaki Miyaji, Keiji Tanaka
  Tsukuba International Conference on Materials Science, Tsukuba, August 29-30
• Surface Reorganization of Isotactic Polypropylene Film
  Kentaro Yamamoto, Keiji Tanaka
  33rd International Conference on Solution Chemistry, Kyoto, July 7-12
• Time-dependent Heterogeneity in a Supramolecular Solution System
  Yuji Matsumoto, Atsuomi Shundo, Keigo Matsumoto, Masashi Ohno, Katsuaki Miyaji, Masahiro Goto, Keiji Tanaka
  33rd International Conference on Solution Chemistry, Kyoto, July 7-12

Results of past research