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Sadahito AOSHIMA ,
Professor
Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Contact Information
Address:G602, 1-1 Machikaneyama , Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043
E-mail: aoshima“at”chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage: http://www.chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/lab/aoshima/e_index.html
Fields of Interest
Polymer Synthesis, Living Cationic Polymerization, Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
Professional Experience
1977-1987 Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Kyoto University
(T. Higashimura)
1987-1988 Postdoctoral fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University
1988-2000 Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Science
1993-1994 Visiting Scientist, Cornell University (J. Fréchet)
2000 Associate Professor, Osaka University
2000-present Professor, Osaka University
Education
Dr. 1987, Kyoto University
Membership of Academic Societies
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, American Chemical Society
Awards & Honors
  1. The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2011)
Research Project
New Types of Living Cationic Polymerization and Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
Selected Publications
  1. Ishido, Y., Kanazawa, A., Kanaoka, S., Aoshima, S.
    “New Degradable Alternating Copolymers from Naturally Occurring Aldehydes: Well-Controlled Cationic Copolymerization and Complete Degradation”,
    Macromolecules, 45, 4060-4068 (2012).

  2. Kanazawa, A., Kanaoka, S., Yagita, N., Oaki, Y., Imai, H., Oda, M., Arakaki, A., Matsunaga, T., Aoshima, S.
    “Biologically Synthesized or Bioinspired Process-Derived Iron Oxides as Catalysts for Living Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ether”,
    Chem. Comm., 48, 10904 – 10906 (2012).

  3. Oda, Y., Kanaoka, S., Sato, T., Aoshima, S., Kuroda, K.
    “Block versus Random Amphiphilic Copolymers as Antibacterial Agents”, Biomacromolecules, 12, 3581-3591 (2011).


  4. Aoshima, S., Kanaoka, S.
    “A Renaissance in Living Cationic Polymerization”,
    Chem. Rev., 109, 5245-5287 (2009).

  5. Aoshima, S., Kanaoka, S.
    “Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers by Living Polymerization: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Poly(vinyl ethers)”,
    Adv. Polym. Sci., 210, 169-208 (2008).

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