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Shokyoku KANAOKA,
Associate Professor
Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Contact Information
Address: 1-1, Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, 560-0043
E-mail: kanaoka“at”chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp (but replace “at” with “@”)
Personal Homepage: http://www.chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/lab/aoshima/index.html
Fields of Interest
Precision Polymer Synthesis, Functional Polymer, Multibranched Polymer
Professional Experience
1993-1995 Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology with Professor Robert H. Grubbs
1995-2002 Lecturer, The University of Shiga Prefecture
2002-2004 Lecturer, Osaka University
2004-present Associate Professor, Osaka University
Education
B.S., Kyoto University, 1988
Ph.D., Kyoto University, 1993 (Prof. T. Higashimura)
Membership of Academic Societies
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, American Chemical Society
Awards & Honors
  1. SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal (2003)
Research Project
Creative Development of Fusion Materials by Design of Interfacial Functions
Selected Publications
  1. Kanaoka, S., Yamada, M., Ashida, J., Kanazawa, A., Aoshima, S.
    “Domino Synthesis of Star-Shaped Polymers Based on Monomer Selective Living Cationic Polymerization: Highly Controlled Star Polymer Formation”,
    J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 50, 4589-4593 (2012).

  2. 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).

  3. Shimomoto, H., Yoshida, H., Kanaoka, S., Aoshima, S.
    “Synthesis of Graft Copolymers Based on Selective Living Cationic Polymerization Using an Acetal Group with a Combination of Lewis Acids”,
    J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 50, 3703-3709 (2012).

  4. Oda, Y., Shibata, T., Tsujimoto, H., Kanaoka, S., Aoshima, S.
    “Highly Efficient Synthesis of Heteroarm Star-Shaped Polymers using Polymer-Linking Reaction and Their Characteristic Stimuli-Responsive Behaviors”,
    Polym. J., 44, 541-549 (2012).

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

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