Publications

(1) Regular Papers

IDLinear Polymer Solutions

Virial Coefficients of Flexible Polymer Solutions

1.@ Third Virial Coefficient of Polystyrene in Benzene. Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys., 29, 153-159 (1991).

2.@ Second and Third Virial Coefficients for Polystyrene in Cyclohexane near the Q Point. Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Macromolecules, 24, 4904-4908 (1991).

3.@ Second and Third Virial Coefficients for Polyisobutylene in Cyclohexane. Yo Nakamura, Kazutomo Akasaka, Kenichi Katayama, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Macromolecules, 25, 1134-1138 (1992).

4.@ Remarks on Smoothed-Density Theories for Flexible Chains with Three-Segment Interactions. Takashi Norisuye and Yo Nakamura, Polymer, 34, 1440-1443 (1992).

5.@ Reduced Third Virial Coefficient for Linear Flexible Polymers in Good Solvents. Takashi Norisuye, Yo Nakamura, and Kazutomo Akasaka, Macromolecules, 26, 3791- 3794 (1993).

6.@ Second and Third Virial Coefficients for Polyisobutylene in the Vicinity of the Theta Point. Kazutomo Akasaka, Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Polym. J., 26, 363-371 (1994).

7.@ Effects of Three-Segment Interactions on the Temperature Dependence of the Third Virial Coefficient for Flexible Chains near the Q Point. Takashi Norisuye and Yo Nakamura, Macromolecules, 27, 2054-2057 (1994).

8.@ Second and Third Virial Coefficients for Polyisobutylene in Heptane, an Intermediate Solvent. Kazutomo Akasaka, Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Polym. J., 26, 1387-1395 (1994).

9.  Ternary Cluster Integral for Polystyrene in trans-Decalin near the Q Point. Yo Nakamura, Norisuke Inoue, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Macromolecules, 30, 631-636 (1997).

10.@ Second and Third Virial Coefficients of Polystyrene with Benzyl Ends near the Q Point. Tomotaka Mizuno, Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Macromolecules, 38, 4432-4437 (2005). @

Phase Equilibrium of Polymer Solutions

11.@ Three Phase Separation in Cyclohexane Solutions of Binary Polystyrene Mixture. Yoshiyuki Einaga, Yo Nakamura, and Hiroshi Fujita, Macromolecules, 20, 1083-1087 (1987).

12.@ Phase Equilibrium of a Three-Component System Consisting of Polystyrene, N,N-Dimethylformamide, and Cyclohexane. Yo Nakamura, Takayuki Hirao, Yoshiyuki Einaga, and Akio Teramoto, Polym. J., 24, 311-321 (1992).

Polyisocyanates

13.@ Molecular Weight Dependence of the Optical Rotation of Poly(R-2-deuterio-n-hexyl isocyanate) in Dilute Solution. Hong Gu, Yo Nakamura, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teramoto, Mark M. Green, Christopher Andreola, Norman C. Peterson, and Shneior Lifson, Macromolecules, 28, 1016-1024 (1995).

14.@ Molecular Weight Dependence of the Optical Rotation of Poly(R-1-deuterio-n-hexyl isocyanate) in Dilute Solution. Naoko Okamoto, Fumika Mukaida, Hong Gu, Yo Nakamura, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teramoto, Mark M. Green, Christopher Andreola, Norman C. Peterson, and Shneior Lifson, Macromolecules, 29, 2878-2884 (1996).

15.@ Optical Rotation of Random Copolyisocyanates of Chiral and Achiral Monomers: Sergeant and Soldier Copolymers. Hong Gu, Yo Nakamura, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teramoto, Mark M. Green, Salil K. Jha, Christopher Andreola, and Michael P. Reidy, Macromolecules, 31, 6362-6368 (1998).

16.@ Global Conformations of Chiral Polyisocyanates in Dilute Solution. Hong Gu, Yo Nakamura, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teramoto, Mark M. Green, and C. Andreola, Polymer, 40, 849-856 (1999).

Polysaccharides

17.@ Chemical Structure of the Water-Insoluble Polysaccharide Isolated from the Fruiting Body of Ganoderma lucidum. Jinghua Chen, Jinping Zhou, Lina Zhang, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 30, 832-842 (1998).

18.@ Viscosity Behavior and Chain Conformation of a ¨3)-a-Glucan from Ganoderma lucidum. Jinghua Chen, Lina Zhang, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. Bull., 41, 471-478 (1998).

19.@ Dilute-Solution Behavior of Aeromonas Gum, a Heteropolysaccharide. Xiaojuan Xu, Lina Zhang, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. Bull., 48, 491-498 (2002).

20.@ Chain Stiffness of Heteropolysaccharide from Aeromonas Gum in Dilute Solution by Dynamic Light Scattering. Xiaojuan Xu, Lina Zhang, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Biopolymers, 65, 387-394 (2002).

Small-Angle X-ray scattering from Polymer Solutions

21.   Small-Angle X-ray Scattering with Imaging Plate. Application to Dilute Polymer Solutions. Yo Nakamura, Katsumi Akashi, Takashi Norisuye, Akio Teramoto, and Mamoru Sato, Polym. Bull., 38, 469-476 (1997).

22.@ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering from Bisphenol A Polycarbonate in Tetrahydrofuran. Molecular Characteristics and Excluded-Volume Effect. Katsumi Akashi, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polymer, 39, 5209-5213 (1998).

23.@ Application of Small-Angle X-ray Instrument with Side-by-Side Mirror to Polymacromonomer Solutions. Yo Nakamura, Keiji Amitani, Ken Terao and Takashi Norisuye, Kobunshi RonbunshuC60, 176-180 (2003).

24.@ Scattering Function for Wormlike Chains with Finite Thickness. Yo Nakamura and Takashi Norisuye, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 42, 1398-1407 (2004). @

II.@Solution Properties of Branched Polymers

Star Polymers

1.@ Light-Scattering and Phase-Separation Studies on Cyclohexane Solutions of Four-Arm Star Polystyrene. Ken Terao, Mitsuhiro Okumoto, Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Macromolecules, 31, 6885-6890 (1998).

2.@ Excluded-Volume Effects in Star Polymer Solutions: Four-Arm Star Polystyrene in Cyclohexane near the Q Temperature. Mitsuhiro Okumoto, Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Macromolecules 30, 7493-7499 (1997).

3.@ Excluded-Volume Effects in Star Polymer Solutions: Four-Arm Star Polystyrene in Benzene. Mitsuhiro Okumoto, Yo Nakamura, Takashi Norisuye, and Akio Teramoto, Macromolecules 31, 1615-1620 (1998).

4.@ Excluded-Volume Effects in Star Polymer Solutions: Six-Arm Star Polystyrene in Cyclohexane near the Q Temperature. Mitsuhiro, Okumoto, Yoshiko Tasaka, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Macromolecules, 32, 7430-7436 (1999).

5.     Intrinsic Viscosity of Wormlike Regular Three-Arm Stars. Daichi Ida, Yo Nakamura, and Takenao Yoshizaki, Polym. J., 40, 256-267 (2008).

6.     Light Scattering and Phase Separation Studies on Cyclohexane Solutions of Six-Arm Star Polystyrene. Yoshiko Tasaka, Mitsuhiro Okumoto, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 40, 634-639 (2008).

7.     Effects of Chain Ends and Three-Segment Interactions of Second and Third Virial Coefficients of Four-Arm Star Polystyrenes, Yasuhiro Nishi, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J. in press.

Comb Polymers

8.@ Polymacromonomer Consisting of Polystyrene. Light Scattering Characterization in Cyclohexane. Ken Terao, Yoshishige Takeo, Masataka Tazaki, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 31, 193-198 (1999).

9.@ Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting of Polystyrene. 2. Chain Dimensions and Stiffness in Cyclohexane and Toluene. Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Macromolecules, 32, 711-716 (1999).

10.@ Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting of Polystyrene. 3. Viscosity Behavior in Cyclohexane and Toluene. Ken Terao, Toshio Hokajo, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Macromolecules, 32, 3690-3694 (1999).

11.@ Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting of Polystyrene. Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, In gMolecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems,h pp 179-186, Y. Morishima, T. Norisuye, and K. Tashiro Eds., Springer, Berlin, 1999.

12.@ Liquid Crystallinity of Polymacromonomer Solutions. Koji Maeno, Yo Nakamura, Ken Terao, Takahiro Sato, and Takashi Norisuye, Kobunshi RonbunshuC56, 254-259 (1999).

13.@ Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting of Polystyrene. 4. Translational Diffusion Coefficient in Cyclohexane at the Q Temperature. Ken Terao, Setsuyo Hayashi, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polymer Bull., 44, 309-316 (2000).

14.@ Excluded-Volume Effects in Star Polymer Solutions: Six-Arm Star Polystyrene in Benzene. Mitsuhiro Okumoto, Yoshimi Iwamoto, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 32, 422-427 (2000).

15.@ Radius of Gyration of Polystyrene Combs and Centipedes Solution. Yo Nakamura, Yunan Wan, Jimmy W. Mays, Hermis Iatrou, and Nikos Hadjichristidis, Macromolecules, 33, 8323-8328 (2000).

16.@ Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting Polystyrene V. Effects of Side Chain Length on Chain Stiffness. Toshio Hokajo, Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 33, 481-485 (2001).

17.@ Backbone Stiffness of Comb-Branched Polymer Yo Nakamura and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 33, 874-878 (2001).

18.@ Radius of Gyration of Polystyrene Combs and Centipedes in Q Solvent. Ken Terao, Brandon S. Farmer, Yo Nakamura, Hermis Iatrou, Kunlun Hong, Jimmy W. Mays, Macromolecules, 38, 1447-1450 (2005).

19.@ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering from Polystyrene Polymacromonomers in Cyclohexane. Keiji Amitani, Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 37, 324-331 (2005).

20.@ Translational Diffusion Coefficient of Polystyrene Polymacromonomers. Dependence on Side-Chain Length. Toshio Hokajo, Yoriko Hanaoka, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 37, 529-534 (2005). @

21.     Rheooptical Study on Poly(styrene macromonomer). Tadashi Inoue, Kenji Matsuno, Hiroshi Watanabe, and Yo Nakamura, Macromolecules, 39, 7601-7606 (2006).

22.     Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering from Polystyrene Polymacromonomers with Relatively Short Main Chains. Yo Nakamura, J. Appl. Cryst., 40, s577-s580 (2007).

23.     Synchrotron Small-Angle X-ray Scattering from Polystyrene Polymacromonomers in Toluene, Yo Nakamura, Manabu Sugiyama, Keiji Amitani, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 39, 1098-1104 (2007).

24.     Dilute-Solution Properties of Polystyrene Polymacromonomer Having Side Chains of over 100 Monomer Units. Manabu Sugiyama, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polym. J., 40, 109-115 (2007).

25.     Dimensions and Viscosity Behavior of Polyelectrolyte Brushes in Aqueous Sodium Chloride. A Polymacromonomer Consisting of Sodium Poly(styrene sulfonate). Eiji Kanemaru, Ken Terao, Yo Nakamura, and Takashi Norisuye, Polymer, 49, 4174-4179 (2008).

26.     Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Formation of Polystyrene Polymacromonomers in Dichloromethane, Yo Nakamura, Miyako Koori, Yu Li, and Takashi Norisuye, Polymer, 49, 4877-4881 (2008).

Monte Carlo Calculations

27.@ Dimensional and Hydrodynamic Factors for Flexible Star Polymers in the Good Solvent Limit. Kazuhito Shida, Kaoru Ohno, Masayuki Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Yo Nakamura, Macromolecules, 31, 2343-2348 (1998).

28.@ Monte Carlo Calculation of Second and Third Virial Coefficients of Linear and Star Polymers on Lattice. Kazuhito Shida, Kaoru Ohno, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Yo Nakamura, J. Chem. Phys., 117, 9942-9946 (2002).

29.@ Hydrodynamic Factors for Linear and Star Polymers on Lattice under the Theta Condition. Kazuhito Shida, Kaoru Ohno, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Yo Nakamura, Polymer, 45, 1729-1733 (2004). @

30.     Monte Carlo Calculation of Second and Third Virial Coefficients of Small-Scale Comb Polymers on Lattice. Kazuhito Shida, Atsuo Kasuya, Kaoru Ohno, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Yo Nakamura, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 154901 (2007).

III.@Other Topics

1.@ Surface-Initiated Anionic Polymerization: Tethered Polymer Brushes on Silicate Flat Surface. Qingye Zhou, Yo Nakamura, Seiji Inaoka, Mi-kyoung Park, Yingfan Wang, Xiaowu Fan, Jimmy Mays, and Rigoberto Advincula, In gPolymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling, ACS Symposium Series 804,h pp 39-55, R. Krishnamoorti and A Vaia Eds., American Chemical Society, Washington D.C., 2002.

2.@ Characterization of Polyisobutylene by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Haining Ji, Nobuyuki Sato, Yo Nakamura, Yunan Wan, Amy Howell, Quinn A. Thomas, Robson F. Storey, William K. Nonidez, and Jimmy Mays, Macromolecules, 35 1996-1199 (2002). @

(2) Reviews

1.     Solution Properties of Star Polymers. Yo Nakamura and Akio Teramoto, Kobunshi Kako, 44, 440-445 (1995).

2.     Solution Properties of Branched Polymers. Takashi Norisuye and Yo Nakamura, Kobunshi, 47, 816-819 (1998).

3.     Dilute Solution Properties of Star and Comb Polymers. Yo Nakamura, Kobunshi Ronbunshu, 57, 530-541 (2000).

4.     Characteristics of Comb Polymers. Yo Nakamura, Kobunshi Kako, 50, 76-80 (2001).

5.     Dilute Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers with the Degree of Polymerization over 100. Yo Nakamura, Kobunshi Kako, 54, 560-563 (2005).

6.     Molecular Characteristics of Cyclic Polymers, Yo Nakamura, Kobunshi, 54, 809-812 (2005).

7.     Structure of Polymacromonomers in Solutions, Sen-i Gakkaishi (Sen-i to Kougyou), 62CP48-P51 (2006).   @

 

(3) Books

 

1.     "Brush-Like Polymers" Yo Nakamura and Takashi Norisuye, in "Soft-Matter Characterization", R. Borsali and R. Pecora Eds., Springer, 2008.

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