Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

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1. Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigeru Deguchi, and Tsuyoshi Koga, Pressure-composition phase diagram of diblock copolymers, The Journal of Chemical Physics, in press, 2025.

2. Neha Sharma, Tsuyoshi Koga, Shigeru Deguchi, Ikuo Taniguchi, Baroplastic Effect of Aliphatic Polyester Block Copolymers for Degradation-Free Multicycle Processing of Poly(llactide) , ACS Macro Letters 14, 1716-1720, 2025.

3. Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigeru Deguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga, Dynamic Behavior of Pressure‐Responsive Microphase‐Separated Diblock Copolymers, Journal of Polymer Science, 63, 3752–3761, 2025

4. Hiroto Tada, Neha Sharma, Takaya Okazaki and Ikuo Taniguchi, Controlled-release systems for agrochemicals using biodegradable block copolymers with low-temperature formability, Polymer, 330, 128507, 2025.

5. Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigeru Deguchi, and Tsuyoshi Koga, Quantitative Insights into Pressure-Responsive Phase Behavior in Diblock Copolymers, Macromolecules, 58, 2401-2411, 2025.

6. Hiroto Tada, Ikuo Taniguchi, Pressure-induced formability and degradability of block copolymers composed of poly(1,5-dioxepan-2-one) and poly(L-lactide), Polymer Degradation and Stability, 230, 111048, 2024.

7. Ryo Nagumo, Ayami Shibata, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shuichi Iwata, Molecular dynamics simulation of the relationship between hydration and water mobilities around piperazine-immobilized polyvinyl alcohol membranes for CO₂ capture, Polymer Journal, 56(10), 933–938, 2024.

8. Yida Liu, Daisuke Nakamura, Jubao Gao, Kazushi Imamura, Shoma Aki, Yukiko Nagai, Ikuo Taniguchi, Kana Fujiwara, Ryoga Horii, Yoshiko Miura, Yu Hoshino, Laser Patterning of Porous Support Membranes to Enhance the Effective Surface Area of Thin-Film Composite-Facilitated Transport Membranes for CO₂ Separation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024.

9. Kaveh Edalati, Jacqueline Hidalgo-Jiménez, Thanh Tam Nguyen, Motonori Watanabe, Ikuo Taniguchi, High‐Pressure Torsion Processing of Serine and Glutamic Acid: Understanding Mechanochemical Behavior of Amino Acids under Astronomical Impacts, Advanced Engineering Materials, 26, 2302267, 2024.

10. Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigeru Deguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga, Critical role of lattice vacancies in pressure-induced phase transitions of baroplastic diblock copolymers, Soft Matter, 20, 3728-3731, 2024.

11. Shigeru Deguchi, Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga, Deep-Sea-Inspired Chemistry: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Bottom of the Ocean for Chemists, Langmuir, 39, 7987-7994, 2023.

12. Ikuo Taniguchi, Thao Thi Thu Nguyen, Kae Kinugasa, Kazunari Masutani, A strategy to enhance recyclability of degradable block copolymers by introducing low-temperature formability, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 10, 25446-452, 2022.

13. Daiki Aso, Yuuichi Orimoto, Makoto Higashino, Ikuo Taniguchi, Yuriko Aoki, Why does 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol have superior CO2 separation performance to monoethanolamine? A computational study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 14172-14176, 2022.

14. Kaveh Edalati, Ikuo Taniguchi, Ricardo Floriano, Augusto Ducati Luchess, Glycine amino acid transformation under impacts by small solar system bodies, simulated via high-pressure torsion method, Scientific Reports, 12, 5677, 2022.

15. Daiki Aso, Yuuichi Orimoto, Makoto Higashino, Ikuo Taniguchi, Yuriko Aoki, Computational approach for investigating the mechanism of carbon dioxide interaction by 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol: A significant role of water molecule, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 783, 139070, 2021.

16. Yu Hoshino, Tomohiro Gyobu, Kazushi Imamura, Akira Hamasaki, Ryutaro Honda, Ryoga Horii, Chie Yamashita, Yuki Terayama, Takeshi Watanabe, Shoma Aki, Yida Liu, Junko Matsuda, Yoshiko Miura, Ikuo Taniguchi,  Assembly of Defect-Free Microgel Nanomembranes for CO2 Separation, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 13, 30030-30038, 2021.

17. Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Ikuo Taniguchi, Kohei Oda, Ideonella sakaiensis, PETase, and MHETase: From identification of microbial PET degradation to enzyme characterization, Methods in Enzymology, 648, 187-205, 2021.

18. Ikuo Taniguchi, Kae Kinugasa, Mariko Toyoda, Koki Minezaki, Haruno Tanaka, Kanato Mitsuhara, Piperazine-immobilized polymeric membranes for CO2 capture: mechanism of preferential CO2 permeation, POLYMER JOURNAL, 53, 129-136, 2021.

19. Shoichi Doi, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masahiro Yasukawa, Yuriko Kakihana, Mitsuru Higa,  Effect of Alkali Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Anion-Exchange Membranes with a Poly(vinyl Chloride) Backing and Binder, Membranes, 10, 0344, 2020.

20. Yida Liu, Takashi Kodama, Taisuke Kojima, Ikuo Taniguchi, Hirokazu Seto, Yoshiko Miura, Yu Hoshino, Fine-tuning of the surface porosity of micropatterned polyethersulfone membranes prepared by phase separation micromolding, POLYMER JOURNAL, 52, 397-403, 2020.

21. Kazumi Hiraga, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shousuke Yoshida, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kohei Oda, Biodegradation of waste PET A sustainable solution for dealing with plastic pollution, EMBO Reports, 20, e49365, 2019.

22. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Kenji Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kohei Oda, Biodegradation of PET: Current Status and Application Aspects, ACS CATALYSIS, 9, 4089-4105, 2019.

23. S. H. Duan, T. Kai, F. A. Chowdhury, Ikuo Taniguchi, S. Kazama, Effect of addition of Proline, ionic liquid [Choline][Pro] on CO2 separation properties of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer / poly(ethylene glycol) hybrid membranes, Materials Science and Engineering, 292, 12040, 2018.

24. Yu Hoshino, Tomohiro Gyobu, Ryutaro Honda, Kazuki Imamura, Chie Yamashita, Takeshi Watanabe, Ikuo Taniguchi,, Yoshiko Miura, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 253, 2017

25. Ikuo Taniguchi, Norihisa Wada, Kae Kinugasa, Mitsuru Higa, CO2 capture by polymeric membranes composed of hyper-branched polymers with dense poly(oxyethylene) comb and poly(amidoamine), Open Physics, 15, 662-670, 2017.

26. Ikuo Taniguchi, Kae Kinugasa, Mariko Toyoda, Koki Minezaki, Effect of amine structure on CO2 capture by polymeric membranes, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 18(1), 950-958, 2017.

27. Ikuo Taniguchi, Takahiro Yamada, Low Energy CO2 Capture by Electrodialysis, Energy Procedia, 114C, 1615-1620, 2017.

28. Ikuo Taniguchi, Norihisa Wada, Kae Kinugasa, Mitsuru Higa, A strategy to enhance CO2 permeability of well-defined hyper-branched polymers with dense polyoxyethylene comb graft, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 535, 239-247, 2017.

29. Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana, Ikuo Taniguchi, Hironao Yamaji, Yasuhito Maeda, Kiyotsuna, Toyohara, Kenji Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kohei Oda, Response to Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)", Science, 353, 759, 2016.

30. Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Kyohei Takemoto, Shinya Tanaka, Ikuo Taniguchi, Low-Temperature Processable Block Copolymers That Preserve the Function of Blended Proteins, Biomacromolecules, 17, 2466-2471, 2016.

31. Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana, Ikuo Taniguchi, Hironao Yamaji, Yasuhito Maeda, Kiyotsuna, Toyohara, Kenji Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kohei Oda, A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate), Science, 351, 1196-1199, 2016.

32. Ikuo Taniguchi, Kae Kinugasa, Satsuki Egashira, Mitsuru Higa, Preparation of well-defined hyper-branched polymers and the CO2 separation performance, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 502, 124-132, 2016.

33. Chiara Vannucci, Ikuo Taniguchi, Ayse  Asatekin, Nanoconfinement and Chemical Structure Effects on Permeation Selectivity of Self-Assembling Graft Copolymers, ACS MACRO LETTERS, 4, 872-878, 2015.

34. Ikuo Taniguchi, Teruhiko Kai, Shuhong Dua, Shingo Kazama, Hiroshi Jinnai,  A compatible crosslinker for enhancement of CO2 capture of poly (amidoamine) dendrimer-containing polymeric membranes, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 475, 175-183, 2015.

35. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigenori Fujikawa, Preferential CO2 Separation over H2 with Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer-Containing Polymeric Membrane, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014.

36. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigenori Fujikawa, CO2 separation with nano-thick polymeric membrane for pre-combustion, Energy Procedia, 63, 235-242, 2014.

37. Seiichro Kimura, Kuniaki Honda, Keigo Kitamura, Ikuo Taniguchi, Kiminori Shitashima, Takeshi Tsuji, Shigenori Fujikawa,Preliminary Feasibility Study for On‑Site Hydrogen Station with Distributed CO₂ Capture and Storage System, Energy Procedia, 63, 4575-4584, 2014.

38. Shuhong Duan, Teruhiko Kai, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shingo Kazama, Development of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/poly(ethylene glycol) hybrid membranes for CO2 capture at elevated pressures, Energy Procedia, 63, 167-173, 2014.

39. Ikuo Taniguchi, Daichi Ioh, Shigenori Fujikawa, Takayuki Watanabe, Yosuke Matsukuma, Masaki Minemoto, An Alternative Carbon Dioxide Capture by Electrochemical Method, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 43, 1601-1603, 2014.

40. Ikuo Taniguchi, Teruhiko Kai, Shuhong Duan, Shingo Kazama, Hiroshi Jinnai, Development of CO₂ Separation Membrane with Poly(amido amine) Dendrimer, Kobunshi Ronbunshu, 71, 202-210, 2014.

41. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shuhong Duan, Teruhiko Kai, Shingo Kazama, Hiroshi Jinnai, Effect of the phase-separated structure on CO2 separation performance of the poly(amidoamine) dendrimer immobilized in a poly(ethylene glycol) network, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 1, 14514-14523, 2013.

42. Ikuo Taniguchi, Hiromi Urai, Teruhiko Kai, Shuhong Duan, Shingo Kazama, A CO2-selective molecular gate of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer immobilized in a poly(ethylene glycol) network, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 444, 96-100, 2013.

43. Ikuo Taniguchi, Teruhiko Kai, Shuhong Duan, Shingo Kazama, PAMAM dendrimer containing polymeric membrane for preferential CO2 separation over H-2 - Interplay between CO2 separation properties and morphology, Energy Procedia, 37, 1067-1075, 2013.

44. Teruhiko Kai, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shuhong Duan, Firoz Alam Chowdhury, Takashi Saito, Kota Yamazaki, Kenichi Ikeda, Tomomi Ohara, Shushi Asano, Shingo Kazama, Molecular Gate Membrane: Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer/polymer Hybrid Membrane Modules for CO2 Capture, Energy Procedia, 37, 961-968, 2013.

45. Shuhong Duan, Ikuo Taniguchi, Teruhiko Kai, Shingo Kazama, Development of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/polyvinyl alcohol hybrid membranes for CO2 capture at elevated pressures, Energy Procedia, 37, 924-931, 2013.

46. Shuhong Duan, Teruhiko Kai, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shingo Kazama, Development of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/poly(vinyl alcohol) hybrid membranes for CO2 separation, DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMEN, 51(25-27), 5337-5342, 2013.

47. Ikuo Taniguchi, Nathan G. Lovell, Low-Temperature Processable Degradable Polyesters, Macromolecules, 45, 7420-7428, 2012.

48. Shuhong Duan, Ikuo Taniguchi, Teruhiko Kai, Shingo Kazama, Poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/poly(vinyl alcohol) hybrid membranes for CO2 capture, Journal of Membrane Science, 423-424, 107-112, 2012.

49. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shingo Kazama, Hiroshi Jinnai, Structural analysis of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer immobilized in crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol), JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS, 50(16), 1156-1164, 2012.

50. Ikuo Taniguchi, Yuka Ootera, Firoz A. Chowdhury, Kin-Ya Tomizaki, Teruhiko Kai, Shingo Kazama, Polymeric membranes composed of polystyrenes tethering amino acids for preferential CO2 separation over H-2, Polymer Bulletin, 69, 405-415, 2012.

51. Ikuo Taniguchi,  Baroplastics: Polymers with Low-Temperature Flow, J. Japan Soc. Polym. Process, 22, 373-379, 2010.

52. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shuhong Duan, Shingo Kazama, Yuichi Fujioka, Poly(amidoamine) dendrimer in poly(ethylene glycol) network for a CO2 separation membrane: Mechanism of preferential CO2 separation, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 237,2009

53. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shuhong Duan, Shingo Kazama, Yuichi Fujioka, Facile fabrication of a novel high performance CO2 separation membrane: Immobilization of poly(amidoamine)dendrimers in poly(ethylene glycol) networks, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 322(2) , 277-280, 2008.

54. Elsa A. Olivetti, Kenneth C. Avery, Ikuo Taniguchi, Donald R. Sadoway, Anne M.Mayes, Electrochemical characterization of vanadium oxide nanostructured electrode, JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY , 155(7) , A488-A493, 2008.

55. William Kuhlman, Ikuo Taniguchi, Linda G. Griffith, Anne M. Mayes, Interplay between PEO tether length and ligand spacing governs cell spreading on RGD-modified PMMA-g-PEO comb copolymers, BIOMACROMOLECULES , 8(10) 3206-3213, 2007.

56. Ozge Akbulut, Ikuo Taniguchi, Sundeep Kumar, Yang Shao-Horn, Anne M. Mayes, Conductivity hysteresis in polymer electrolytes incorporating poly(tetrahydrofuran), ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA ,52(5) ,1983-1989 ,2007

57. Ikuo Taniguchi, William A. Kuhlman, Anne M. Mayes, Linda G. Griffith, Functional modification of biodegradable polyesters through a chemoselective approach: application to biomaterial surfaces, POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, 12, 1385-1397, 2006.

58. Ikuo Taniguchi, William A. Kuhlman, Linda Griffith, Anne M. Mayes, POLY 59-Functional modification of biodegradable polyester for cell-specific biomaterial surfaces, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 232, 2006

59. Ikuo Taniguchi, William A. Kuhlman, Linda G. Griffith, Anne M. Mayes, Macromonomer purification strategy for well-defined polymer amphiphiles incorporating poly(ethylene glycol) monomethacrylate, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 27(8), 631–636, 2006. 

60. Ikuo Taniguchi, Anne M. Mayes, Eugene W. L. Chan, Linda G. Griffith, A Chemoselective Approach to Grafting Biodegradable Polyesters, Macromolecules, 38, 216-219, 2005.　

61. Ikuo Taniguchi, William A. Kuhlman, Anne M. Mayes, Eugene W. L. Chan, Linda G. Griffith, Chemoselective grafting of poly(ethylene oxide) onto biodegradable polyester, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 230, U4305-U4306, 2005.

62. Takashi Mukose, Tomoko Fujiwara, Junko Nakano, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Iwao Teraoka, Chan Woo Lee, Hydrogel formation between enantiomeric B-A-B-type block copolymers of polylactides (PLLA or PDLA : A) and polyoxyethylene (PEG : B); PEG-PLLA-PEG and PEG-PDLA-PEG, Macromolecular Bioscience, 4(3), 361–367, 2004.

63. Nozomi Honda, Ikuo Taniguchi, Matsatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Reaction Mechanism of Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) (PBST) with a Lipase Originated from Pseudomonas cepacia, Macromolecular Bioscience, 3(3-4), 189–197, 2003.

64. Chenghuan Ma, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Formation of Stable Nanoparticles of Poly(phenyl/methylsilsesquioxane) in Aqueous Solution, Polymer Journal, 35, 270-275, 2003.

65. Ikuo Taniguchi, Kumi Kagotani, Yoshiharu Kimura, Microbial production of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s from waste edible oils, Green Chem, 5, 545-548, 2003

66. Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigeyuki Nakano, Tetsuro Nakamura, Ahmed El‐Salmawy, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Mechanism of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(butylene succinate) and Poly(butylene succinate‐co‐<scp>L</scp>‐lactate) with a Lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia, Macromolecular Bioscience​, 2, 447-455, 2002.

67. Shigehiro Hiki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Poly([R]-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-glycolate): A Novel PHB Derivative Chemically Synthesized by Copolymerization of a New Cyclic Diester Monomer [R]-4-Methyl-1,5-dioxepane-2,6-dione, Macromolecules, 35, 2423-2425, 2002.

68. Sung-Il Moon, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Chan-Woo Lee, Synthesis and Properties of High-Molecular-Weight Poly(L-Lactic Acid) by Melt/Solid Polycondensation under Different Reaction Conditions, High Performance Polymers, 13, 189-196, 2001.

69. Sung-Il Moon, Chan-Woo Lee, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Melt/solid polycondensation of l -lactic acid: an alternative route to poly( l -lactic acid) with high molecular weight, Polymer, 42, 5059-5062, 2001.

70. Shigehiro Hiki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Synthesis and characterization of a novel rac-PHB derivative containing .ALPHA.-malate units, Sen’i Gakkaishi, 57, 191-197, 2001.

71. Takahashi K, Ikuo Taniguchi, Miyamoto M, Kimura Y, Melt/solid polycondensation of glycolic acid to obtain high-molecular-weight poly(glycolic acid), Polymer, 41, 8725-8728, 2000.

72. Ikuo Taniguchi, Kazuaki Akiyoshi, Junzo Sunamoto,  Effect of macromolecular assembly of galactoside-conjugated polysaccharides on galactose oxidase activity, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 200, 1386-1392, 1999.

73. Ikuo Taniguchi , Akiyoshi K, Sunamoto J, Self-Aggregate Nanoparticles of Cholesteryl and Galactoside Groups-Substituted Pullulan and their Specific Binding to Galactose Specific Lectin, RCA(120), Macromol. Chem. Phys, 200, 1554-1560, 1999.

74. Ikuo Taniguchi I, Akiyoshi K, Suda Y, Yamamoto M, Ichinose K, Sunamoto J, Cell Specificity of Macromolecular Assembly of Cholesteryl and Galactoside Groups-Conjugated Pullulan, J. Bioact. Compat. Polym, 14, 195-212, 1999.

75. Ikuo Taniguchi, Masashi Fujiwara, Kazunari Akiyoshi,  Junzo Sunamoto, Substitution for Apoprotein of Neocarzinostatin by Self-Aggregate of Cholesterol-Bearing Pullulan, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 71(11), 2681-2685, 1998.

76. Akiyoshi K, Ikuo Taniguchi, Fukui H, Sunamoto J, Hydrogel nanoparticle formed by self-assembly of hydrophobized polysaccharide. Stabilization of adriamycin by complexation, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 42, 286-290, 1996.