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Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
March 2011. Doctor of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan(Prof. Atsushi Takahara and Prof. Hideyuki Otsuka)
Research
- Functional materials based on controlled radical polymerization and polymer reactions
- Reorganization of cross-linked polymers based on dynamic covalent chemistry
Publications
Original Paper
- Jing Su, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Masamichi Nishihara, Atsushi Takahara and Hideyuki Otsuka 'Reversible cross-linking of hydrophilic dynamic covalent polymers with radically exchangeable alkoxyamines in aqueous media' Polym. Chem. 2011, in press.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Jun Kamada, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 'Repeatable Photoinduced Self-Healing of Covalently Cross-Linked Polymers via Reshuffling of Trithiocarbonate Units' Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1660-166.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Moriya Kikuchi, Hiroyasu Masunaga Hiroki Ogawa Sono Sasaki, Hideyuki Otsuka and Atsushi Takahara 'Mesh-Size Control and Functionalization of Reorganizable Chemical Gels by Monomer Insertion into Their Cross-linking Points' Polym. Chem. 2011, 2, 957-962.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Moriya Kikuchi, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Sono Sasaki, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Intelligent Build-Up of Complementarily Reactive Diblock Copolymers via Dynamic Covalent Exchange toward Symmetrical and Miktoarm Star-like Nanogels' Macromolecules 2010, 43, 1785-1791.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Moriya Kikuchi, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Solvent-Controlled Formation of Star-like Nanogels via Dynamic Covalent Exchange of PSt-b-PMMA Diblock Copolymers with Alkoxyamine Units in the Side Chain' Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5470-5473.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Moriya Kikuchi, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Arm-Replaceable Star-Like Nanogels: Arm Detachment and Arm Exchange Reactions by Dynamic Covalent Exchanges of Alkoxyamine Units' Polym. J. 2010, 42, 860-867.
- Tomoya Sato, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara ''Substitutable' Polymer Brushes: Reactive Poly(methacrylate) Brushes with Exchangeable Alkoxyamine Units in the Side Chain' Chem. Lett. 2010, 39, 1209-1211.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Takeshi Maeda, Kikuchi Moriya, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Star-like Nanogels with Different Arm Lengths: Formation by Dynamic Covalent Exchange and Their Molecular Imaging' Chem. Commun. 2009, 689-691.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Moriya Kikuchi, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Sono Sasaki, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Reorganizable Chemical Polymer Gels Based on Dynamic Covalent Exchange and Controlled Monomer Insertion' Macromolecules 2009, 42, 8733-8738.
- Hideyuki Otsuka, Koichiro Aotani, Yuji Higaki, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Atsushi Takahara 'Thermal Reorganization and Molecular Weight Control of Dynamic Covalent Polymers Containing Alkoxyamines in Their Main Chains' Macromolecules 2007, 40, 1429-1434.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Yuji Higaki, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Programmed Thermodynamic Formation and Structure Analysis of Star-like Nanogel with Core Cross-linked by Thermally Exchangeable Dynamic Covalent Bonds' J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13298-13304.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Yuji Higaki, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara 'Programmed Formation of Nanogel via a Radical Crossover Reaction of Complementarily Reactive Diblock Copolymer' Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 774-775.
Peer-reviewed Proceeding, Book and Review
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Hideyuki Otsuka 'Recent Developments in Reorganizable Dynamic Covalent Polymers' Kobunshi, 2011, 60, 324-328.
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Hideyuki Otsuka, and Atsushi Takahara 'Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Nanogels' Nanomaterials for Life Sciences, Volume 10, Polymeric Nanomaterials (Wiley VCH), 27-58. Boschstr. 12, 69469 Weinheim, Germany
- Yoshifumi Amamoto, Hideyuki Otsuka, and Atsushi Takahara 'Formation of Polystyrene/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Heteroarm Star-Like Nanogels from Complementarily Reactive Well-Defined Diblock Copolymers' Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2009, 184, 012019.
- Hideyuki Otsuka, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Takeshi Maeda, Atsushi Takahara 'Synthesis and Reaction of Well-defined Copolymers with Thermally Exchangeable Dynamic Covalent Bonds in the Side Chains' ACS symposium series book, 2009, 1024, 319-330.
Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- The Society of Polymer Science, Japan