査読付き論文

• Isobe, N., Ishii, S., and Nomaki, H. (2025) Progress and prospects in polymer science addressing plastic pollution in marine environments, including the deep-sea floor. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 47: 101089. doi:10.1016/j.coche.2024.101089. [Abstract]
• Chen, C., Isobe, N., and Nomaki, H. (2024) A deep abyssal natural wood fall in the Northwestern Pacific and its associated fauna. Marine Biology Research, 19(10), 556-563. doi:10.1080/17451000.2023.2291579. [Abstract]
• Hyodo, N., Gan, H., Ilangovan, M., Kimura, S., Kasuya, K.-i., Isobe, N., and Iwata, T. (2024) Coastal and deep-sea biodegradation of polyhydroxyalkanoate microbeads. Scientific Reports, 14, 10302. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-60949-z. [Open Access]
• Kaku, Y., Okada, S., Fujisawa, S., Saito, T., and Isobe, N. (2024) Low solid content mouldable chitin physical hydrogel prepared by atypical rupture-free swelling. Soft Matter, 20, 1245-1252. doi:10.1039/D3SM01542D. [Abstract]
• Kobayashi, K., Isobe, N., Kusumi, R., Nemoto, J., and Wada, M. (2024) Elucidation of the Specific Ion Effects and Intermediate Structures of Cellulose Fibers Swollen in Inorganic Salt Solutions via In Situ X-ray Diffraction. Biomacromolecules, 25(2), 864-870. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01016. [Open Access]
• Kuruma, Y., Nomaki, H., Isobe, N., Matsuoka, D., and Shimane, Y. (2024) The Potential of Artificial Cells Functioning under In Situ Deep-Sea Conditions. ACS Synthetic Biology, 13(10), 3144-3149. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.4c00441. [Open Access]
• Omura, T., Isobe, N., Miura, T., Ishii, S., Mori, M., Ishitani, Y., Kimura, S., Hidaka, K., Komiyama, K., Suzuki, M., Kasuya, K.-i., Nomaki, H., Nakajima, R., Tsuchiya, M., Kawagucci, S., Mori, H., Nakayama, A., Kunioka, M., Kamino, K. and Iwata, T. (2024) Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor. Nature Communications, 15: 568. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-44368-8. [Open Access]
• Richirt, J., Okada, S., Ishitani, Y., Uematsu, K., Tame, A., Oda, K., Isobe, N., Ishimura, T., Tsuchiya, M., and Nomaki, H. (2024) Composite calcite and opal test in Foraminifera (Rhizaria). Biogeosciences, 21(14), 3271-3288. doi:10.5194/bg-21-3271-2024. [Open Access]
• Doi, Y., Daicho, K., Isobe, N., Tanaka, R., Kimura, S., Fujisawa, S., and Saito, T. (2023) Monitoring crystallite fusion of nanocellulose during colloid condensation. Cellulose, 30, 8287-8297. doi:10.1007/s10570-023-05354-x. [Open Access]
• Ishioka, S., Hirano, T., Matoba, N., Isobe, N., Fujisawa, S., and Saito, T. (2023) Property-Thickness Correlations of Transparent All-Nanocellulose Laminates. Jouranl of Fiber Science and Technology, 79(7), 156-164. doi:10.2115/fiberst.2023-0023. [Open Access]
• Ishioka, S., Isobe, N., Hirano, T., Matoba, N., Fujisawa, S., and Saito, T. (2023) Fully Wood-Based Transparent Plates with High Strength, Flame Self-Extinction, and Anisotropic Thermal Conduction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11(6), 2440-2448. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06344. [Open Access]
• Isobe, N., Ono, Y., Nishiyama, Y., Roux, D., and Isogai, A. (2023) Quantitative analysis of the formation of monodisperse cello-oligomers obtained by phosphoric acid hydrolysis. Cellulose, 30, 8235-8243. doi:10.1007/s10570-023-05415-1. [Open Access]
• Kaku, Y., Isobe, N., Ogawa, N.O., Ohkouchi, N., Ikuta, T., Saito, T., and Fujisawa, S. (2023) Chitin nanofiber-coated biodegradable polymer microparticles via one-pot aqueous process. Carbohydrate Polymers, 312: 120828. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.120828. [Abstract]
• Nakajima, R., Isobe, N., and Singh, N. (2023) A simple microplastic splitter for subsampling expanded polystyrene particles. Method X, 11: 102489. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2023.102489. [Open Access]
• Isobe, N., Chen, C., Daicho, K., Saito, T., Bissessur, D., Takai, K., and Okada, S. (2022) Uniaxial orientation of β-chitin nanofibres used as an organic framework in the scales of a hot vent snail. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(191): 20220120. doi:10.1098/rsif.2022.0120. [Open Access]
• Isobe, N., Kaku, Y., Okada, S., Kawada, S., Tanaka, K., Fujiwara, Y., Nakajima, R., Bissessur, D., and Chen, C. (2022) Identification of Chitin Allomorphs in Poorly Crystalline Samples Based on the Complexation with Ethylenediamine. Biomacromolecules, 23(10), 4220-4229. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00714. [Open Access]
• Isobe, N., Massaad, H., Chachanidze, R., Caton, F., Roux, D.C.D., and Deguchi, S. (2022) Continuing yet mostly reversible structuration of gum arabic in the presence of oil at interface. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 3, 100181. doi:10.1016/j.carpta.2021.100181. [Open Access]
• Okada, S., Chen, C., Watanabe, H.K., Isobe, N., and Takai, K. (2022) Unusual bromine enrichment in the gastric mill and setae of the hadal amphipod Hirondellea gigas. PLoS ONE, 17(8): e0272032. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0272032. [Open Access]
• Nakajima, R., Tsuchiya. M., Yabuki, A., Masuda, S., Kitahashi, T., Nagano, Y., Ikuta, T., Isobe, N., Nakata, H., Ritchie, H., Oguri, K., Osafune, S., Kawamura, K., Suzukawa, M., Yamauchi, T., Iijima, K., Yoshida, T., Chiba, S., and Fujikura, K. (2021) Massive occurrence of benthic plastic debris at the abyssal seafloor beneath the Kuroshio Extension, the North West Pacific. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 166, 112188. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112188. [Open Access]
• Nurlatifah, Yamauchi, T., Nakajima, R., Tsuchiya, M., Yabuki, A., Kitahashi, T., Nagano, Y., Isobe, N., and Nakata, H. (2021) Plastic additives in deep-sea debris collected from the western North Pacific and estimation for their environmental loads. Science of the total environment, 768, 144537. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144537. [Open Access]
• Berga, L., Bruce, I., Nicol, T.W.J., Holding, A.J., Isobe, N., Shimizu, S., Walker, A.J., and Reid, J.E.S.J. (2020) Cellulose dissolution and regeneration using a non-aqueous, non-stoichiometric protic ionic liquid system. Cellulose, 27, 9593-9603. doi:10.1007/s10570-020-03444-8. [Open Access]
• 磯部紀之. (2020) 深海分解性素材の開発, 日仏工業技術 L'Echange, 65(2), 11-14.
• Isobe, N., Sagawa, N., Ono, Y., Fujisawa, S., Kimura, S., Kinoshita, K., Miuchi, T., Iwata, T., Isogai, A., Nishino, M., and Deguchi, S. (2020) Primary structure of gum arabic and its dynamics at oil/water interface. Carbohydrate Polymers, 249, 116843. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116843. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., and Shimizu, S. (2020) Salt-induced LCST-type thermal gelation of methylcellulose: quantifying non-specific interactions via fluctuation theory. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 15999-16006. doi:10.1039/D0CP01687J. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Tsudome, M., Kusumi, R., Wada, M., Uematsu, K., Okada, S., and Deguchi, S. (2020) Moldable crystalline α-chitin hydrogel with toughness and transparency toward ocular applications. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2(4), 1656-1663. doi:10.1021/acsapm.0c00087. [Abstract]
• Nomaki, H., Chen, C., Oda, K., Tsuchiya, M., Tame, A., Uematsu, K., and Isobe, N. (2020) Abundant Chitinous Structures in Chilostomella (Foraminifera, Rhizaria) and Their Potential Functions. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 68(1), e12828. doi:10.1111/jeu.12828. [Open Access]
• Kasuga, T., Isobe, N., Yagyu, H., Koga, H., and Nogi, M. (2018) Clearly Transparent Nanopaper from Highly Concentrated Cellulose Nanofiber Dispersion Using Dilution and Sonication. Nanomaterials, 8(2), 104-113. doi:10.3390/nano8020104. [Open access]
• Isobe, N., Kasuga, T., and Nogi, M. (2018) Clear transparent cellulose nanopaper prepared from a concentrated dispersion by high-humidity drying. RSC Advances, 8, 1833-1837. doi:10.1039/C7RA12672G. [Open access]
• Isobe, N., Kimura, S., Wada, M., and Deguchi, S. (2018) Poroelasticity of cellulose hydrogel. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 92, 118-122. doi:10.1016/j.jtice.2018.02.017 [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Komamiya, T., Kimura, S., Kim, U.-J., and Wada, M. (2018) Cellulose hydrogel with tunable shape and mechanical properties:From rigid cylinder to soft scaffold. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 117, 625-631. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.05.071 [Abstract]
• Nicol, T. W. J., Isobe, N., Clark, J. H., Matubayasi, N., and Shimizu, S. (2018) The mechanism of salt effects on starch gelatinization from a statistical thermodynamic perspective. Food Hydrocolloids, 87, 593-601. doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2018.08.042. [Abstract]
• Ono, Y., Furihata, K., Isobe, N., Saito, T., and Isogai, A. (2018) Solution-state structures of the cellulose model pullulan in lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide. International journal of biological macromolecules, 107(B), 2598-2603. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.10.141. [Abstract]
• Nicol, T.W.J., Isobe, N., Clark, J.H., and Shimizu, S. (2017) Statistical thermodynamics unveils the dissolution mechanism of cellobiose. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 23106-23112. doi:10.1039/C7CP04647B. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Nishiyama, Y., Kimura, S., Wada, M., and Kuga, S. (2014) Origin of hydrophilicity of cellulose hydrogel from aqueous LiOH/urea solvent coagulated with alkyl alcohols. Cellulose, 21(2), 1043-1050. doi:10.1007/s10570-013-0080-7. [Open access]
• Oka, D., Kobayashi, K., Isobe, N., Ogawa, Y., Yokoyama, T., Kimura, S., Kim, U.-J., Tokuyasu, K., and Wada, M. (2013) Enzymatic hydrolysis of wood with alkaline treatment. Journal of Wood Science, 59(6), 484-488. doi:10.1007/s10086-013-1359-x. [Open access]
• Isobe, N., Noguchi, K., Nishiyama, Y., Kimura, S., Wada, M., and Kuga, S. (2013) Role of urea in alkaline dissolution of cellulose. Cellulose, 20(1), 97-103. doi:10.1007/s10570-012-9800-7. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Chen, X., Kim, U.-J., Kimura, S., Wada, M., Saito, T., and Isogai, A. (2013) TEMPO-oxidized cellulose hydrogel as a high-capacity and reusable heavy metal ion adsorbent. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 260, 195-201. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.05.024. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Kimura, S., Wada, M., and Kuga, S. (2012) Mechanism of cellulose gelation from aqueous alkali-urea solution. Carbohydrate Polymers, 89(4), 1298-1300, doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.03.023. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Sekine, M., Kimura, S., Wada, M., and Kuga, S. (2011) Anomalous reinforcing effects in cellulose gel-based polymeric nanocomposites. Cellulose, 18(2), 327-333. doi:10.1007/s10570-010-9487-6. [Abstract]
• Kimura, S., Isobe, N., Wada, M., Kuga, S., Ko, J.-H., and Kim, U.-J. (2011) Enzymatic hydrolysis of chitosan-dialdehyde cellulose hydrogels. Carbohydrate Polymers, 83(4), 1850-1853. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.10.049. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Lee, D.-S., Kwon, Y.-J., Kimura, S., Kuga, S., Wada, M., and Kim, U.-J. (2011) Immobilization of Protein on Cellulose Hydrogel. Cellulose, 18(5), 1251-1256. doi:10.1007/s10570-011-9561-8. [Abstract]
• Isobe, N., Kim, U.-J., Kimura, S., Wada, M., and Kuga, S. (2011) Internal surface polarity of regenerated cellulose gel depends on the species used as coagulant. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 359(1), 194-201. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.03.038. [Open access]
• Kim, U.-J., Isobe, N., Kimura, S., Kuga, S., Wada, M., Ko, J.-H., and Jin, H.-O. (2010) Enzymatic degradation of oxidized cellulose hydrogels. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 95(12), 2277-2280. doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.09.005. [Abstract]