Researcher Information
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Research Areas
Research History
- Apr. 2024 - Present
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Research Institute for Marine Resources Utilization, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD) - Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2024
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
Education
- Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Biomaterial Sciences
- Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Biomaterial Sciences
- Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019, The University of Tokyo, Agriculture, Chemistry of Bio-based Materials
Research activity information
Papers
- Xinyi Hou; Junki Kotsuka; Wataru Sakuma; Tomoki Ito; Yuto Kaku; Yuri Kobayashi; Zhifang Sun; Shuji Fujisawa; Tsuguyuki Saito
Transparent Insulators with a Tough Nanocellulose Skeleton Formed via Freeze-Drying
ACS Nano, 15 Jan. 2026
20, 4, 3821, 3830 - Noriyuki Isobe; Sachiko Kawada; Yuto Kaku; Kiyohiko Igarashi
Challenges in extraction and quantification of cellulose from deep-sea sediments
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 29 Oct. 2025
12, 1, 98
[Reviewed] - Yuka Tomita; Tomohito Yagita; Yuto Kaku; Tsuguyuki Saito; Shuji Fujisawa
Structural and Material Properties of Chitin Nanofibers Produced Without Deacetylation Treatment
Nano Select, 11 Dec. 2024
6, 8
[Reviewed] - Yuto Kaku; Satoshi Okada; Shuji Fujisawa; Tsuguyuki Saito; Noriyuki Isobe
Low solid content mouldable chitin physical hydrogel prepared by atypical rupture-free swelling
Soft Matter, 11 Jan. 2024
20, 1245, 1252
[Reviewed]
Lead - Yuto Kaku; Satoshi Okada; Shuji Fujisawa; Tsuguyuki Saito; Noriyuki Isobe
Atypical swelling gelation of chitin physical hydrogel and the tunable mechanical properties
ChemRxiv, 23 May 2023
Lead - Yuto Kaku; Noriyuki Isobe; Tsuguyuki Saito; Shuji Fujisawa
Catalytic Properties of Nanochitin-Shelled Polymer Microparticles in Knoevenagel Condensation
Chitin and Chitosan Research, 01 Apr. 2023
29, 1, 3, 7
[Reviewed]
Lead - Yuto Kaku, Noriyuki Isobe, Nanako O. Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Tetsuro Ikuta, Tsuguyuki Saito, Shuji Fujisawa
Chitin nanofiber-coated biodegradable polymer microparticles via one-pot aqueous process
Carbohydrate Polymers, 20 Mar. 2023
312, 120828
[Reviewed]
Lead - Noriyuki Isobe, Yuto Kaku, Satoshi Okada, Sachiko Kawada, Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Ryota Nakajima, Dass Bissessur, and Chong Chen
Identification of Chitin Allomorphs in Poorly Crystalline Samples Based on the Complexation with Ethylenediamine
Biomacromolecules, 09 Sep. 2022
23, 10, 4220, 4229
[Reviewed] - Michael Bushell; Juris Meija; Maohui Chen; Warren Batchelor; Christine Browne; Jae-Young Cho; Charles A. Clifford; Zeinab Al-Rekabi; Oriana M. Vanderfleet; Emily D. Cranston; Malcolm Lawn; Victoria A. Coleman; Gustav Nyström; Mario Arcari; Raffaele Mezzenga; Byong Chon Park; ChaeHo Shin; Lingling Ren; Tianjia Bu; Tsuguyuki Saito; Yuto Kaku; Ryan Wagner; Linda J. Johnston
Particle size distributions for cellulose nanocrystals measured by atomic force microscopy: an interlaboratory comparison
Cellulose, 06 Jan. 2021
28, 3, 1387, 1403
[Reviewed] - Shuji Fujisawa; Yuto Kaku; Satoshi Kimura; Tsuguyuki Saito
Magnetically Collectable Nanocellulose-Coated Polymer Microparticles by Emulsion Templating
Langmuir, 14 Jul. 2020
36, 31, 9235, 9240
[Reviewed] - Yuko Ono; Kota Ogura; Yuto Kaku; Shuji Fujisawa; Akira Isogai
Structural changes in α-chitin through nanofibrillation by high-pressure homogenization in water
Polymer Journal, 13 Mar. 2020
52, 7, 813, 818
[Reviewed] - Yuto Kaku; Shuji Fujisawa; Tsuguyuki Saito; Akira Isogai
Synthesis of Chitin Nanofiber-Coated Polymer Microparticles via Pickering Emulsion
Biomacromolecules, 22 Jan. 2020
21, 5, 1886, 1891
[Reviewed]
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