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Hideyuki Otsuka is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, chemistry, and physics and astronomy, with significant contributions to subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably including force microscopy techniques and applications, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, polymer composites and self-healing, carbon nanotubes in composites, mechanical and optical resonators, luminescence and fluorescent materials, and synthetic organic chemistry methods.

Otsuka has published numerous papers in frequent venues, illustrating their active engagement in the scientific community. Key publication venues include:

  • Macromolecules
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Macro Letters

Recent papers authored by or involving Hideyuki Otsuka include:

  • Segmented Polyurethane Elastomers with Mechanochromic and Self-Strengthening Functions, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Crystallization-induced mechanofluorescence for visualization of polymer crystallization, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Visualization and Quantitative Evaluation of Toughening Polymer Networks by a Sacrificial Dynamic Cross-Linker with Mechanochromic Properties, 2020, ACS Macro Letters
  • Mechanochemical Reactions of Bis(9-methylphenyl-9-fluorenyl) Peroxides and Their Applications in Cross-Linked Polymers, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Sacrificial Mechanical Bond is as Effective as a Sacrificial Covalent Bond in Increasing Cross-Linked Polymer Toughness, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Otsuka has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with the most common co-authors being:

  • Daisuke Aoki
  • Akira Takahashi
  • Takuma Watabe
  • Rikito Takashima
  • K. Mikami

Best Publications

  • Self‐Healing of Covalently Cross‐Linked Polymers by Reshuffling Thiuram Disulfide Moieties in Air under Visible Light

    Yoshifumi Amamoto;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Repeatable photoinduced self-healing of covalently cross-linked polymers through reshuffling of trithiocarbonate units

    Yoshifumi Amamoto;Jun Kamada;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Dynamic covalent polymers: Reorganizable polymers with dynamic covalent bonds

    Takeshi Maeda;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Self-healing of chemical gels cross-linked by diarylbibenzofuranone-based trigger-free dynamic covalent bonds at room temperature.

    Keiichi Imato;Masamichi Nishihara;Takeshi Kanehara;Yoshifumi Amamoto

  • Molecular aggregation structure and surface properties of poly(fluoroalkyl acrylate) thin films

    Koji Honda;Masamichi Morita;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • A dynamic covalent polymer driven by disulfide metathesis under photoirradiation

    Hideyuki Otsuka;Shinsuke Nagano;Yasuharu Kobashi;Takeshi Maeda

  • Macroscopic-wetting anisotropy on the line-patterned surface of fluoroalkylsilane monolayers

    Masamichi Morita;Masamichi Morita;Tomoyuki Koga;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Polystyrene- and poly(3-vinylpyridine)-grafted magnetite nanoparticles prepared through surface-initiated nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization

    Ryosuke Matsuno;Kazuya Yamamoto;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Mechanophores with a Reversible Radical System and Freezing‐Induced Mechanochemistry in Polymer Solutions and Gels

    Keiichi Imato;Keiichi Imato;Atsushi Irie;Takahiro Kosuge;Tomoyuki Ohishi

  • Reinvestigation of Calixarene-Based Artificial-Signaling Acetylcholine Receptors Useful in Neutral Aqueous (Water/Methanol) Solution

    Kwang Nak Koh;Koji Araki;Atsushi Ikeda;Hideyuki Otsuka

  • A Thermodynamic Polymer Cross-Linking System Based on Radically Exchangeable Covalent Bonds

    Yuji Higaki;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Degradable epoxy resins prepared from diepoxide monomer with dynamic covalent disulfide linkage

    Akira Takahashi;Tomoyuki Ohishi;Raita Goseki;Hideyuki Otsuka

  • Competition between Oxidation and Coordination in Cross-Linking of Polystyrene Copolymer Containing Catechol Groups

    Hang Xu;Jin Nishida;Wei Ma;Hui Wu

  • Polymer scrambling: macromolecular radical crossover reaction between the main chains of alkoxyamine-based dynamic covalent polymers.

    Hideyuki Otsuka;Koichiro Aotani;Yuji Higaki;Atsushi Takahara

  • Mechanochromic Dynamic Covalent Elastomers: Quantitative Stress Evaluation and Autonomous Recovery

    Keiichi Imato;Takeshi Kanehara;Tomoyuki Ohishi;Masamichi Nishihara

  • Polystyrene-Grafted Magnetite Nanoparticles Prepared through Surface-Initiated Nitroxyl-Mediated Radical Polymerization

    Ryosuke Matsuno;Kazuya Yamamoto;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Reorganization of polymer structures based on dynamic covalent chemistry: polymer reactions by dynamic covalent exchanges of alkoxyamine units

    Hideyuki Otsuka

  • Self-Healing of a Cross-Linked Polymer with Dynamic Covalent Linkages at Mild Temperature and Evaluation at Macroscopic and Molecular Levels

    Keiichi Imato;Keiichi Imato;Atsushi Takahara;Hideyuki Otsuka

  • Tribological Properties of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes Prepared by Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Hiroki Sakata;Motoyasu Kobayashi;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Tetraarylsuccinonitriles as mechanochromophores to generate highly stable luminescent carbon-centered radicals.

    Toshikazu Sumi;Raita Goseki;Hideyuki Otsuka

  • Perfluoropolyether-infused nano-texture: a versatile approach to omniphobic coatings with low hysteresis and high transparency.

    Wei Ma;Wei Ma;Yuji Higaki;Yuji Higaki;Hideyuki Otsuka;Atsushi Takahara;Atsushi Takahara

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Takahara
Atsushi Takahara Kyushu University
Seiji Shinkai
Seiji Shinkai Kyushu University
Osami Sakata
Osami Sakata Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Toshikazu Takata
Toshikazu Takata Tokyo Institute of Technology
Takeshi Endo
Takeshi Endo Kyushu Institute of Technology
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Atsushi Ikeda
Atsushi Ikeda Hiroshima University
Takehisa Matsuda
Takehisa Matsuda Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Jianqing Zhao
Jianqing Zhao South China University of Technology
Christoph Weder
Christoph Weder University of Fribourg

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