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Kohji Tashiro is affiliated with the Toyota Technological Institute in Japan and has an extensive publication record in the field of Materials Science, with a particular focus on polymers and plastics. Their work covers various aspects of polymer crystallization, synthesis, and characterization, often employing advanced analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction.

The main research topics addressed by Tashiro include:

  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Polymer crystallization and properties
  • Polymer nanocomposites and properties
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Advanced polymer synthesis and characterization
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers

Their work frequently appears in journals and venues specializing in polymer science and crystallography, including:

  • Macromolecules
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Polymer Journal
  • Polymer
  • ACS Macro Letters

Key recent publications highlight a range of topics within polymer science:

  • "Introduction of Disorder in the Crystal Structures of Atactic Poly(vinyl Alcohol) and Its Iodine Complex To Solve a Dilemma between X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Data Analyses" (2020), Macromolecules
  • "High-Electric-Field-Induced Hierarchical Structure Change of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) as Studied by the Simultaneous Time-Resolved WAXD/SAXS/FTIR Measurements and Computer Simulations" (2021), Macromolecules
  • "X-ray study of Poly(vinyl Alcohol)-Iodine complex prepared from the dilute iodine solution as a hint to know the inner structure of polarizer" (2021), Polymer

Collaborative research plays an important role in Tashiro's contributions, with frequent co-authors including:

  • T. Takahama
  • Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Hai Wang
  • Hiroyasu Masunaga
  • Sono Sasaki

Tashiro's subfields of study further detail their expertise across multiple disciplines at the intersection of materials science and chemistry:

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Molecular Vibrations of Three Crystal Forms of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

    Masamichi Kobayashi;Kohji Tashiro;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Disorder-to-Order Phase Transition and Multiple Melting Behavior of Poly(l-lactide) Investigated by Simultaneous Measurements of WAXD and DSC

    Jianming Zhang;Kohji Tashiro;Hideto Tsuji;Abraham J. Domb

  • THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC CONSTANTS OF NATIVE AND REGENERATED CELLULOSES : ROLE OF HYDROGEN BONDS

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Structure and thermochromic solid‐state phase transition of poly (3‐alkylthiophene)

    Kohji Tashiro;Keiko Ono;Yasuhisa Minagawa;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Structural study on ferroelectric phase transition of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymers (III) dependence of transitional behavior on VDF molar content

    K. Tashiro;K. Takano;M. Kobayashi;Y. Chatani

  • Crystal Structure Analysis of Poly(l-lactic Acid) α Form On the basis of the 2-Dimensional Wide-Angle Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Measurements

    Kaewkan Wasanasuk;Kohji Tashiro;Makoto Hanesaka;Tokashi Ohhara

  • Elastic Moduli and Molecular Structures of Several Crystalline Polymers, Including Aromatic Polyamides

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Vibrational spectra and disorder-order transition of poly(vinylidene fluoride) form III

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Electrospinning as a new technique to control the crystal morphology and molecular orientation of polyoxymethylene nanofibers.

    Thontree Kongkhlang;Kohji Tashiro;Masaya Kotaki;Suwabun Chirachanchai

  • Crystal structure and disorder in Poly(l-lactic acid) δ form (α′ form) and the phase transition mechanism to the ordered α form

    Kaewkan Wasanasuk;Kohji Tashiro

  • Investigation of Phase Transitional Behavior of Poly(l-lactide)/Poly(d-lactide) Blend Used to Prepare the Highly-Oriented Stereocomplex

    Jianming Zhang;Kohji Tashiro;and Hideto Tsuji;Abraham J. Domb

  • Structural Investigation of Orthorhombic-to-Hexagonal Phase Transition in Polyethylene Crystal: The Experimental Confirmation of the Conformationally Disordered Structure by X-ray Diffraction and Infrared/Raman Spectroscopic Measurements

    Kohji Tashiro;Sono Sasaki;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Structural phase transition in ferroelectric fluorine polymers: X-ray diffraction and infrared/Raman spectroscopic study

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Crystal Engineering for Topochemical Polymerization of Muconic Esters Using Halogen−Halogen and CH/π Interactions as Weak Intermolecular Interactions

    Akikazu Matsumoto;Toshihiro Tanaka;Takashi Tsubouchi;Kohji Tashiro

  • Crystal structural change in poly(3-alkyl thiophene)s induced by iodine doping as studied by an organized combination of X-ray diffraction, infrared/Raman spectroscopy and computer simulation techniques

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Tsuyoshi Kawai;Katsumi Yoshino

  • Structural phase transitions of syndiotactic polystyrene

    E. Bhoje Gowd;Kohji Tashiro;C. Ramesh

  • Calculation of Elastic and Piezoelectric Constants of Polymer Crystals by a Point Charge Model: Application to Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Form I

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro;Eiichi Fukada

  • Structure and ferroelectric phase transition of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymers: 2. VDF 55% copolymer

    Kohji Tashiro;Kohji Takano;Masamichi Kobayashi;Yozo Chatani

  • Solid-State Transition of Poly(butylene terephthalate) Induced by Mechanical Deformation

    Kohji Tashiro;Yuzo Nakai;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Molecular Mechanism of Solvent-Induced Crystallization of Syndiotactic Polystyrene Glass. 1. Time-Resolved Measurements of Infrared/Raman Spectra and X-ray Diffraction

    Kohji Tashiro;Yoko Ueno;and Akiko Yoshioka;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Structural Regularization in the Crystallization Process from the Glass or Melt of Poly(l-lactic Acid) Viewed from the Temperature-Dependent and Time-Resolved Measurements of FTIR and Wide-Angle/Small-Angle X-ray Scatterings

    Kaewkan Wasanasuk;Kohji Tashiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Masamichi Kobayashi
Masamichi Kobayashi Osaka University
Hiroyuki Tadokoro
Hiroyuki Tadokoro Osaka University
Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Akikazu Matsumoto
Akikazu Matsumoto Osaka Metropolitan University
Hideto Tsuji
Hideto Tsuji Toyohashi University of Technology
Richard S. Stein
Richard S. Stein University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tsuyoshi Kawai
Tsuyoshi Kawai Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Katsumi Yoshino
Katsumi Yoshino Osaka University
Yukihiro Ozaki
Yukihiro Ozaki Kwansei Gakuin University
Keiji Sasaki
Keiji Sasaki Hokkaido University

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