Shiro Kobayashi

Research.com Recognitions

• 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Enzymatic polymer synthesis: an opportunity for green polymer chemistry.

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  578
  Citations

• Enzymes as Green Catalysts for Precision Macromolecular Synthesis

  Shin Ichiro Shoda;Hiroshi Uyama;Jun Ichi Kadokawa;Shunsaku Kimura

  547
  Citations

• Oxidative polymerization of phenols revisited

  Shiro Kobayashi;Hideyuki Higashimura

  424
  Citations

• Novel method for polysaccharide synthesis using an enzyme: the first in vitro synthesis of cellulose via a nonbiosynthetic path utilizing cellulase as catalyst

  Shiro Kobayashi;Keita Kashiwa;Tatsuya Kawasaki;Shin Ichiro Shoda

  407
  Citations

• Polymer Clay Nanocomposites

  Arimitsu Usuki;Naoki Hasegawa;Makoto Kato;Shiro Kobayashi

  395
  Citations

• Enzymatic polymerization: A new method of polymer synthesis

  Shiro Kobayashi

  343
  Citations

• Enzymatic polymerization and oligomerization

  Shiro Kobayashi;Shin-ichiro Shoda;Hiroshi Uyama

  322
  Citations

• Chelating properties of linear and branched poly(ethylenimines)

  Shiro Kobayashi;Kazuhisa Hiroishi;Masazumi Tokunoh;Takeo Saegusa

  314
  Citations

• Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones Catalyzed by Lipase

  Hiroshi Uyama;Shiro Kobayashi

  274
  Citations

• Green Nanocomposites from Renewable Resources: Plant Oil−Clay Hybrid Materials

  Hiroshi Uyama;Mai Kuwabara;Takashi Tsujimoto;Mitsuru Nakano

  268
  Citations

• Recent developments in lipase-catalyzed synthesis of polyesters.

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  258
  Citations

• Synthesis of artificial chitin: Irreversible catalytic behavior of a glycosyl hydrolase through a transition state analogue substrate

  Shiro Kobayashi;Toshitsugu Kiyosada;Shin Ichiro Shoda

  252
  Citations

• Novel Synthetic Pathway to a Poly(phenylene oxide). Laccase-Catalyzed Oxidative Polymerization of Syringic Acid

  Ryohei Ikeda;Hiroshi Uyama;Shiro Kobayashi

  234
  Citations

• ENZYMATIC RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF LACTONES TO POLYESTERS BY LIPASE CATALYST : UNUSUALLY HIGH REACTIVITY OF MACROLIDES

  Hiroshi Uyama;Kazuhiro Takeya;Shiro Kobayashi

  231
  Citations

• Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of 12-Dodecanolide

  Hiroshi Uyama;Kazuhiro Takeya;Norio Hoshi;Shiro Kobayashi

  227
  Citations

• Aromatic substitution. XXX. Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene and toluene with benzyl and substituted benzyl halides

  George A. Olah;Shiro Kobayashi;Masashi Tashiro

  223
  Citations

• Kinetics of the Ring-Opening Polymerization of 6-, 7-, 9-, 12-, 13-, 16-, and 17-Membered Lactones. Comparison of Chemical and Enzymatic Polymerizations

  Andrzej Duda;Adam Kowalski;Stanislaw Penczek;Hiroshi Uyama

  218
  Citations

• Enzymatic synthesis and antioxidant properties of poly(rutin).

  Motoichi Kurisawa;Joo Eun Chung;Hiroshi Uyama;Shiro Kobayashi

  218
  Citations

• Lipase-catalyzed polyester synthesis – A green polymer chemistry

  Shiro Kobayashi

  218
  Citations

• Polymerization of cyclic imino ethers: From its discovery to the present state of the art

  Shiro Kobayashi;Hiroshi Uyama

  212
  Citations

• Enzymatic Polymerization for Precision Polymer Synthesis

  Shiro Kobayashi;Hiroshi Uyama;Masashi Ohmae

  195
  Citations

• A Novel Thermo-Sensitive Polymer. Poly(2-iso-propyl-2-oxazoline)

  Hiroshi Uyama;Shiro Kobayashi

  194
  Citations

• Laccase-catalyzed Synthesis and Antioxidant Property of Poly(catechin)

  Motoichi Kurisawa;Joo Eun Chung;Hiroshi Uyama;Shiro Kobayashi

  185
  Citations

• Enzymatic synthesis and curing of biodegradable epoxide-containing polyesters from renewable resources.

  Hiroshi Uyama;Mai Kuwabara;Takashi Tsujimoto;Shiro Kobayashi

  182
  Citations

• Lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of lactones to polyesters and its mechanistic aspects.

  Shuhei Namekawa;Sakae Suda;Hiroshi Uyama;Shiro Kobayashi

  180
  Citations

• Enzymatic polymerization.

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  78
  Citations