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Shunsaku Kimura

Shunsaku Kimura

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
7417
World Ranking
16815
National Ranking
1324

Overview

Shunsaku Kimura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Medicine, and Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Kimura's recent papers cover a range of studies and publication venues. The contributions include:

  • Construction and Piezoelectric Properties of a Single-Peptide Nanotube Composed of Cyclic β-peptides with Helical Peptides on the Side Chains (2021, Biomacromolecules)
  • Engineering pH-responsive switching of donor-π-acceptor chromophore alignments along a peptide nanotube scaffold (2020, RSC Advances)
  • Piezoelectric properties reflecting nanostructures of tetrathiafulvalene and chloranil complexes using cyclic peptide nanotube scaffolds (2020, Peptide Science)
  • Downsizing to 25-nm Reverse Polymeric Micelle Composed of AB3-type Polydepsipeptide with Comprising siRNA (2022, Chemistry Letters)
  • Anticoagulation Therapy for Pregnancy-Associated Thrombosis: A Retrospective Observational Study (2022, Annals of Vascular Diseases)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Kimura include Hirotaka Uji, Yuki Tabata, Taichi Kurita, Tomoaki Terabayashi, and Keiji Numata. The scientist has published in venues such as Biomacromolecules, RSC Advances, Peptide Science, Chemistry Letters, and Annals of Vascular Diseases, reflecting a multidisciplinary interest covering both materials science and medical research.

Best Publications

  • Enzymes as Green Catalysts for Precision Macromolecular Synthesis

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

  • A molecular photodiode system that can switch photocurrent direction.

    Shiro Yasutomi;Tomoyuki Morita;Yukio Imanishi;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Long-Range Electron Transfer over 4 nm Governed by an Inelastic Hopping Mechanism in Self-Assembled Monolayers of Helical Peptides

    Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Near-infrared fluorescence tumor imaging using nanocarrier composed of poly(L-lactic acid)-block-poly(sarcosine) amphiphilic polydepsipeptide

    Akira Makino;Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh;Ryo Yamahara;Isao Hara

  • Near-infrared fluorescent labeled peptosome for application to cancer imaging.

    Hiroki Tanisaka;Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh;Akira Makino;Shotaro Tanaka

  • Formation of Oriented Helical Peptide Layers on a Gold Surface Due to the Self-Assembling Properties of Peptides

    Yoshiko Miura;Shunsaku Kimura;Yukio Imanishi;Junzo Umemura

  • Photocurrent Generation under a Large Dipole Moment Formed by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Helical Peptides Having an N-Ethylcarbazolyl Group

    Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura;Shiro Kobayashi;Yukio Imanishi

  • In vitro synthesis of cellulose and related polysaccharides

    Shiro Kobayashi;Junji Sakamoto;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Electron hopping over 100 A along an alpha helix.

    Yoko Arikuma;Hidenori Nakayama;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Electron Hopping over 100 Å Along an α Helix

    Yoko Arikuma;Hidenori Nakayama;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Sealing effects of (−)-epigallocatechin gallate on protein kinase C and protein phosphatase 2A

    Katsuhisa Kitano;Ki-Youl Nam;Shunsaku Kimura;Hirota Fujiki

  • Chain length dependent transition of 310‐ to α‐helix of Boc‐(Ala‐Aib)n‐OMe

    Kazuya Otoda;Yasuyuki Kitagawa;Shunsaku Kimura;Yukio Imanishi

  • Effects of monolayer structures on long-range electron transfer in helical peptide monolayer.

    Kazuki Takeda;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Formation and structure of artificial cellulose spherulites via enzymatic polymerization.

    Shiro Kobayashi;Lois J. Hobson;Junji Sakamoto;Shunsaku Kimura

  • pH-controlled switching of photocurrent direction by self-assembled monolayer of helical peptides.

    Shiro Yasutomi;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Effects of dipole moment, linkers, and chromophores at side chains on long-range electron transfer through helical peptides.

    Jun Watanabe;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Distance dependence of long-range electron transfer through helical peptides.

    Minako Kai;Kazuki Takeda;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Molecular rectification of a helical peptide with a redox group in the metal-molecule-metal junction.

    Kazuya Kitagawa;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Electron Transfer in Metal−Molecule−Metal Junction Composed of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Helical Peptides Carrying Redox-Active Ferrocene Units

    Kazuya Kitagawa;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

  • Vesicular Self-Assembly of a Helical Peptide in Water

    Shunsaku Kimura;Do-Hyung Kim;Junji Sugiyama;Yukio Imanishi

  • Efficient photocurrent generation by self-assembled monolayers composed of 3 10-helical peptides carrying linearly spaced naphthyl groups at the side chains.

    Kazuyuki Yanagisawa;Tomoyuki Morita;Shunsaku Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Yukio Imanishi
Yukio Imanishi Kyoto University
Junji Sugiyama
Junji Sugiyama Kyoto University
Shiro Kobayashi
Shiro Kobayashi Kyoto University
Mitsumasa Iwamoto
Mitsumasa Iwamoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
Helmut Ringsdorf
Helmut Ringsdorf Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hirota Fujiki
Hirota Fujiki National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Kaori Togashi
Kaori Togashi Kyoto University
Masahiro Hiraoka
Masahiro Hiraoka Kyoto University
Hideo Tsukada
Hideo Tsukada Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)
Martin Eickhoff
Martin Eickhoff University of Bremen

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