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Tomohiro Imura is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields including chemistry, environmental science, and engineering, with a particular focus on organic chemistry and pollution. Their work also covers biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and mechanical engineering as subfields of study.

Imura's research topics include microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, catalysis for biomass conversion, biofuel production and bioconversion, lipid membrane structure and behavior, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, covalent organic framework applications, and surfactants and colloidal systems.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Direct entry of cell-penetrating peptide can be controlled by maneuvering the membrane curvature, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Hydrogenolysis of Furfuryl Alcohol to 1,2-Pentanediol Over Supported Ruthenium Catalysts, 2021, ChemistryOpen
  • Control of ZIF-7-III aspect ratio using water-in-oil microemulsion, 2020, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Synthesis of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-based Au(I) Coordinate Surfactant: Application for Alkyne Hydration Based on Au Nanoparticle Formation, 2020, Journal of Oleo Science
  • Influence of inorganic and organic counter-cations on the surface properties and self-assembly of cyclic lipopeptide surfactin, 2021, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Journal of Oleo Science
  • ChemistryOpen
  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Tomohiro Imura has worked with several coauthors regularly, including Toshiaki Taira, Kenichi Sakai, Hideki Sakai, and Satohiro Yanagisawa. The collaboration with Toshiaki Taira is notably frequent, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Self-assembling properties of glycolipid biosurfactants and their potential applications

    Dai Kitamoto;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Masa-aki Konishi

  • Development of a New Preparation Method of Liposomes Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

    Katsuto Otake;Tomohiro Imura;Hideki Sakai,‡,§ and;Masahiko Abe

  • Preparation of liposomes using an improved supercritical reverse phase evaporation method.

    Katsuto Otake;Takeshi Shimomura;Toshihiro Goto;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.

    Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Tomohiro Imura

  • Coacervate formation from natural glycolipid: one acetyl group on the headgroup triggers coacervate-to-vesicle transition.

    Imura T;Yanagishita H;Kitamoto D

  • Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics

    Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura;Dai Kitamoto

  • Naturally engineered glycolipid biosurfactants leading to distinctive self-assembled structures

    Tomohiro Imura;Noboru Ohta;Katsuaki Inoue;Naoto Yagi

  • Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases.

    Tomohiro Imura;Yusuke Hikosaka;Wannasiri Worakitkanchanakul;Hideki Sakai

  • Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids, Show Antioxidant and Protective Effects against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress in Cultured Human Skin Fibroblasts

    Makoto Takahashi;Makoto Takahashi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317T

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

    Masaaki Konishi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Preparation and physicochemical properties of various soybean lecithin liposomes using supercritical reverse phase evaporation method

    Tomohiro Imura;Katsuto Otake;Satoru Hashimoto;Toshihiro Gotoh

  • Efficient preparation of liposomes encapsulating food materials using lecithins by a mechanochemical method.

    Makoto Takahashi;Kei-ichiro Inafuku;Takeshi Miyagi;Hirosuke Oku

  • Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a new glycolipid biosurfactant, mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid, produced from glucose by Pseudozyma antarctica

    Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tomohiro Imura

  • Mannosylerythritol Lipids: Production and Applications

    Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura;Dai Kitamoto

  • A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, efficiently produces a novel glycolipid biosurfactant. The identification of a new diastereomer of mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

    Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tomohiro Imura

  • Effect of adsorption of bovine serum albumin on liposomal membrane characteristics.

    Yumiko Yokouchi;Tadashi Tsunoda;Tomohiro Imura;Hitoshi Yamauchi

  • Physiological differences in the formation of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, between Pseudozyma antarctica and Pseudozyma aphidis

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

Frequent Co-Authors

Tokuma Fukuoka
Tokuma Fukuoka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Dai Kitamoto
Dai Kitamoto National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hideki Sakai
Hideki Sakai Tokyo University of Science
Masahiko Abe
Masahiko Abe Tokyo University of Science
Sumaeth Chavadej
Sumaeth Chavadej Chulalongkorn University
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Tsuneji Sano
Tsuneji Sano Hiroshima University
Shiroh Futaki
Shiroh Futaki Kyoto University
Seiya Tsushima
Seiya Tsushima Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Katsuhiko Yamaji
Katsuhiko Yamaji National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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