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Tooru Ooya

Tooru Ooya

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Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
7523
World Ranking
13313
National Ranking
1016

Overview

Tooru Ooya is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Medicine. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research topics commonly explore areas such as:

  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Tea Polyphenols and Effects
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications

Tooru Ooya has contributed to numerous scholarly articles with recent publications including:

  • "Size Dependency of Selective Cellular Uptake of Epigallocatechin Gallate-modified Gold Nanoparticles for Effective Radiosensitization," 2021, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • "Ion-selective supramolecular membrane with pH-regulated smart nanochannels for lithium extraction," 2024, Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Effect of tethered sheet-like motif and asymmetric topology on hydrogelation of star-shaped block copolypeptides," 2022, Polymer
  • "Development of endodontic sealers containing antimicrobial-loaded polymer particles with long-term antibacterial effects," 2021, Dental Materials
  • "Copolymers Composed of 2-(Methacryloyloxy)ethyl Phosphorylcholine and Methacrylated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane as a Simple Modifier for Liposomes," 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Frequent publication venues for Tooru Ooya's work include:

  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
  • Gels
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Polymer

Tooru Ooya collaborates regularly with several researchers. Their most frequent coauthors are:

  • Katsumi Shigemura
  • Jeng-Shiung Jan
  • Masato Fujisawa
  • Yuki Kan
  • Koki Maeda

Best Publications

  • Biocleavable Polyrotaxane−Plasmid DNA Polyplex for Enhanced Gene Delivery

    Tooru Ooya;Hak Soo Choi;Atsushi Yamashita;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Thermally Induced Localization of Cyclodextrins in a Polyrotaxane Consisting of β-Cyclodextrins and Poly(ethylene glycol)−Poly(propylene glycol) Triblock Copolymer

    Hiroaki Fujita;Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Supramolecular design for multivalent interaction: maltose mobility along polyrotaxane enhanced binding with concanavalin A.

    Tooru Ooya;Masaru Eguchi;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Supramolecular-structured hydrogels showing a reversible phase transition by inclusion complexation between poly(ethylene glycol) grafted dextran and α-cyclodextrin

    Kang Moo Huh;Tooru Ooya;Won Kyu Lee;Shintaro Sasaki

  • Effects of ethylene glycol-based graft, star-shaped, and dendritic polymers on solubilization and controlled release of paclitaxel.

    Tooru Ooya;Jaehwi Lee;Kinam Park

  • Hydrotropic dendrimers of generations 4 and 5: synthesis, characterization, and hydrotropic solubilization of paclitaxel.

    Tooru Ooya;Jaehwi Lee;Kinam Park

  • Polymer Inclusion Complex Consisting of Poly(∊-lysine) and α-Cyclodextrin

    Kang Moo Huh;Tooru Ooya;Shintaro Sasaki;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Molecular Mobility of Interlocked Structures Exploiting New Functions of Advanced Biomaterials

    Nobuhiko Yui;Tooru Ooya

  • Synthesis of theophylline-polyrotaxane conjugates and their drug release via supramolecular dissociation.

    Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Supramolecular Hydrogel Formation Based on Inclusion Complexation Between Poly(ethylene glycol)‐Modified Chitosan and α‐Cyclodextrin

    Kang Moo Huh;Yong Woo Cho;Hesson Chung;Ick Chan Kwon

  • pH- and Thermosensitive Supramolecular Assembling System: Rapidly Responsive Properties of β-Cyclodextrin-Conjugated Poly(ε-lysine)

    Hak Soo Choi;Kang Moo Huh;Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Controllable Erosion Time and Profile in Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels by Supramolecular Structure of Hydrolyzable Polyrotaxane

    Takahiro Ichi;Junji Watanabe;Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • pH-Responsive Movement of Cucurbit[7]uril in a Diblock Polypseudorotaxane Containing Dimethyl β-Cyclodextrin and Cucurbit[7]uril

    Tooru Ooya;Daisuke Inoue;Hak Soo Choi;Yuichiro Kobayashi

  • Synthesis and characterization of a polyrotaxane consisting of β‐cyclodextrins and a poly(ethylene glycol)‐poly(propylene glycol) triblock copolymer

    Hiroaki Fujita;Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • pH Dependence of Polypseudorotaxane Formation between Cationic Linear Polyethylenimine and Cyclodextrins

    Hak Soo Choi;Tooru Ooya;Sang Cheon Lee;Shintaro Sasaki

  • Novel poly(ethylene glycol) scaffolds crosslinked by hydrolyzable polyrotaxane for cartilage tissue engineering.

    Won Kyu Lee;Takahiro Ichi;Tooru Ooya;Takeyuki Yamamoto

  • Synthesis of a biodegradable polymeric supramolecular assembly for drug delivery

    Tooru Ooya;Hideharu Mori;Minoru Terano;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Block-selective polypseudorotaxane formation in PEI-b-PEG-b-PEI copolymers via pH variation

    Sang Cheon Lee;Hak Soo Choi;Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polyrotaxane as a novel supramolecular-structured drug carrier.

    Tooru Ooya;Nobuhiko Yui

  • EFFECT OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYROTAXANES ON PLATELET ACTIVATION

    Nobuhiko Yui;Tooru Ooya;Takashi Kumeno

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuhiko Yui
Nobuhiko Yui Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Toshifumi Takeuchi
Toshifumi Takeuchi Kobe University
Kang Moo Huh
Kang Moo Huh Chungnam National University
Ki Dong Park
Ki Dong Park Ajou University
Hidetaka Akita
Hidetaka Akita Chiba University
Hideyoshi Harashima
Hideyoshi Harashima Hokkaido University
Kentaro Kogure
Kentaro Kogure University of Tokushima
Kinam Park
Kinam Park Purdue University West Lafayette
Young Ha Kim
Young Ha Kim Seoul National University
Motoichi Kurisawa
Motoichi Kurisawa Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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