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Yushu Matsushita

Yushu Matsushita

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Materials Science

D-Index
56
Citations
9934
World Ranking
8345
National Ranking
478

Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9825
World Ranking
11784
National Ranking
876

Overview

Yushu Matsushita is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Materials Science, with specific focus on Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Their work addresses various aspects of polymer science, including block copolymer self-assembly, polymer crystallization and properties, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, quasicrystal structures and properties, polymer nanocomposites and properties, rheology and fluid dynamics studies, and liquid crystal research advancements.

The scientist has contributed to a number of publications, several of which have garnered multiple citations. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Frank-Kasper A15 Phase Formed in ABn Block-Graft Copolymers with Large Numbers of Graft Chains" (2020), published in Macromolecules
  • "Extremely tough block polymer-based thermoplastic elastomers with strongly associated but dynamically responsive noncovalent cross-links" (2021), published in Polymer
  • "Nonclassical Block Copolymer Self-Assembly Resulting from a Constrained Location of Chains and Junctions" (2020), published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • "The Largest Quasicrystalline Tiling with Dodecagonal Symmetry from a Single Pentablock Quarterpolymer of the AB1CB2D Type" (2022), published in ACS Nano
  • "Melt rheology of tadpole-shaped polystyrenes with different ring sizes" (2020), published in Soft Matter

Matsushita has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Atsushi Takano
  • Jirô Suzuki
  • Yuya Doi
  • Makoto Suzuki
  • Yoshiaki Takahashi

Their research has been published in several specialized venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Macromolecular Theory and Simulations
  • ACS Nano
  • Polymer Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Macromolecules

The main topics of Matsushita's work cover various areas of polymer science and materials engineering, reflecting focused research in block copolymer self-assembly and related structural studies. Their published papers contribute to understanding polymer behaviors from molecular synthesis to rheological properties and nanoscale quasicrystalline structures.

Best Publications

  • Polymeric quasicrystal: mesoscopic quasicrystalline tiling in ABC star polymers.

    Kenichi Hayashida;Tomonari Dotera;Atsushi Takano;Yushu Matsushita

  • Preparation and morphology of triblock copolymers of the ABC type

    Yasuhiro Mogi;Hiroyuki Kotsuji;Yuji Kaneko;Katsuaki Mori

  • Superlattice Structures in Morphologies of the ABC Triblock Copolymers

    Yasuhiro Mogi;Mahito Nomura;Hiroyuki Kotsuji;Kouki Ohnishi

  • Temperature, composition and molecular-weight dependence of the binary interaction parameter of polystyrene/poly(vinyl methyl ether) blends

    Charles C. Han;Barry J. Bauer;John C. Clark;Yoshio Muroga

  • Creation of Hierarchically Ordered Nanophase Structures in Block Polymers Having Various Competing Interactions

    Yushu Matsushita

  • Thermoreversible supramacromolecular ion gels via hydrogen bonding

    Atsushi Noro;Yushu Matsushita;Timothy P. Lodge

  • Design and properties of supramolecular polymer gels

    Atsushi Noro;Mikihiro Hayashi;Yushu Matsushita

  • Tricontinuous morphology of triblock copolymers of the ABC type

    Yasuhiro Mogi;Katsuaki Mori;Yushu Matsushita;Ichiro Noda

  • A mesoscopic Archimedean tiling having a new complexity in an ABC star polymer

    A. Takano;W. Kawashima;A. Noro;Y. Isono

  • Mechanical Property Enhancement of ABA Block Copolymer-Based Elastomers by Incorporating Transient Cross-Links into Soft Middle Block

    Mikihiro Hayashi;Satoru Matsushima;Atsushi Noro;Yushu Matsushita

  • Molecular weight dependence of lamellar domain spacing of diblock copolymers in bulk

    Yushu Matsushita;Katsuaki Mori;Ryuichi Saguchi;Yasushi Nakao

  • Observation of Cylinder-Based Microphase-Separated Structures from ABC Star-Shaped Terpolymers Investigated by Electron Computerized Tomography

    A. Takano;S. Wada;S. Sato;T. Araki

  • Gelation Mechanism of Thermoreversible Supramacromolecular Ion Gels via Hydrogen Bonding

    Atsushi Noro;Yushu Matsushita;Timothy P. Lodge

  • Melt Rheology of Ring Polystyrenes with Ultrahigh Purity

    Yuya Doi;Kazuki Matsubara;Yutaka Ohta;Tomohiro Nakano

  • Effect of Composition Distribution on Microphase-Separated Structure from BAB Triblock Copolymers

    A. Noro;M. Iinuma;J. Suzuki;and A. Takano

  • Dimension of ring polymers in bulk studied by Monte-Carlo simulation and self-consistent theory.

    Jiro Suzuki;Atsushi Takano;Tetsuo Deguchi;Yushu Matsushita

  • The tricontinuous double-gyroid structure from a three-component polymer system

    Jiro Suzuki;Motohiro Seki;Yushu Matsushita

  • Lamellar domain spacings of diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends and conformations of block chains in their microdomains

    Naoya Torikai;Naomi Takabayashi;Ichiro Noda;Satoshi Koizumi

  • Systematic Transitions of Tiling Patterns Formed by ABC Star-Shaped Terpolymers

    Kenichi Hayashida;Atsushi Takano;Shigeo Arai;Yuya Shinohara

  • Three-Phase Hierarchical Structures from AB/CD Diblock Copolymer Blends with Complemental Hydrogen Bonding Interaction

    Takeshi Asari;Shigeo Matsuo;and Atsushi Takano;Yushu Matsushita

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles C. Han
Charles C. Han Shenzhen University
Edwin L. Thomas
Edwin L. Thomas Texas A&M University
Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe Kyoto University
Keiji Tanaka
Keiji Tanaka Kyushu University
Timothy P. Lodge
Timothy P. Lodge University of Minnesota
Toshiji Kanaya
Toshiji Kanaya High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Mitsuhiro Shibayama Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Atsushi Takahara
Atsushi Takahara Kyushu University
Sushil K. Satija
Sushil K. Satija National Institute of Standards and Technology

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