I’m willing to announce that our research titled “Cationic Polymer Brush/Giant Polysaccharide Sacran Assembly: Structure and Lubricity” was published in Langmuir online on May 11, 2020. Besides, the cover art graphic of this article was selected as a Langmuir’s supplementary journal covers and featured on the journal website. I sincerely appreciate Prof. Takahara for his supervision and warm support, and other coauthors for their contribution to this project.
Kosuke Igata, Tatsunori Sakamaki, Yoshihiro Inutsuka, Yuji Higaki*, Maiko K. Okajima, Norifumi L. Yamada, Tatsuo Kaneko, Atsushi Takahara*
"Cationic Polymer Brush/Giant Polysaccharide Sacran Assembly: Structure and Lubricity"
Langmuir, in press
We proposed a highly effective aqueous lubrication strategy utilizing a hybrid system of a charged polymer film and an ultrahigh molecular weight natural polysaccharide. We unraveled the nano-scale structure and interactions of the hybrid films in wet conditions and addressed the lubrication mechanism in the unique hybrid system. The ultrahigh molecular weight natural polysaccharide employed in this study is named “sacran”. Sacran is produced by the unicellular cyanobacteria Aphanothece sacrum that grows only in part of Kyushu, and it is commercialized as a cosmetic gradient due to the outstanding water retention capability. It is my pleasure to get involved in the project employing the local material, and I hope this study could contribute to the regional vitalization of Kyushu area.
Kosuke Igata was in charge of this work. He has a very earnest and passionate mind, while he is a delicate guy with a glassy hart. He worked so hard to produce fruitful results, then received a poster award at the conference. I’m proud of working with him, and I hope this work could be our eternal memories with warm friendship. I wish him all the best in his future work.
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