39AssistantProfessorNISHIMURATomokiIn2020,hemovedtoShinshuUniversityasanassistantprofessor.currentresearchinterestsincludetheself-assemblyofamphiphiliccopolymersthefunctionaldevelopmentofpolymerforbiomedicalapplications.Amphiphilicblockpolymersandgraftpolymerscanself-assembletoformavarietyofassembliessuchasmicelles,cylinders,andvesicles.However,thefabricationofdesiredmolecularassembliesandcontrolofthesizeoftheseassembliesisdifficultinpractice.Inourlab,wedesignvariouspolymersandclarifyhowtheyself-assembleusingquantumbeamssuchasX-raysandneutrons,andelectronmicroscopy,inordertodevelopmethodsforcontrollingthestructureandsizeofmolecularassemblies.Wearealsoinvestigatingthefunctionsthatareexpressedbytheorganizationofthepolymers.Furthermore,wearedevelopingnano-biomaterialssuchasbiocatalyticreactors,artificialcells,andartificialmolecularchannelsusingmolecularassemblies.HisandmaterialsCell-sized giant vesicles based on the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymersAn illustration of liposomes embedded artificial channels based on block copolymersOutlook for researchWeaimtodesignnewmoleculesbasedontemperature-responsivepolymersanddevelopingpolymerassembliesthatexhibituniquefunctionsforapplicationsinthefieldofbioandnanotechnology.Throughtheseefforts,wearechallengingthefrontierofmolecularintegrationchemistry.Outlook for students after graduationItrytoprovideanenvironmentthatwillnotonlyhelpthemacquireexperimentalmethods,logicalthinkingandpresentationskills,butalsohelpthembuildtheirownuniquestrengthsthatothersdonothave.Ihopethattheywillbecomeactivemembersofsociety.Chemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofDesign, understanding, and applications of macromolecular assemblies
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