Professor
CX-6
Division of Advanced Materials Chemistry


Masayoshi Okubo, Dr. Eng.

Education
1971 Graduate School (Master's Course), Kobe University
1969 Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University

Field of Instruction and Research
Polymer Chemistry
Colloid Chemistry
Biotechnology

Research Activities
Syntheses and characterizations of functional polymer microspheres
Emulsion polymerization
Industrial applications of polymer microspheres

Main Publications
¥ Preparation of hollow polymer particles with single hole in the shell by SaPSeP, Langmuir, 21, 5655-5658 (2005)
¥ Nitroxide-mediated controlled/living free radical copolymerization of styrene and divinylbenzene in aqueous miniemulsion, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 26, 955-960 (2005)
¥ Micron-sized, monodisperse, snowman/confetti-shaped polymer particles by seeded dispersion polymerization, Colloid Polym. Sci., 283, 1041-1045 (2005)
¥ Quantitative chemical mapping of nanostructured "onionlike" poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene composite particles by soft X-ray microscopy, Macromolecules, 38, 542-551 (2005)
¥ Preparation of block copolymer particles by two-step atom transfer radical polymerization in aqueous media and its unique morphology, Polymer, 46, 1045-1049 (2005)
¥ Morphology of polystyrene/polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite particles, Polymer, 46, 1151-1156 (2005)
¥ Production of cured epoxy resin particles having one hollow by polyaddition reaction, Polymer, 46, 1051-1056 (2005)
¥ Synthesis of micron-sized, monodisperse polymer particles of disc-like and polyhedral shapes by seeded dispersion polymerization, Colloid Polym. Sci., 283, 793-798 (2005)
¥ Preparation of polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite particles having a dent, Colloid Polym. Sci., 283, 691-698 (2005)
¥ Dispersion atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate with bromo-terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) in supercritical carbon dioxide, Designed Monomers and Polymers, 7, 553-562 (2004)
¥ Excitation of Dust-Acoustic Waves in a DC Glow-Discharge Dusty Plasma by Means of Pulsed Gasdynamic Simulation, Russian Academy of Sciences and Springer Science, 42, 659-666 (2004)
¥ A theory of adsorption kinetics with time delay and its application to overshoot and oscillation in the surface tension of gelatin solution, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 1174-1178 (2004)
¥ Effect of hydrophilicity of polymer particles on their glass transition temperatures in the emulsion state, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 1150-1154 (2004)
¥ Formation mechanism of an Òonion-likeÓ multilayered structure by reconstruction of morphology of micron-sized, monodisperse, poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene composite particles with the solvent-absorbing/releasing method, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 1192-1197 (2004)
¥ Influence of nonionic emulsifier included inside carboxylated polymer particles on the formation of multihollow structure by the alkali/cooling method, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 193-197 (2004)
¥ Preparation of polymer particles having ethyleneurea groups at their surfaces by emulsifier-free seeded emulsion polymerization and wet adhesion of its emulsion film, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 88-91 (2004)
¥ Reconstruction of morphology of micron-sized, monodisperse composite polymer particles by the solvent-absorbing/releasing method, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 646-650 (2004)
¥ Preparation of block copolymer by atom transfer radical seeded emulsion polymerization, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 747-752 (2004)
¥ Production of poly(methyl methacrylate) particles by dispersion polymerization with mercaptopropyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) stabilizer in supercritical carbon dioxide, Colloid Polym. Sci., 282, 569-574 (2004)

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