Hironobu Watanabe, Yuji Mishima, Arihiro Kanazawa, Sadahito Aoshima. Dual control of stereoregularity and molecular weight in cationic polymerization of vinyl ether by tunable TADDOLs/TiCl4 initiating systems. Polymer Chemistry. 2024
Benjamin J. Pedretti, Congzhi Zhu, Hironobu Watanabe, Sadahito Aoshima, Nathaniel A. Lynd. Cascade Ring Strain Release Polymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Derivatives Using a Mono(μ-Alkoxo)bis(alkylaluminum) Initiator. Macromolecules. 2023
Hironobu Watanabe, Masami Kamigaito. Direct Radical Copolymerizations of Thioamides To Generate Vinyl Polymers with Degradable Thioether Bonds in the Backbones. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2023
Hironobu Watanabe. Biocompatible thermoresponsive N-isopropyl-N-(3-(isopropylamino)-3-oxopropyl)acrylamide-based random copolymer: synthesis and studies of its composition dependent properties and anticancer drug delivery efficiency. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2022. 10. 41. 8462-8477
Hironobu Watanabe, Arihiro Kanazawa, Satoshi Okumoto, Sadahito Aoshima. Role of the Counteranion in the Stereospecific Living Cationic Polymerization of N-Vinylcarbazole and Vinyl Ethers: Mechanistic Investigation and Synthesis of Stereo-Designed Polymers. Macromolecules. 2022. 55. 11. 4378-4388