Research Summary

Selected Publications

• 1. Kumagai, S., Hayashi, S., Katsuragi, A., Imada, M., Sato, K., Abe, H., Asakura, N., and Takenaka, Y.:
  "One-Pot Synthesis of Marine-Biodegradable Poly(Ethylene Succinate)-Based Ester Amide Copolymers Containing Amino Acid"
  ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 6, 8339-8347 (2024)
• 2. Kumagai, S., Hayashi, S., Katsuragi, A., Imada, M., Sato, K., Abe, H., Asakura, N., and Takenaka, Y.:
  "Improving the marine biodegradability of poly(alkylene succinate)-based copolymers"
  Polym. J. 56, 419-429 (2024)
• 3. Mierzati, M., Miyahara, Y., Curial, B., Nomura CT., Taguchi, S., Abe, H., and Tsuge, T.:
  "Tacticity Characterization of Biosynthesized Polyhydroxyalkanoates Containing (S)- and (R)-3-Hydroxy-2-Methylpropionate Units"
  Biomacromolecules 25, 444-454 (2024)
• 4. Jeeply, IF., Goto, T., Sudesh, K., and Abe, H.:
  "Biodegradable block copolymer as compatibilizer and blend component of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)-based polyester blends"
  Eur. Polym. J. 196, 112314 (2023)
• 5. Ceneviva, LVS., Mierzati, M., Miyahara, Y., Nomura, CT., Taguchi, S., Abe, H., and Tsuge, T.:
  "Poly(3-mercapto-2-methylpropionate), a Novel alpha-Methylated Bio-Polythioester with Rubber-like Elasticity, and Its Copolymer with 2-Hydroxybutyrate: Biosynthesis and Characterization"
  Bioengineering-Basel 9, 228 (2022)
• 6. Sasanami, Y., Honda, M., Nishiki, H., Tachibana, K., Abe, H., Hokamura, A., and Yamada, M.:
  "Purification and Characterization of an Enzyme that Degrades Polyamide 4 into gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Oligomers from Pseudomonas sp. TNN1"
  Polym. Degrad. Stab. 197, 109868 (2022)
• 7. Goto, T., and Abe, H.:
  "Substituent Effects on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Resorcinol-Based Semiaromatic Polyesters
  Macromol. Chem. Phys. 223, 2100355 (2022)
• 8. Furutate, S., Abe, H., and Tsuge, T.:
  "Thermal properties of poly(3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) with narrow comonomer-unit compositional distributions"
  Polym. J. 53, 1451-1457 (2021)
• 9. Jeepery, I.F., Sudesh, K., and Abe, H.:
  "Miscibility and enzymatic degradability of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)-based polyester blends by PHB depolymerase and lipase"
  Polym. Degrad. Stab. 192, 109692 (2021)
• 10. Imada, M., Takenaka, Y., Tsuge, T., and Abe, H.:
  "Copolymers incorporated with b-substituted acrylate synthesized by organo-catalyzed group-transfer polymerization"
  Polym. J. 53, 989-999 (2021)

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