Publications
Here you can find a listing of our most recent publications, along with a selection of older, important publications. All statistics are taken from Google Scholar. For reprints, please contact either Prof. Kurokawa or Dr. King.
2021
Okumura, T., Takahashi, R., Hagita, K., King, D.R.*, and Gong, J.P.* (2021). “Improving the strength and toughness of macroscale double networks by exploiting Poisson's ratio mismatch.” Scientific Reports. 11, 13280.
King, D. R., Gong, J. P. “Hierarchical Toughening: A Step Toward Matching the Complexity of Biological Materials.” Chem (Cell Press). 2021, 7 (4).
2020
Guo, H., Uehara, Y., Matsuda, T., Kiyama, R., Li, L., Ahmed, J., Katsuyama, Y., Nonoyama, T.*, and Kurokawa, T.* “Surface charge dominated protein absorption on hydrogels.” Soft Matter. 2020, 16: 1897–1907.
Citations as of 05/2021: 7
Hirayama, S., Kurokawa, T.*, and Gong, J.P. “Non-linear rheological study of hydrogel sliding friction in water and concentrated hyaluronan solution.” Tribology International. 2020, 147: 106270.
Citations as of 05/2021: 2
Shibata, Y., Kurokawa, T.*, Aizawa, T., and Gong, J.P. “Bactericidal effect of cationic hydrogels prepared from hydrophilic polymers.” Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2020, 137: 49583.
Citations as of 05/2021: 1
Yin, H.; King, D. R.*; Sun, T. L.; Saruwatari, Y.; Nakajima, T.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P.* “Polyzwitterions as a Versatile Building Block of Tough Hydrogels: From Polyelectrolyte Complex Gels to Double-Network Gels.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2020, 12, 44: 50068–50076.
Cui, W.; King, D. R.; Huang, Y.; Chen, L.; Sun, T. L.; Guo, Y. Z.; Saruwatari, Y.; Hui, C.-Y.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P. “Fiber-reinforced Viscoelastomers Show Extraordinary Crack Resistance that Exceeds Metals.” Advanced Materials. 2020, 32, 31: 1907180.
Citations as of 04/2021: 8
King, D. R.*,‡; Takahashi‡, R.; Ikai, T.‡; Fukao, K.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P.* “Anisotropic Double Network Hydrogels via Controlled Orientation of a Physical Sacrificial Network.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2020, 2, 6: 2350-2358.
Citations as of 04/2021: 3
Delgado, D.; King, D. R.*; Cui, K.; Gong, J. P.; Shull, K.* “High-Fidelity Hydrogel Thin-Films Processed from Deep Eutectic Solvents.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2020, 12, 3:, 43191–43200.
Hui, C. Y.*; Liu, Z.; Phoenix, S.L.; King, D. R.; Cui, W.; Huang, Y.; Gong, J. P. “Mechanical Behavior of Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Soft Composites.” Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2020, 35, 100642.
Citations as of 04/2021: 2
2019
Guo, H., Hong, W., Kurokawa, T., Matsuda, T., Wu, Z.L., Nakajima, T., Takahata, M., Sun, T., Rao, P., and Gong, J.P. “Internal Damage Evolution in Double-Network Hydrogels Studied by Microelectrode Technique.” Macromolecules 2019, 52: 7114–7122.
Citations as of 05/2021: 6
King, D. R.*,‡; Okumura, T.‡; Takahashi, R.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P.* “Macroscale Double Networks: Design Criteria for Optimizing Strength and Toughness.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019, 11, 38: 35343-35353.
Citations as of 04/2021: 13
Frauenlob, M.; King, D. R.; Guo, H.; Ishihara, S.; Tsuda, M.; Kurokawa, T.; Haga, H.; Tanaka, S.; Gong, J. P. “Modulation and Characterization of the Double Network Hydrogel Surface-Bulk Transition.” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 17: 6704–6713.
Citations as of 04/2021: 5
Murakawa, K.; King, D. R.; Sun, T.; Guo, H.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P. “Polyelectrolyte Complexation via Viscoelastic Phase Separation Results in Tough and Self-Recovering Porous Hydrogels.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2019, 7, 35: 5296-5305.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B HOT Collection.
Citations as of 04/2021: 12
Takahashi, R.; Ikai, T.; Kurokawa, T.; King, D. R.*; Gong, J. P.* “Double Network Hydrogels Based on Semi-rigid Polyelectrolyte Physical Networks.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2019, 7, 41, 6347–6354.
Emerging Investigators Themed Collection.
Citations as of 04/2021: 13
Chen, L.; Sun, T. L.; Cui, K.; King, D. R.; Kurokawa, T.; Saruwatari, Y.; Gong, J. P. “Facile Synthesis of Novel Elastomers with Tunable Dynamics for Toughness, Self-Healing and Adhesion.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019, 7, 29: 17334–17344.
Citations as of 04/2021: 15
Huang, Y.; King, D. R.; Cui, W.; Sun, T. L.; Guo, H.; Kurokawa, T.; Brown, H. R.; Hui, C.-Y.; Gong, J. P.* “Superior Fracture Resistance of Fiber Reinforced Polyampholyte Hydrogels Achieved by Extraordinarily Large Energy-Dissipative Process Zones.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019, 7, 22: 13431–13440.
Citations as of 04/2021: 17
Hubbard, A. M.; Cui, W.; Huang, Y.; Takahashi, R.; Dickey, M. D.; Genzer, J.; King, D. R.*; Gong, J. P. “Hydrogel/Elastomer Laminates Bonded via Fabric Interphases for Stimuli-Responsive Actuators.” Matter (Cell Press) 2019, 1, 3: 674–689.
Citations as of 04/2021: 24
King, D. R. “Far from Home: Life as a Soft Matter Researcher Abroad.” Matter (Cell Press) 2019, 1, 3: 621–625.
2018
Takahashi, R.; Shimano, K.; Okazaki, H.; Kurokawa, T.; Nakajima, T.; Nonoyama, T.; King, D. R.; Gong, J. P. “Tough Particle-Based Double Network Hydrogels for Functional Solid Surface Coatings” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2018, 5, 23: 1801018.
Top 10% most downloaded paper for 2018-2019.
Citations as of 04/2021: 33
Rao, P.; Sun, T. L.; Chen, L.; Takahashi, R.; Shinohara, G.; Guo, H.; King, D. R.; Kurokawa, T.; Gong, J. P. “Tough Hydrogels with Fast, Strong, and Reversible Underwater Adhesion Based on a Multiscale Design” Advanced Materials. 2018, 30, 32: 1801884.
Top 10% most downloaded paper for 2018-2019.
Citations as of 04/2021: 78
Takahashi, R.; Sun, T. L.; Saruwatari, Y.; Kurokawa, T.; King, D. R.*; Gong, J. P.* “Creating Stiff, Tough, and Functional Hydrogel Composites with Low-Melting-Point Alloys” Advanced Materials. 2018, 30, 16: 1706885.
Citations as of 04/2021: 47
2017 and Earlier (Selected)
Huang, Y.; King, D. R.; Sun, T. L.; Nonoyama, T.; Kurokawa, T.; Nakajima, T.; Gong, J. P. “Energy-Dissipative Matrices Enable Synergistic Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Soft Composites.” Advanced Functional Materials. 2017, 27, 9: 1605350.
Am Score: 171 (top 5% of all research).
Citations as of 04/2021: 77
Guo, H., Kurokawa, T., Takahata, M., Hong, W., Katsuyama, Y., Luo, F., Ahmed, J., Nakajima, T., Nonoyama, T., and Gong, J.P. “Quantitative Observation of Electric Potential Distribution of Brittle Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Using Microelectrode Technique.” Macromolecules. 2016, 49: 3100–3108.
Citations as of 05/2021: 26
Roy, C.K., Guo, H.L., Sun, T.L., Ihsan, A. Bin, Kurokawa, T., Takahata, M., Nonoyama, T., Nakajima, T., and Gong, J.P. “Self-Adjustable Adhesion of Polyampholyte Hydrogels.” Advanced Materials. 2015, 27: 7344–7348.
Citations as of 04/2021: 104
King, D. R.; Sun, T. L.; Huang, Y.; Kurokawa, T.; Nonoyama, T.; Crosby, A. J.; Gong, J. P. “Extremely Tough Composites from Fabric Reinforced Polyampholyte Hydrogels.” Materials Horizons. 2015, 2: 584-591.
Citations as of 04/2021: 69
King, D. R.; Crosby, A. J. “Optimizing Adhesive Design by Understanding Compliance.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015, 7, 50: 27771-27781.
Citations as of 04/2021: 18
Ahmed, J., Guo, H., Yamamoto, T., Kurokawa, T., Takahata, M., Nakajima, T., and Gong, J.P. (2014). “Sliding Friction of Zwitterionic Hydrogel and Its Electrostatic Origin. Macromolecules.” 2014, 47: 3101–3107.
Citations as of 05/2021: 29
Yashima, S., Takase, N., Kurokawa, T., and Gong, J.P. “Friction of hydrogels with controlled surface roughness on solid flat substrates.” Soft Matter, 2014, 10: 3192–3199.
Citations as of 05/2021: 47
King, D. R.; Bartlett, M. D.; Gilman, C. A.; Irschick, D. J.; Crosby, A. J. “Creating Gecko Inspired Adhesives for “Real World” Surfaces.” Advanced Materials. 2014, 26: 4345–4351. Am Score: 127.
Citations as of 04/2021: 102
Sun, T.L.‡, Kurokawa, T.‡, Kuroda, S., Ihsan, A. Bin, Akasaki, T., Sato, K., Haque, M.A., Nakajima, T., and Gong, J.P. “Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity.” Nature Materials. 2013, 12: 932–937.
Citations as of 05/2021: 1137
Haque, M.A., Kurokawa, T., Kamita, G., and Gong, J.P. “Lamellar Bilayers as Reversible Sacrificial Bonds To Toughen Hydrogel: Hysteresis, Self-Recovery, Fatigue Resistance, and Crack Blunting.” Macromolecules. 2011, 44: 8916–8924.
Citations as of 05/2021: 302
Gong, J.P., Katsuyama, Y., Kurokawa, T., and Osada, Y. “Double-Network Hydrogels with Extremely High Mechanical Strength.” Advanced Materials. 2003, 15: 1155–1158.
Citations as of 05/2021: 2954