Staff

IJIRO KuniharuProfessor

Laboratory
Laboratory of Molecular Device
Research Theme
Development of self-assembled nanoparticles for bioengineering applications
Research Keywords

Self-organization, self-assembly, biomimetics, functional device, biosensor, DNA, protein, biomolecule, cell, molecular recognition, drug delivery system, vaccine, gold nanoparticle, surface plasmon

Overview of Research

This research group is concerned with the construction of hierarchical molecular devices by the combination of nanosize molecular assemblies with micro size structures derived from dissipative processes. The following themes are in progress.
1) Development of novel drug delivery system using nanostructures
2) Control of self-assembly of nanoparticles and creation of functions
3) Development of supersensitive gel based plasmonic biosensors
4) Development of high efficient nanoparticle vaccine

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The staff support you to improve your logical thinking skills that will be useful even after you enter the workforce.

Representative Publications

Kun Xiong, Hideyuki Mitomo, Xueming Su, Yier Shi, Yusuke Yonamine, Shin-ichiro Sato and Kuniharu Ijiro, “Molecular configuration-mediated thermo-responsiveness in oligo(ethylene glycol) derivatives attached on gold nanoparticles”, Nanoscale Advances, 3, 3762-3769 (2021). (Front Cover)

Satoshi Nakamura, Hideyuki Mitomo, Yu Sekizawa, Takeshi Higuchi, Yasutaka Matsuo, Hiroshi Jinnai, Kuniharu Ijiro, “Strategy for Finely Aligned Gold Nanorod Arrays using Polymer Brushes as a Template”, Langmuir, 36(13), 3590-3599 (2020). (Front Cover)

Satoru Hamajima, Hideyuki Mitomo, Takeharu Tani, Yasutaka Matsuo, Kenichi Niikura, Masayuki Naya, Kuniharu Ijiro, “Nanoscale uniformity in the active tuning of a plasmonic array using polymer gel volume change”, Nanoscale Advances, 1, 1731-1739 (2019). (Inside Front Cover)

Taiyu Tazaki, Koshiro Tabata, Akira Ainai, Yuki Ohara, Shintaro Kobayashi, Takafumi Ninomiya, Yasuko Orba, Hideyuki Mitomo, Tetsuo Nakano, Hideki Hasegawa, Kuniharu Ijiro, Hirofumi Sawa, Tadaki Suzuki and Kenichi Niikura, “Shape-dependent adjuvanticity of nanoparticle-conjugated RNA adjuvants for intranasal inactivated influenza vaccines”, RSC Adv., 8, 16527-16536 (2018).

Ryo Iida, Hideyuki Mitomo, Kenichi Niikura, Yasutaka Matsuo, and Kuniharu Ijiro, “Two-step assembly of thermoresponsive gold nanorods coated with a single kind of ligand”, Small, 14, 1704230 (2018). (Inside Front Cover)

Satoshi Nakamura, Hideyuki Mitomo, Miho Aizawa, Takeharu Tani, Yasutaka Mastuo, Kenichi Niikura, Andrew Pike, Masayuki Naya, Atsushi Shishido, Kuniharu Ijiro, “DNA brush-directed vertical alignment of extensive gold nanorod arrays with controlled density”, ACS Omega, 2, 2208-2213 (2017).

Jinjian Wei, Kenichi Niikura, Takeshi Higuchi, Takashi Kimura, Hideyuki Mitomo, Hiroshi Jinnai, Yasumasa Joti, Yoshitaka Bessho, Yoshinori Nishino, Yasutaka Matsuo, and Kuniharu Ijiro, “Yolk/shell assembly of gold nanoparticles by size segregation in solution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 3274-3277 (2016).

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<Office Hour>
– Time: Anytime during the lecture period
– Place: Creative Research Institute Building, #04-304
Please contact in advance by E-mail.
E-mail: ijiro[at]es.hokudai.ac.jp

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