LI XiangAssociate Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Soft Matter Structure & Physics
- Research Theme
- Investigation of the underlying mechanism between structure and physics of soft matter
- Research Keywords
Polymer solution, polymer gel, rubber, nanostructure, molecular dynamics, light scattering, X-ray scattering, neutron scattering, Raman spectroscopy, rheology, polymer synthesis, polymer physics
Overview of Research
We are engaged in understanding the polymer structure and dynamics of soft materials, including polymer solutions, gels, elastomers, micelles, colloids, and cells. We employ a combination of scattering techniques (neutron, X-ray, and light), rheological measurements, and spectroscopy to reveal the underlying mechanism between nanostructures and physical properties. We also develop new high-performance soft materials using the revealed mechanism from the structure analysis.
Charge
- School of Science:
Biological Science course (Macromolecular Functions), Core Laboratories - Graduate School of Life Science:
Division of Soft Matter, Soft Matter Materials Science
Representative Publications
- M. Ohira, T. Katashima, M. Naito, D. Aoki, Y. Yoshikawa, H. Iwase, S. Takata, K. Miyata, U. Chung, T. Sakai, M. Shibayama, X. Li, Star-Polymer-DNA Gels Showing Highly Predictable and Tunable Mechanical Responses, Advanced Materials 34, 2108818 (2022).
- Y. Tsuji, S. Nakagawa, C. I. Gupit, M. Ohira, M. Shibayama, and X. Li, Selective Doping of Positive and Negative Spatial Defects into Polymer Gels by Tuning the Pregel Packing Conditions of Star Polymers, Macromolecules 53, 7537 (2020).
- C. I. Gupit, X. Li, R. Maekawa, N. Hasegawa, H. Iwase, S. Takata, and M. Shibayama, Nanostructures and Viscosities of Nafion Dispersions in Water/Ethanol from Dilute to Concentrated Regimes, Macromolecules 53, 1464 (2020).
- E. A. Susaki, C. Shimizu, A. Kuno, K. Tainaka, X. Li, K. Nishi, K. Morishima, H. Ono, K. L. Ode, Y. Saeki, K. Miyamichi, K. Isa, C. Yokoyama, H. Kitaura, M. Ikemura, T. Ushiku, Y. Shimizu, T. Saito, T. C. Saido, M. Fukayama, H. Onoe, K. Touhara, T. Isa, A. Kakita, M. Shibayama, and H. R. Ueda, Versatile Whole-Organ/Body Staining and Imaging Based on Electrolyte-Gel Properties of Biological Tissues, Nat Commun 11, 1982 (2020).
- X. Li, T. Noritomi, T. Sakai, E. P. Gilbert, and M. Shibayama, Dynamics of Critical Clusters Synthesized by End-Coupling of Four-Armed Poly(Ethylene Glycol)s, Macromolecules 52, 5086 (2019).
- X. Huang, S. Nakagawa, X. Li, M. Shibayama, and N. Yoshie, A Simple and Versatile Method for the Construction of Nearly Ideal Polymer Networks, Angewandte Chemie Int Ed 59, 9646 (2020).
- X. Li, S. Nakagawa, Y. Tsuji, N. Watanabe, and M. Shibayama, Polymer Gel with a Flexible and Highly Ordered Three-Dimensional Network Synthesized via Bond Percolation, Science Advances 5, eaax8647 (2019).
Note
<Office Hour>
– Time: Anytime during the lecture period
– Place: Frontier-AMLS, 6F
Please contact in advance by E-mail.
E-mail: x.li[at]sci.hokudai.ac.jp
Affiliation
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Department of Advanced Transdisciplinary Sciences, Soft & Wet Matter Science
- Frontier Research Center for Advanced Material and Life Science, Global Collaboration Unit, Soft Matter Collaborative Research Unit