Nippon Institute of Technology

Cyclodextrin-Containing Tannic Acid–Lipoic Acid Hydrogels for the Loading and Reduction-Responsive Release of Nile Red

Hydrophobic molecules are generally difficult to incorporate into aqueous hydrogels because of their poor water solubility. In this study, a cyclodextrin (CD)-containing tannic acid–lipoic acid (TA–LA) hydrogel was developed using lipoic acid-modified β-cyclodextrin (LACD). LACD...

Bacterial expression of human small GTPases induces stochastic predatory responses and motility interference in Physarum polycephalum

We investigated the behavioral responses of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum to Escherichia coli expressing human small GTPases to elucidate how internalized proteins affect its actomyosin-based motility machinery. We found that prey bacteria expressing hKRAS WT or hRhoA trig...

The equalities of interleaving distances and cohomology interleavings of spaces over $$BS^1$$

Abstract The cohomology interleaving distance (CohID) is defined and considered in the category of persistent differential graded modules over a field. As a consequence, we show that, in the category, the distance coincides with the homotopy commutative interleaving distance , th...

A Tert ‐Alkyl Terephthalate Derivative as a Universal Degradable Unit for Condensation Polymers

ABSTRACT Incorporating cleavable triggers into the backbones of parent polymers enables programmed degradation, offering a pathway to chemically recyclable plastics. Although various triggers have been reported to date, simple esters bearing a C─O bond cleavable by photocatalytic...