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A study of the extraordinarily strong and tough silk produced by bagworms by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tsubota, Takuya, Tashiro, Kohji, Jouraku, Akiya, Kameda, Tsunenori

“…Global ecological damage has heightened the demand for silk as ‘a structural material made from sustainable resources’. Scientists have earnestly searched for…”
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A study of ladder-like silk foothold for the locomotion of bagworms by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Yukuhiro, Fumiko, Kameda, Tsunenori

“…While walking on horizontal substrates, caterpillars skilfully engage all their legs, including three pairs of thoracic legs and a maximum of five pairs of…”
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Observation of Water-Stimulated Supercontraction of Uniaxially Oriented Poly(vinyl alcohol) and the Related Hierarchical Structure Change Revealed by the Time-Resolved WAXD/SAXS Measurements by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tashiro, Kohji, Ohta, Noboru

“…A uniaxially oriented poly­(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) film was found for the first time to respond to the humidity change in the two different modes under the…”
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Structure Water-Solubility Relationship in α -Helix-Rich Films Cast from Aqueous and 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-Propanol Solutions of S. c. ricini Silk Fibroin by Moseti, Kelvin O, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Kameda, Tsunenori, Nakazawa, Yasumoto

“…Silk fibroin (SF) produced by the domesticated wild silkworm, ( ) is attracting increasing interest owing to its unique mechanical properties,…”
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Relationship between twisting phenomenon and structural discontinuity of stacked lamellae in the spherulite of poly(ethylene adipate) as studied by the synchrotron X-ray microbeam technique by Tashiro, Kohji, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Yamamoto, Hiroko, Wang, Hai, Woo, Eamor M., Funaki, Kenichi, Murase, Hiroki

“…Wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering measurements were performed simultaneously using an X-ray beam 1 μm in size to detect the inner structure of a…”
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Aggregation State of Residual α -Helices and Their Influence on Physical Properties of S. c. ricini Native Fiber by Moseti, Kelvin O, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Kameda, Tsunenori, Nakazawa, Yasumoto

“…Formation of the -helical conformation in the poly-l-alanine (PA) sequence regions, subsequent structural transition to -sheet during natural spinning, and…”
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Transcriptomic analysis of the bagworm moth silk gland reveals a number of silk genes conserved within Lepidoptera by Tsubota, Takuya, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Jouraku, Akiya, Suzuki, Takao K., Yonemura, Naoyuki, Yukuhiro, Kenji, Kameda, Tsunenori, Sezutsu, Hideki

“…Lepidopteran insects produce cocoons with unique properties. The cocoons are made of silk produced in the larval tissue silk gland and our understanding of the…”
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Orientation analysis of individual electrospun PE nanofibers by transmission electron microscopy by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Dersch, Roland, Tsuji, Masaki, Schaper, Andreas K.

“…A systematic orientation analysis of individual electrospun polyethylene (PE) nanofibers was performed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). PE nanofibers…”
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Forcibly Spinning Using Bombyx Mori Silkworm Anesthetized by the Water Narcosis Treatment by Kawahara, Yutaka, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Minami, Hideaki, Kuwabara, Nobuo, Tashiro, Kohji

“…Herein, the anesthetization of Bombyx mori silkworms via the water narcosis treatment by soaking in room-temperature water for 1 h was found effective in…”
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Hierarchical Structural Change in the Stress-Induced Phase Transition of Poly(tetramethylene terephthalate) As Studied by the Simultaneous Measurement of FTIR Spectra and 2D Synchrotron Undulator WAXD/SAXS Data by Tashiro, Kohji, Yamamoto, Hiroko, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Ninh, Tran Hai, Tasaki, Masafumi, Shimada, Shigeru, Nakatani, Takeshi, Iwamoto, Hiroyuki, Ohta, Noboru, Masunaga, Hiroyasu

“…The simultaneous measurement of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) transmission spectra and 2-dimensional wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and small-angle…”
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Compatibility Evaluation of Non-Woven Sheet Composite of Silk Fibroin and Polyurethane in the Wet State by Aytemiz, Derya, Fukuda, Yasuhiro, Higuchi, Akira, Asano, Atsushi, Nakazawa, Chikako T, Kameda, Tsunenori, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Nakazawa, Yasumoto

“…SF/polyurethane composite non-woven sheet was fabricated to evaluate the cardiovascular tissue engineering materials in the wet state. The compatibility and…”
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Fabrication Scheme for Obtaining Transparent, Flexible, and Water-Insoluble Silk Films from Apparently Dissolved Silk-Gland Fibroin of Bombyx mori Silkworm by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Hata, Tamako, Kojima, Katsura, Nakazawa, Yasumoto, Kameda, Tsunenori

“…Films from silk fibroin protein are one of the most promising biomaterials because of their exquisite balance between mechanical properties and…”
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In-house simultaneous collection of small-angle X-ray scattering, wide-angle X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering data from polymeric materials by Hirose, Raita, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Yamamoto, Hiroko, Reddy, Kummetha Raghunatha, Tahara, Daisuke, Hamada, Kensaku, Tashiro, Kohji

“…An in‐house X‐ray scattering system, which can simultaneously measure small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) and wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) data, as well…”
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Cyclic or Permanent? Structure Control of the Contraction Behavior of Regenerated Bombyx mori Silk Nanofibers by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Kawahara, Yutaka, Schaper, Andreas K

“…The interest in the physics and chemistry of natural silk is due to the extraordinary mechanical, chemical, and biological properties and high functionality of…”
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Highly Oriented Crystalline PE Nanofibrils Produced by Electric-Field-Induced Stretching of Electrospun Wet Fibers by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Dersch, Roland, Greiner, Andreas, Tsuji, Masaki, Schaper, Andreas K.

“…In order to enhance the molecular orientation of electrospun nanofibers, a novel collection technique is proposed and applied to the spinning of polyethylene…”
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Morphological study on three kinds of two-dimensional spherulites of poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Fujimura, Takashi, Manabe, Norio, Yokota, Yoshimitsu, Tsuji, Masaki

“…Three kinds of thin film specimens, each of which containing one of the three types of two-dimensional poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) spherulites (i:…”
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Thermal analysis, X-ray and electron diffraction studies on crystalline phase transitions in solvent-treated poly(hexamethylene terephthalate) by Wu, Ming Chien, Woo, Eamor M., Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tsuji, Masaki

“…The crystal polymorphism, transformation, and morphologies in chloroform solvent-cast poly(hexamethylene terephthalate) (PHT) were examined by using…”
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Molecular Orientation Enhancement of Silk by the Hot-Stretching-Induced Transition from α‑Helix-HFIP Complex to β‑Sheet by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tashiro, Kohji, Ohta, Noboru

“…Enhancing the molecular orientation of the regenerated silk fibroin (RF) up to a level comparable to the native silk is highly challenging. Our novel and…”
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Unique Material Properties of Bombyx mori Silk Fiber Incorporated with 3‑Azidotyrosine by Teramoto, Hidetoshi, Kojima, Katsura, Iga, Masatoshi, Yoshioka, Taiyo

“…Silk fiber produced by the silkworm Bombyx mori is a nature-derived proteinous fiber with excellent mechanical strength and broad biocompatibility. To alter…”
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Morphological study by TEM on uniaxially oriented thin films of PBT by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tsuji, Masaki, Kawahara, Yutaka, Kohjiya, Shinzo, Manabe, Norio, Yokota, Yoshimitsu

“…We prepared uniaxially oriented thin films of poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) by applying shear strain to the melt and studied their resulting morphology by…”
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