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Yoshiharu Kimura
Researcher at Kyoto Institute of Technology
Publications - 324
Citations - 10519
Yoshiharu Kimura is an academic researcher from Kyoto Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polymerization & Copolymer. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 321 publications receiving 9081 citations. Previous affiliations of Yoshiharu Kimura include Teijin & Shimadzu Corp..
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A Bacterium That Degrades and Assimilates Poly(ethylene Terephthalate)
Shosuke Yoshida,Kazumi Hiraga,Toshihiko Takehana,Ikuo Taniguchi,Hironao Yamaji,Yasuhito Maeda,Kiyotsuna Toyohara,Kenji Miyamoto,Yoshiharu Kimura,Kohei Oda +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, was found to be able to use PET as its major energy and carbon source, producing two enzymes capable of hydrolyzing PET and the reaction intermediate, mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalic acid.
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Stereocomplexed polylactides (Neo-PLA) as high-performance bio-based polymers: their formation, properties, and application
TL;DR: Neo-PLA as discussed by the authors is a bio-based poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) prepared by fermentation and polymerization, which can be formed by simple polymer blend of PLLA and PDLA or more easily with stereoblock polylactides (sb-PLA).
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Biodegradation of PET: Current Status and Application Aspects
Ikuo Taniguchi,Shosuke Yoshida,Shosuke Yoshida,Kazumi Hiraga,Kenji Miyamoto,Yoshiharu Kimura,Kohei Oda +6 more
TL;DR: PET degrading microorganisms and the enzymes involved, along with the evolution of PHEs to address the issues that hamper microbial and enzymatic PE...
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Characterization of chemical and solid state structures of acylated chitosans
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of acylated chitosans were synthesized by reacting chitosa with hexanoyl, decanoyal, and lauroyl chlorides, which exhibited an excellent solubility in organic solvents such as chloroform, benzene, pyridine, and transparent films were obtained from these solutions.
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Melt polycondensation of L‐lactic acid with Sn(II) catalysts activated by various proton acids: A direct manufacturing route to high molecular weight Poly(L‐lactic acid)
TL;DR: In this article, it was discovered that Sn(II) catalysts activated by various proton acids can produce high molecular weight poly(L-lactic acid) [weight-average molecular weight (Mw ≥ 100,000] in a relatively short reaction time (≤15 h).