Dr Kulisara Budpud,PhD graduated at September 2021 from Kaneko Laboratory of Sustainable Innovation Research Area and coworkers' paper was selected as front cover in Macromolecular Rapid Communications, published by WILEY.

■Journal
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, volume 43, issue 11 (2022). Issue
Online: 7th June 2022

■Title
Super-Moisturizing Materials from Morphological Deformation of Suprapolysaccharides

■Authors
Kulisara Budpud, Kosuke Okeyoshi*, Shoko Kobayashi, Maiko K Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko*

■Abstract
Kulisara Budpud, and co‐workers discover the morphological instability of polysaccharides, especially the reversible self-assembly/disassembly between micron-fibers and microparticles in response to changes in aquatic environments. By just controlling the the polymer concentration or salt concentration in aqueous mixtures, the morphology reversibly changes driven by the interaction with water molecules. Moreover, the microparticles having crosslinking points in the interior behave as super-moisturizing materials. We envision that this challenge would help constructing sustainable society using natural polymer materials.

References:
https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200163
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/marc.202270029

June 14,2022