1.

Yasuhiro Sakai, Kentaro Ueda, Naoya Katsuyama, Koji Shimizu, Shunya Sato, Jun Kuroiwa, JunAraki, Akira Teramoto, Koji Abe, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo Ito"Fabrication and StructuralAnalysis of Polyrotaxane fibers and films ", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , in press.

2.

Aoi Inomata, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hideaki Yokoyama and Kohzo
Ito"Orientational motions in mesogenic polyrotaxane and local mode relaxations of polymer
segments in solid state polyrotaxane", Soft Matter, in press (2010).

3.

Kazuaki Kato, Hiroshi Komatsu, and Kohzo Ito, "A Versatile Synthesis of Diverse
Polyrotaxanes with a Dual Role of Cyclodextrin as both the Cyclic and Capping Component",
Macromolecules, 43(21), 8799–8804 (2010).

4.

Aoi Inomata, Yasuhiro Sakai, Changming Zhao, Christian Ruslim, Yuya Shinohara, Hideaki
Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Amemiya, and Kohzo Ito"Crystallinity and Cooperative Motions of Cyclic
Molecules in Partially Threaded Solid-State Polyrotaxanes", Macromolecules, 43(10),4660–4666 (2010)

5.

Kohzo Ito, "Slide-Ring Materials Using Topological Supramolecular Architecture", Current
Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science,14(2), 28-34(2010).

6.

Abu Bin Imran , Takahiro Seki, Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu Takeoka,"Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
Gel Prepared Using a Hydrophilic Polyrotaxane-Based Movable Cross-Linker",
Macromolecules, 43(4),1975-1980(2010).

7.

Naoki Murata, Akihiro Konda, Kenji Urayama, Toshikazu Takigawa, Masatoshi Kidowaki, andKohzo Ito, "Anomaly In Stretching-Induced Swelling of Slide-Ring Gels with Movable
Cross-Links", Macromolecules,42(21), 8485-8491(2009).

8.

Kazuaki Kato, Katsunari Inoue, Masatoshi Kidowaki, and Kohzo Ito,"Organic-Inorganic Hybrid
Slide-Ring Gels: Polyrotaxanes Consisting ofPoly(dimethylsiloxane) and gamma-Cyclodextrin
and Subsequent TopologicalCross-Linking", Macromolecules, 42(18), 7129-7136(2009).

9.

Abu Bin Imran, Takahiro Seki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki,Kohzo Ito, and Yukikazu
Takaoka, "Fabrication of Mechanically Improved Hydrogels Using a Movable Cross-Linker
Based on Vinyl Modified Polyrotaxane", Chemical Communications, 41, 5227-5229(2008).

10. Yukikazu Takeoka, Harumi Murayama, Abu Imran, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Masatoshi
Kidowaki, and Kohzo Ito, "Chromic Slide-Ring Gel based on Reflection from PhotonicBandgap", Macromolecules, 41(5), 1808-1814(2008).
11. Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, and Kohzo Ito, "Preparation of a ‘‘sliding graft copolymer’’, anorganic solvent-soluble polyrotaxane containing mobile side chains, and its application for acrosslinked elastomeric supramolecular film", Soft Matters, 4, 245?249(2008).
12. Shibayama, M; Karino, T; Domon, Y; Ito, K.Complementary Use of SANS and DLS Studies for
Structure Analysis and Dynamics of Polymer Gels J. Appl. Cryst., 40, s43-s47 (2007).
13. Taiga Sakai, Harumi Murayama, Shusaku Nagano, Yukikazu Takeoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki,Kohzo Ito and Takahiro Seki, "Photoresponsive ring-slide gels", Advanced Materials, 19(15),2023-2025 (2007).
14. Jun Araki and Kohzo Ito, "Recent advances in the preparation of cyclodextrin-based
polyrotaxanes and their applications to soft materials", Soft Matter, , 3(12), 1456-1473 (2007).

15. Kohzo Ito; "Novel cross-linking concept of polymer network: Synthesis, structure, andproperties of slide-ring gels with freely movable junctions", Polymer Journal, 39, 488-500(2007).
16. Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Naoya Katsuyama, Akira Teramoto, Kohzo Ito and Koji Abe; "Apreliminary study for fiber spinning of mixed solutions of polyrotaxane and cellulose in adimethylacetamide/lithium chloride (DMAc/LiCl)", Polymer, 47, 8241-8246(2006).
17. Takeshi Karino, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito; "SANS study on pulleyeffect of slide-ring gel", Physica B, 385-386, 807-809(2006).
18. Takeshi Karino, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Kohzo Ito; "Slide-ring gel: Topological gel with freely
movable cross-links”, Physica B, 385-386, 692-696(2006).
19. Yuya Shinohara, Kentaro Kayashima, Yasushi Okumura, Changming Zhao, Kohzo Ito andYoshiyuki Amemiya; "Small-angle X-ray scattering study of the pulley effect of slide-ringgels", Macromolecules, 39, 7386-7391(2006).
20. Takeshi Karino, Yasushi Okumura, Changming Zhao, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Kohzo Ito andMitsuhiro Shibayama; "SANS studies on deformation mechanism of slide-ring gel",
Macromolecules, 38, 6161-6167(2005).
21. Takeshi Karino, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito; "SANS studies on
spatial inhomogeneities of slide-ring gels", Macromolecules, 37, 6177-6182(2004).
22. Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito; "The polyrotaxane gel: a topological gel by figure-of-eightcross-links", Advanced Materials, 13(7), 485-487(2001).