1.

Koichi Mayumi, and Kohzo Ito, "Structure and Dynamics of Polyrotaxane and Slide-RingMaterials", Polymer, 51(4), 959-967(2010).

2.

Koichi Mayumi, Hitoshi Endo, Noboru Osaka, Hideaki Yokoyama, Michihiro Nagao, Mitsuhiro
Shibayama, and Kohzo Ito, "Mechanically Interlocked Structure of Polyrotaxane Investigatedby Contrast Variation Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, 42(16),6327-6329(2009).

3.

Tetsuya Kume, Jun Araki, Yasuhiro Sakai, Koichi Mayumi, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Hideaki
Yokoyama, and Kohzo Ito, "Static and Dynamic Light Scattering Studies on Dilute
Polyrotaxane Solutions", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 184, 012018(2009).

4.

Koichi Mayumi, Michihiro Nagao, Hitoshi Endo, Noboru Osaka, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Kohzo Ito,
Dynamics of polyrotaxane investigated by neutron spin echo, Physica B, 404, 2600-2602(2009).

5.

Koichi Mayumi,Noboru Osaka,Hitoshi Endo,Hideaki Yokoyama,Yasuhiro Sakai,Mitsuhiro
Shibayama,and Kohzo Ito, Concentration-induced conformational change in linear polymer
threaded into cyclic molecules, Macromolecules, 41, 6480-6485 (2008).

6.

Sadaki Samitsu, Jun Araki, Takeshi Shimomura, Kohzo Ito, "Synthesis of a molecular tube in anorganic solvent and its inclusion complexation behavior with poly (ethyleneoxide?ran?propylene oxide)", Macromolecules, 41, 5385-5392 (2008).

7.

Jun Araki and Kohzo Ito, "Strongly thixotropic viscosity behavior of dimethylsulfoxide solutionof polyrotaxane comprising a-cyclodextrin and low molecular weight poly(ethylene glycol)",
Polymer, 48, 7139-7144 (2007).

8.

Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Kohzo Ito, "New solvent for polyrotaxane. III. dissolution incalcium thiocyanate aqueous solution or N-Methylmorpholine-N-Oxide (NMMO) monohydrate
and the spontaneous gelation of the former solution", J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 105, 2265-2270(2007).

9.

Aoi Inomata, Hitoshi Ishibashi, Takao Nakajima, Yasuhiro Sakai, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Takeshi
Shimomura and Kohzo Ito, "Dielectric relaxation of liquid-crystalline polyrotaxane",Europhysics Letters, 79(6), 66004 (2007).

10. Toshiyuki Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Changming Zhao, Jun Araki, Takayuki Ikehara, andKohzo Ito, "Thermal properties and microstructures of methylated polyrotaxane solutions",
Current Drug Discovery Technologies, 4(4), 275-281(2007).
11. Masatoshi Kidowaki, Takao Nakajima, Jun Araki, Aoi Inomata, Hitoshi Ishibashi, Kohzo Ito,
"Novel liquid crystalline polyrotaxane with movable mesogenic side chains", Macromolecules,40, 6859-6862 (2007).
12. Toshiyuki Kataoka, Yohei Nagao, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Jun Araki, Kohzo Ito; "Liquid?liquid
equilibria of polyrotaxane and poly(vinyl alcohol)", Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 56,270-276(2007).
13. Takeshi Karino, Yasushi Okumura, Changming Zhao, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Toshiyuki Kataoka,Kohzo Ito and Mitsuhiro Shibayama; "Sol-gel transition of hydrophobically modifiedpolyrotaxane", Macromolecules, 39, 9435-9441(2006).

14. Jun Araki, Kohzo Ito; "Polyrotaxane derivatives. I. Preparation of modified polyrotaxanes withnonionic functional groups and their solubility in organic solvents", Journal of Polymer Science
Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 44(21), 6312-6323(2006).
15. Toshiyuki Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowak, Changming Zhao, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Toshimi
Shimizu and Kohzo Ito; "Local and network structure of thermoreversible polyrotaxane
hydrogels based on poly(ethylene glycol) and methylated α-cyclodextrins", Journal of
Physical Chemistry, B, 110(48), 24377-243823(2006).
16. Masatoshi Kidowaki, Changming Zhao, Toshiyuki Kataoka, and Kohzo Ito; "Thermoreversible
sol?gel transition of an aqueous solution of polyrotaxane composed of highly methylated
α-cyclodextrin and polyethylene glycol", Chemical Communications, 4102-4103(2006).
17. Sadaki Samitsu, Jun Araki, Toshiyuki Kataoka and Kohzo Ito, "New solvent for polyrotaxane. II.
Dissolution behavior of polyrotaxane in ionic liquids and preparation of ionic-liquid-containing
slide-ring gel", Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 44, 1985-1994(2006).
18. Jun Araki and Kohzo Ito; "New solvent for polyrotaxane. I. Dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride(DMAc/LiCl) system for modification of polyrotaxane", Journal of Polymer Science: Part A:Polymer Chemistry., 44 , 532 ? 538(2006).
19. Jun Araki, Changming Zhao and Kohzo Ito; "Efficient Production of Polyrotaxanes fromα-Cyclodextrin and Poly(ethylene glycol)", Macromolecules, 38(17) , 7524 ? 7527(2005).
20. Changming Zhao, Yusuke Domon, Yasushi Okumura1, Satoshi Okabe, Mitsuhiro Shibayama andKohzo Ito; "Sliding mode of cyclodextrin in polyrotaxane and slide-ring gel", Journal ofPhysics: Condensed Matter, 17 , S2841?S2846(2005).
21. Kohzo Ito, Takeshi Shimomura and Yasushi Okumura; "Nanostructures formed by combinationof nanotube and polymer chains", Macromolecular Symposia, 201, 103-110(2003).
22. Takeshi Shimomura, Tatsuya Funaki and Kohzo Ito; "Circular dichroism study of theinclusion-dissociation behavior of complexes between a molecular nanotube and azobenzene
substituted linear polymers", Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 44,275-278(2003).
23. Takuya Funaki, Takeshi Shimomura and Kohzo Ito; "Inclusion-dissociation behavior between
non-ionic surfactants and molecular nanotube in aqueous solution", Koubunshi Ronbunshu, 58,299-303(2001).
24. Makoto Saito, Takeshi Shimomura, Yasushi Okumura, Kohzo Ito and Reinosuke Hayakawa;"Temperature dependence of inclusion-dissociation behavior between molecular nanotubes
and linear polymers", Journal of Chemical Physics, 114, 1-3(2001).
25. Yasushi Okumura, Kohzo Ito, Reinosuke Hayakawa and Toshio Nishi; "Self-assembling
dendritic supramolecule of molecular nanotubes and starpolymers", Langmuir, 26,10278-10280(2000).
26. Yasushi Okumura, Kohzo Ito and Reinosuke Hayakawa; "Theory on inclusion behavior between
cyclodextrin molecules and linear polymer chains in solutions", Polymers for Advanced
Technologies, 11, 815-819(2000).
27. Eiji Ikeda, Yasushi Okumura, Takeshi Shimomura, Kohzo Ito and Reinosuke Hayakawa;"Inclusion behavior between molecular nanotubes and linear polymer chains in aqueoussolutions", Journal of Chemical Physics, 112, 4321-4325 (2000).