POLYMERS Vol.62 No.3
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COVER STORY
Polymer Machines and Their Applications
Living organisms are regarded as ultimate material systems that fulfill their functions of signal transmission or transduction, mass transport, motion, etc. through synchronization on molecular level. There are many studies on artificially designing and constructing materials and systems to mimic or substitute for such functions by using biopolymers and synthetic polymers. In this special issue, we focus on the motile function and introduce several studies on functionalization of bio- and synthetic polymers as machines that work on the scale from molecular to bulk level.
(Editors: R. YOSHIDA, KINBARA, N. TANAKA, and FURUKAWA)
Digest for English Readers
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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in Japan
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Commentary
What does the Study of “Polymer Machine” Bring About? Yoshihito OSADA
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COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Biomimetic Machines Using Self-Oscillating Polymers Ryo YOSHIDA
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Energy Transducing Machines with Conductive Polymers
Hidenori OKUZAKI
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DNA Nanomachines that Move on the DNA Origami Structures Masayuki ENDO, Hiroshi SUGIYAMA
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PolyMANGA
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COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Development of Actuator that Uses Slide Ring Material and Application to Artificial Arm Hiromitsu TAKEUCHI
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Controlling the Moving Direction of Microtubules at Nanometer Scale Toward Realizing a Nanosystem Ryuji YOKOKAWA
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Rotory Motor Fueled by ATP Akira KAKUGO
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Light-Driven Polymer Actuators Jun-ichi MAMIYA
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Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
Innovation Needs Scientists' Network like Polymers Takeo SUGA

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Messages: “Work and Life”
Time Management Ken-Ichi SANO
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Front-Line Polymer Science
Element-Block Polymers Based on Organoboron Complexes Kazuo TANAKA, Yoshiki CHUJO
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MACRO Economy
148

Reports from Local Divisions
The Kansai Regional Chapter Celebrated the 60th Anniversary in Fall 2012 Masakazu WATANABE
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Messages from SPSJ
150
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