| POLYMERS Vol.69 No.4 |
| >> Japanese |
COVER STORY Life-Like Matter |
| The difference between life and matter has attracted researchers’ interests for a long time. Understanding the mechanisms behind sophisticated functional systems of life and mimicking them by using artificial matter are expected to yield new functional materials. In addition, such a research direction may eventually lead to the answer to the question “What is life?” This special issue shows recent progress in the efforts to create “life-like matter” such as self-healing materials, actuators, soft matter, etc. Editors: SUGIYASU, D. SUZUKI, MITOMO, and YAMAGUCHI |
| Digest for English Readers | 136
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| Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ | 139
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| Awards for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan 2018 |
| Commentary |
| What Defines Something as Living ? | Tadashi SUGAWARA | 140
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| COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews |
| Life with the Active Support of Macromolecules | Kenichi YOSHIKAWA | 141 |
| PolyMANGA | 145 |
| COVER STORY: Topics and Products |
| Growing Gels that take “Nutrients” | Tasuku NAKAJIMA | 146 |
| A Soft Actuator using PVC Gel | Minoru HASHIMOTO | 148 |
| Some Systems Showing Dynamic Adhesion | Takuya OHZONO | 150 |
| Spatial Hierarchical Structures and Motion of Living Systems: Spontaneous Deformation and Collective Motion | Yutaka SUMINO | 152 |
| Photocleavable Regenerative Polymeric Materials for the Solventless Tuning of Viscoelasticity | Satoshi HONDA, Minami OKA | 154 |
| Learn from Bone: Design of Self-Healing Ceramics | Toshio OSADA | 156 |
| Adhesive Hydrogel Systems for using Hydrogels in Our Lives | Shingo TAMESUE | 158 |
| Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account |
| Stem | Hironori MARUBAYASHI | 160
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| Messages: “Work and Life” |
| Activity of Committee for Gender Equal Society | Takashi KATO | 161
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| Front-Line Polymer Science |
| MOF for Polymer Chemistry | Takashi UEMURA | 162
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| Hidden Items in Laboratory |
| Langmuir Film Balance (mgw Lauda Filmwaage FW-1) | Shusaku NAGANO | 166
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| Messages from SPSJ | 167 |
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