| POLYMERS Vol.73 No.4 |
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COVER STORY Sugar Renaissance, Polysaccharide reborn |
| Polysaccharides are extremely important as the 3rd “life chain” indispensable to living organisms, along with nucleic acids, which hold genetic information, and proteins, which are functional molecules such as enzymes. In the post-genome and post-proteome era, elucidation of the structure and function of polysaccharides is expected to become increasingly important for understanding biological phenomena. From the viewpoint of SDGs, polysaccharides are also considered to be important as cutting-edge nanomaterials, such as cellulose nanofibers. In this special issue, we would like to introduce examples of recent research covering not only research from the basic viewpoints of sugar synthesis, sugar analysis, etc., but also material applications of polysaccharides in light of next-generation polymers. Editors: SASAKI, T. NISHIMURA, NOBUKAWA, 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 2022 |
| Commentary |
| The World is Full of Polysaccharides | Hiroyuki YANO | 140
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| COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews |
| Single-Cell Glycan Analysis | Hiroaki TATENO | 141 |
| Development of High-Performance Polysaccharide Composite Materials and Biodegradable Materials | Yu-I HSU, Akihide SUGAWARA, Hiroshi UYAMA | 144 |
| Functional Materials with Glycopolymers | Yoshiko MIURA, Masanori NAGAO | 147 |
| PolyMANGA | 150 |
| COVER STORY: Topics and Products |
| Daicel Develops New Biomass Product Trees | Takashi ARAI | 151 |
| Molecular Assemblies by Folding of Polysaccharides | Tomoki NISHIMURA | 153 |
| Materials Science for Utilizing Surface Properties of Nanocelluloses | Shingo YOKOTA | 155 |
| Thermoplastic Materials by Acylation of Chitin | Jun-ichi KADOKAWA | 157 |
| Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account |
| Struggle with Time Performance Syndrome | Atsushi MATSUMOTO | 159
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| Messages: “Work and Life” |
| Balancing “Work and Life” | Yukari HIRAGUCHI | 160
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| Front-Line Polymer Science |
| Polymers and Inorganic Nanocrystals: Patterning Nanocrystals using Photopolymerization | Hideyuki NAKANISHI | 161
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| My Study Abroad Experience |
| My Ph.D. Experiences in the Netherlands | Machi TAKEUCHI | 166
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| Messages from SPSJ | 167 |
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