UTO Takuya
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Affiliation
Forest Biomass Chemical Innovation Unit （Agriculture, forestry and fisheries）
Position
Chief Senior Researcher
Final Education
Completed the Doctoral Program at the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki
Degree(s)
Ph.D. in Engineering
Research Keywords
Bio-based materials, Functional solvents, Structure–property relationships, Molecular simulation, Machine learning
Research Area
Polymer Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Bioinformatics
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Academic Affiliations
- The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan
- The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
- The Chemical Society of Japan
- American Chemical Society
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Peer-Reviewed Papers
- Cellulose crystal dissolution in imidazolium-based ionic liquids: A theoretical study. T. Uto, K. Yamamoto, and J. Kadokawa*, J. Phys. Chem. B 122(1), 258–266 (2018), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09525
- Molecular dynamics simulation of cellulose synthase subunit D octamer with cellulose chains from acetic acid bacteria: Insight into dynamic behaviors and thermodynamics on substrate recognition. T. Uto, Y. Ikeda, N. Sunagawa, K. Tajima, M. Yao, and T. Yui*, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 17(1), 488–496 (2021), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01027
- Atomistic simulations of polysaccharide materials for insights into their crystal structure, nanostructure, and dissolution mechanism. T. Uto, Polymer Journal 57, 33–41 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41428-024-00966-x
Lectures / Oral Presentations, etc.
- Takuya Uto, "Crystal structure and dynamics behavior of chitosan–ZnCl2 complex", The 71st SPSJ Annual Meeting Japan-Taiwan Joint Session, May 2022
Awards
- May 2023 Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
- June 2019 The Young Researcher Award, The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan
Visiting Professor at Other Universities, etc.
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
Classes at Other Universities/Graduate Schools
- Biological Chemistry II
- Enzyme Engineering
- Biopolymer Chemistry
- Laboratory in Applied Materials Chemistry III
- Advanced Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
(Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki / Graduate School of Engineering, University of Miyazaki)
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