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            Engineering Liposomes in Microfluidic Mixing: The Critical Role of Lipid Membrane Properties in Formation and Precise Size Control
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Junghu Lee, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Noriko Yoshimoto, Seonghyeon Eom, Hosup Jung, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir 2025/09/16 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Characterizing the embedded states of a fluorescent probe within a lipid bilayer using molecular dynamics simulations
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ryo Okabe, Natsuumi Ito, Yuya Matsubara, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Kento Kasahara, Nobuyuki Matubayasi
          
          
            The Journal of Chemical Physics 2025/07/21 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Design of i-Motif DNA-Modified Liposomes: Membrane Modulation and Drug Release Control
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Kazuhiro Watanabe, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            ACS Applied Bio Materials 2025/07/21 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Effects of hydrophobic drug incorporation on cubosome–cell membrane model interactions
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ward Wakileh, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yuki Amatsu, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Chemistry Letters 2025/07/08 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Interactions of Cubosomes with Cell Membrane Lipids: Revealed through Cubic Membrane Property Analysis
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ward Wakileh, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Zachary Nicolella, Yuki Amatsu, Naoko Kajimura, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir 2025/05/06 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Investigation of Cubosome Interactions with Liposomal Membranes Based on Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Laurdan Fluorescence Spectroscopy
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ward Wakileh, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yuki Amatsu, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Naoko Kajimura, Nanaki Kadonishi, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2025/03/06 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Interaction Analysis between Cationic Lipid and Oligonucleotide with a Lipid Membrane-Immobilized Monolith Silica Column: A High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Approach
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Junghu Lee, Noriko Yoshimoto, Hayato Takase, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir Vol. 41 No. 4 p. 2214-2223 2025/02/04 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Multifocal lipid membrane characterization by combination of DAS-deconvolution and anisotropy
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Natsuumi Ito, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Biophysical Journal Vol. 123 No. 23 p. 4135-4146 2024/12/03 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Investigating the impact of 2-OHOA-embedded liposomes on biophysical properties of cancer cell membranes via Laurdan two-photon microscopy imaging
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Xuehui Rui, Yukihiro Okamoto, Shuichiro Fukushima, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Scientific Reports Vol. 14 No. 1 2024/12 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Exploring pH-Triggered Lamellar to Cubic Phase Transition in 2-Hydroxyoleic Acid/Monoolein Nanodispersions: Insights into Membrane Physicochemical Properties
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Xuehui Rui, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Ward Wakileh, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol. 128 No. 38 p. 9151-9162 2024/09/26 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Preparation and characterization of macrophage membrane camouflaged cubosomes as a stabilized and immune evasive biomimetic nano-DDS.
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Xuehui Rui, Yukihiro Okamoto, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Taro Shimizu, Ward Wakileh, Naoko Kajimura, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Journal of materials chemistry. B Vol. 12 No. 35 p. 8702-8715 2024/09/11 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Enhanced Curcumin Delivery and Stability through Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent-Based Niosomes
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Thaaranni Bashkeran, Azlina Harun, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Nozomi Watanabe, Masrina Mohd Nadzir
          
          
            Journal of Molecular Liquids 2024/09 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            A methodology of quantifying membrane permeability based on returning probability theory and molecular dynamics simulation
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Yuya Matsubara, Ryo Okabe, Ren Masayama, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Kento Kasahara, Nobuyuki Matubayasi
          
          
            The Journal of Chemical Physics Vol. 161 No. 2 2024/07/10 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: AIP Publishing 
           
         
        
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            Influence of cholesterol on hydrogen-bond dynamics of water molecules in lipid-bilayer systems at varying temperatures
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Kokoro Shikata, Kento Kasahara, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Kang Kim, Nobuyuki Matubayasi
          
          
            The Journal of Chemical Physics Vol. 161 No. 1 2024/07/03 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: AIP Publishing 
           
         
        
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            Exploring the Influence of Morphology on Bipolaron–Polaron Ratios and Conductivity in Polypyrrole in the Presence of Surfactants
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Thaneeya Samwang, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Molecules Vol. 29 No. 6 2024/03 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Preparation and Characterization of Biodegradable Sponge-like Cryogel Particles of Chitosan via the Inverse Leidenfrost (iLF) Effect
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Endang Ciptawati, Hayato Takase, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hadi Nur, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            ACS Omega Vol. 9 No. 2 p. 2383-2390 2024/01/16 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Significance of in situ quantitative membrane property–morphology relation (QmPMR) analysis
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Zachary Nicolella, Yukihiro Okamoto, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Gary Lee Thompson, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Soft Matter 2024 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Solvation dynamics on the diffusion timescale elucidated using energy-represented dynamics theory
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Kazuya Okita, Natsuumi Ito, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Kento Kasahara, Nobuyuki Matubayasi
          
          
            Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2024 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Study of Chemical Polymerization of Polypyrrole with SDS Soft Template: Physical, Chemical, and Electrical Properties
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Thaneeya Samwang, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Sira Srinives, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            ACS Omega Vol. 8 No. 51 p. 48946-48957 2023/12/26 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Multiplicity of solvent environments in lipid bilayer revealed by DAS deconvolution of twin probes: Comparative method of Laurdan and Prodan
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Natsuumi Ito, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Biophysical Journal 2023/12 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Niosomes in cancer treatment: A focus on curcumin encapsulation
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Thaaranni Bashkeran, Azlina Harun Kamaruddin, Trung Xuan Ngo, Kazuma Suda, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Nozomi Watanabe, Masrina Mohd Nadzir
          
          
            Heliyon 2023/08 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Dispersibility and surface properties of hydrocortisone-incorporated self-assemblies
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ward Wakileh, Nozomi Watanabe, Keishi Suga, Naoki Ikushima, Naoko Kajimura, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Vol. 665 p. 131217-131217 2023/05 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: Elsevier BV 
           
         
        
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            Preparation of Hydrophobic Monolithic Supermacroporous Cryogel Particles for the Separation of Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsion
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Hayato Takase, Nozomi Watanabe, Koichiro Shiomori, Yukihiro Okamoto, Endang Ciptawati, Hideki Matsune, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Colloids and Interfaces Vol. 7 No. 1 p. 9-9 2023/01/17 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: MDPI AG 
           
         
        
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            Versatility of the Preparation Method for Macroporous Cryogel Particles Utilizing the Inverse Leidenfrost Effect
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Hayato Takase, Nozomi Watanabe, Koichiro Shiomori, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hideki Matsune, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            ACS Omega Vol. 8 No. 1 p. 829-834 2022/12/19 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Revealed Properties of Various Self-Assemblies in Two Catanionic Surfactant Systems in Relation to Their Polarity and Molecular Packing State
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Nozomi Watanabe, Shuto Watase, Nanaki Kadonishi, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir 2022/12/06 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Micro Sponge Balls: Preparation and Characterization of Sponge-like Cryogel Particles of Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) via the Inverse Leidenfrost Effect
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Hayato Takase, Koichiro Shiomori, Yukihiro Okamoto, Nozomi Watanabe, Hideki Matsune, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            ACS Applied Polymer Materials Vol. 4 No. 10 p. 7081-7089 2022/09/06 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Characterization of entrapment behavior of polyphenols in nanostructured lipid carriers and its effect on their antioxidative activity
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ni'matul Izza, Nozomi Watanabe, YUKIHIRO OKAMOTO, Yusuf Wibisono, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering Vol. 134 No. 3 p. 269-275 2022/09 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: Elsevier BV 
           
         
        
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            Characterization of Phase Separated Planar Lipid Bilayer Membrane by Fluorescence Ratio Imaging and Scanning Probe Microscope
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            YUKIHIRO OKAMOTO, Kaito Hamaguchi, Mayo Watanabe, Nozomi Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Membranes Vol. 12 No. 8 p. 770-770 2022/08/09 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: MDPI AG 
           
         
        
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            Dependence of the Core–Shell Structure on the Lipid Composition of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: Implications for Drug Carrier Design
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ni’matul Izza, Nozomi Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Keishi Suga, Yusuf Wibisono, Naoko Kajimura, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            ACS Applied Nano Materials Vol. 5 No. 7 p. 9958-9969 2022/07/22 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Insight into the Exosomal Membrane: From Viewpoints of Membrane Fluidity and Polarity
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Keishi Suga, Daiki Matsui, Nozomi Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir Vol. 37 No. 38 p. 11195-11202 2021/09/28 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Modulation of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction with Lipid Bilayers: Effects of Lipid Head Groups and Membrane Properties
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Michael S. Chern, Nozomi Watanabe, Keishi Suga, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir Vol. 37 No. 22 p. 6811-6818 2021/06/08 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Systematic Characterization of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers from Cetyl Palmitate/Caprylic Triglyceride/Tween 80 Mixtures in an Aqueous Environment
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Ni’matul Izza, Keishi Suga, Yukihiro Okamoto, Nozomi Watanabe, Tham Thi Bui, Yusuf Wibisono, Cut Rifda Fadila, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            Langmuir Vol. 37 No. 14 p. 4284-4293 2021/04/13 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Effects of Lipid Bilayers and Polarity of the Organic Substrate on the Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Michael S. Chern, Nozomi Watanabe, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            MEMBRANE Vol. 46 No. 4 p. 233-240 2021 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: The Membrane Society of Japan 
           
         
        
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            Changes Caused by Liposomes to the Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Michael S. Chern, Yukihiro Okamoto, Keishi Suga, Nozomi Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi
          
          
            The Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol. 124 No. 44 p. 9862-9869 2020/11/05 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
          Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS) 
           
         
        
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            Solvatochromic Modeling of Laurdan for Multiple Polarity Analysis of Dihydrosphingomyelin Bilayer
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Watanabe, N., Goto, Y., Suga, K., Nyholm, T.K.M., Slotte, J.P., Umakoshi, H.
          
          
            Biophysical Journal Vol. 116 No. 5 p. 874-883 2019 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Lipid-Surrounding Water Molecules Probed by Time-Resolved Emission Spectra of Laurdan
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Watanabe, N., Suga, K., Slotte, J.P., Nyholm, T.K.M., Umakoshi, H.
          
          
            Langmuir Vol. 35 No. 20 p. 6762-6770 2019 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Comparison of Physicochemical Membrane Properties of Vesicles Modified with Guanidinium Derivatives
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Watanabe, N., Suga, K., Umakoshi, H.
          
          
            Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol. 121 No. 39 p. 9213-9222 2017 Research paper (scientific journal)
          
          
           
         
        
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            Effect of Stearylguanidinium-Modified POPC Vesicles on the Melting Behavior of tRNA Molecules
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
          
            Suga, K., Watanabe, N., Umakoshi, H.
          
          
            Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol. 120 No. 25 p. 5662-9 2016 Research paper (scientific journal)