Original Research Papers

Full publication list is available at ResearcherID.

Selected Publications

11.Tanaka, R.; Sogo, K.; Komaguchi, K.; Ae, K.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Impact of methylaluminoxane oxidation on the ethylene polymerization using Ni catalysts
Organometallics 2022, 41, 3024-3031.

10. Tanaka, R.; Nishizono, M.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Removal of mononuclear alkylaluminum species in aluminoxane using crosslinked polymer bearing bulky phenoxy groups
Polym. J. 2021, 53, 1187-1193. (Special Issue: Polymer Journal Rising Stars -2021-)

9. Tanaka, R.; Fujii, H.; Kida, T.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Incorporation of boronic acid functionality into isotactic polypropylene and its application as crosslinking point
Macromolecules 2021, 54, 1267-1272.

8. Nakashima, T.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T.; Tanaka, R. A neutral, non-coordinative, and hydrocarbon-soluble protic co-catalyst for olefin polymerization
ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 865-870.

7. Tanaka, R.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Effect of Ancillary Ligands as a Part of Counteranion in Neodymium-Catalyzed Isoprene Polymerization
Organometallics 2020, 39, 1855-1860.

6. Kida, T.; Tanaka, R.; Nitta, K. Shiono, T. Effect of the number of arms on the mechanical properties of star-shaped cyclic olefin copolymer
Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 5578-5584 (Cover Picture).

5. Okajima, Y.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T.; Tanaka, R. Preparation of Methylaluminoxane from Carbon Dioxide
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2392-2395.

4. Tanaka, R.; Shinto, Y.; Matsuzaki, R.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Stereospecific polymerization of conjugated dienes using neodymium alkylborohydride complexes
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 7267-7273 (Special Issue: New Talent: Asia-Pacific, 2019).

3. Tanaka, R.; Tonoko, N.; Kihara, S.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Reversible Star Assembly of Polyolefins Using Interconversion between Boroxine and Boronic Acid
Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 3774-3779.

2. Tanaka, R.; Kawahara, T.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. An alternative method for the preparation of trialkylaluminum-depleted modified-methylaluminoxane (dMMAO)
Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 5989–5993.

1. Tanaka, R.; Yuuya, K.; Sato, H.; Eberhardt, P.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Synthesis of stereodiblock polyisoprene consisting of cis-1,4 and trans-1,4 sequences by neodymium catalyst: change of the stereospecificity triggered by aluminum compound
Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 1239-1243.

Reviews

3. Tanaka, R.; Ajala, O. A.; Nakayama, Y.; Shiono, T. Control of coordination polymerization behavior by counter-anionic effects
Prog. Polym. Sci. 2023, 142, 101690.

2. Tanaka, R. Precise control of coordination polymerization via the modification of methylaluminoxane (MAO)
Polym. J. 2020, 52, 661-670.

1. Tanaka, R.; Shiono, T. Precise Synthesis of Cycloolefin Copolymer Using ansa-Silylene(fluorenyl)(amido)dimethyltitanium Complex as a Catalyst
J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn. 2014, 72, 118-125.

Oral Presentations

17. "Application of boronic acid-functionalized polyolefins synthesized by direct copolymerization" Asian Polyolefin Workshop 2023 (APO2023), Nara, Japan, 12th December, 2023 (Invited Lecture).

16. "Precise polymerization using borataanthracenide as a counteranion" Japan-Korea Joint Session in the 72nd SPSJ symposium, Kagawa, Japan, 26th September, 2023.

15. "Synthesis of ethylene-propylene rubber crosslinked by dynamic covalent bonds" International Congress on Pure & Applied Chemistry 2022 (ICPAC 2022), On-line, 25th November, 2022 (Invited Lecture).

14. "A novel boron-based counteranion applicable to olefin polymerization catalyst system" Asian Polyolefin Workshop 2021 (APO2021), On-line, 21st December, 2021 (Invited Lecture).

13. "Development of group-13 compounds applicable to precise coordination polymerizations" The 67th Kobe Polymer Research Symposium, On-line, 9th July, 2021 (Young scientist award lecture).

12. "Chemistry of Methylaluminoxane - Efficient preparation method and composition control" The 8th Asian Polyolefin Workshop (APO2019), Hiroshima, Japan, 5th December, 2019.

11. "Synthesis and their physical properties of star-shaped cyclic olefin copolymer" The 12th International Polymer Conference (IPC2018), Hiroshima, Japan, December 6th, 2018.

10. "An alternative preparation method for trialkylaluminum-depleted modified methylaluminoxane" Asian Polyolefin Workshop 2017, Tianjin, China, 25th October, 2017 (Invited Lecture).

9. "Control of stereospecificiy of conjugated diene polymerization using neodymiumbased catalyst: from atactic polymer to stereoblock polymer" International Symposium on Pure & Applied Chemistry 2017 (ISPAC 2017), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 10th June, 2017 (Invited Lecture).

8. "Synthesis of stereoblock polydienes using Nd-based catalyst" The International Rubber Conference 2016 (IRC2016), Kitakyushu, Japan, 28th October, 2016.

7. "Synthesis of Stereoblock Polyisoprene with Neodymium catalyst" The International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (ISHC XX), Kyoto, Japan, 15th July, 2016.

6. "Synthesis of cis-1,4-b-trans-1,4 polyisoprene using Nd catalyst activated by Mg/Al cocatalysts" Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA, 19th December, 2015.

5. "Effect of the protic source on the preparation of aluminoxane and its activation behavior of olefin polymerization catalysts" World Polyolefin Congress (WPOC 2015), Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, 24th November, 2015 (Invited Lecture).

4. "Preparation of boron-containing aluminoxane as a cocatalyst of olefin polymerization" IUPAC 11th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME2015), Yokohama, Japan, 21st October, 2015.

3. "Effect of magnesium/aluminum cocatalysts in the polymerization of isoprene using neodymium catalyst" The 95th Chemical Society of Japan annual meeting, Nihon University, Japan, 26th March, 2015 (CSJ Presentation Award)

2. "Block Copolymerization of Propylene and Epoxides by Titanium-Aluminum Dual Catalyst System" Asian Polyolefin Workshop 2013, Beijing, China, 18th October, 2013.

1. "Block copolymerization of methyl methacrylate with other olefins catalyzed by fluorenylamidotitanium complex" Reaxys Inspiring Chemistry Conference 2013, Grindelwald, Switzerland, 23rd September, 2013.