Basic Information

Faculty

• Faculty of Engineering

Professional Memberships

• 日本化学会
• 近畿化学協会
• 高分子学会

Academic Degree

• 修士（工学）(京都大学)
• 博士（工学）(京都大学)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• 京都大学, 大学院工学研究科修士課程材料化学専攻, 修了
• 京都大学, 大学院工学研究科博士後期課程材料化学専攻, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 京都大学, 工学部工業化学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Apr. 2024, To Present

  Nara University of Education, Science Education, Associate Professor
• From Jun. 2016, To Mar. 2024

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering Department of Material Chemistry, Assistant Professor

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0003-0447-8944

• J-Global ID

  201601002147130119

• Researcher number

  50788164

• External link

  https://www.nara-edu.ac.jp/guide/list/science/uji_hirotaka_rf.html

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/ujihirotaka

Research

Research Interests

• 化学教育
• mesoscopic domain
• 分子ダイポール工学
• bio-related chemistry
• peptide chemistry
• molecular device

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Biomaterials
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Polymer chemistry
• Informatics, Statistical science

Papers

• Supramolecular chiral emergence in water even after compensating for helix chirality in vesicular helix-peptide-aromatic frameworks

  Yuya Yoshimoto; Yuya Suzuki; Tomoya Imai; Shunsaku Kimura; Hirotaka Uji

  Polymer Journal, 14 Apr. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Novel Self-Forming Nanosized DDS Particles for BNCT: Utilizing A Hydrophobic Boron Cluster and Its Molecular Glue Effect

  Abdul Basith Fithroni; Kazuko Kobayashi; Hirotaka Uji; Manabu Ishimoto; Masaru Akehi; Takashi Ohtsuki; Eiji Matsuura

  Cells, 21 Oct. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Construction and Piezoelectric Properties of a Single-Peptide Nanotube Composed of Cyclic β-peptides with Helical Peptides on the Side Chains

  Taichi Kurita; Tomoaki Terabayashi; Shunsaku Kimura; Keiji Numata; Hirotaka Uji

  Biomacromolecules, 17 May 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Synthetic Mitochondria-Targeting Peptides Incorporating α-Aminoisobutyric Acid with a Stable Amphiphilic Helix Conformation in Plant Cells

  Kayo Terada; Joan Gimenez-Dejoz; Taichi Kurita; Kazusato Oikawa; Hirotaka Uji; Kousuke Tsuchiya; Keiji Numata

  ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 19 Feb. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Novel 89Zr-Labeled DDS Device Utilizing Human IgG Variant (scFv): “Lactosome” Nanoparticle-Based Theranostics for PET Imaging and Targeted Therapy

  Melissa Siaw Han Lim; Takashi Ohtsuki; Fumiaki Takenaka; Kazuko Kobayashi; Masaru Akehi; Hirotaka Uji; Hirotsugu Kobuchi; Takanori Sasaki; Eiichi Ozeki; Eiji Matsuura

  Life, 18 Feb. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Piezoelectric properties reflecting nanostructures of tetrathiafulvalene and chloranil complexes using cyclic peptide nanotube scaffolds

  Hiroshi Ohmura; Yuki Tabata; Shunsaku Kimura; Hirotaka Uji

  Peptide Science, 16 Sep. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Novel Surface Modification and Immobilization Method of Anti-CD25 Antibody on Nonwoven Fabric Filter Removing Regulatory T Cells Selectively

  Yota Okuno; Yuji Yamazaki; Hiroki Fukutomi; Susumu Kuno; Mikitomo Yasutake; Mizuki Sugiura; Cheol Joo Kim; Shunsaku Kimura; Hirotaka Uji

  ACS OMEGA, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Engineering pH-responsive switching of donor-pi-acceptor chromophore alignments along a peptide nanotube scaffold

  Yuki Tabata; Yusuke Kamano; Shunsaku Kimura; Hirotaka Uji

  RSC ADVANCES, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• The effect of macrodipole orientation on the piezoelectric response of cyclic beta-peptide nanotube bundles on gold substrates

  Yuki Tabata; Shota Mitani; Hirotaka Uji; Tomoya Imai; Shunsaku Kimura

  POLYMER JOURNAL, Jun. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Sterical Recognition at Helix-Helix Interface of Leu-Aib-Based Polypeptides with and without a GxxxG-Motif

  Toru Itagaki; Hirotaka Uji; Tomoya Imai; Shunsaku Kimura

  LANGMUIR, Jun. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Electronic Properties of Cyclic beta-Peptide Nanotube Bundles Reflecting Structural Arrangement

  Yuki Tabata; Yusuke Kamano; Hirotaka Uji; Tomoya Imai; Shunsaku Kimura

  CHEMISTRY LETTERS, Apr. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Chiral and random arrangements of flavin chromophores along cyclic peptide nanotubes on gold influencing differently on surface potential and piezoelectricity

  Yusuke Kamano; Yuki Tabata; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  RSC ADVANCES, Jan. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Piezoelectric property of bundled peptide nanotubes stapled by bis-cyclic-beta-peptide

  Yuki Tabata; Kazushi Takagaki; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, Jan. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Joining Nanotubes Comprising Nucleobase-carrying Amphiphilic Polypeptides

  Toru Itagaki; Yuna Ueda; Kenji Itabashi; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  CHIMIA, Dec. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Compartmentalized host spaces accommodating guest aromatic molecules in a chiral way in a helix-peptide-aromatic framework

  Hirotaka Uji; Junya Ogawa; Kenji Itabashi; Tomoya Imai; Shunsaku Kimura

  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Two one-dimensional arrays of naphthyl and anthryl groups along peptide nanotubes prepared from cyclic peptides comprising alpha- and beta-amino acids

  Yuki Tabata; Hirotaka Uji; Tomoya Imai; Shunsaku Kimura

  SOFT MATTER, Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Temperature-Induced Phase Separation in Molecular Assembly of Nanotubes Comprising Amphiphilic Polypeptoid with Poly(N-ethyl glycine) in Water by a Hydrophilic-Region-Driven-Type Mechanism

  Tetsuya Hattori; Toru Itagaki; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Phase-Separated Molecular Assembly of a Nanotube Composed of Amphiphilic Polypeptides Having a Helical Hydrophobic Block

  Toru Itagaki; Saki Kurauchi; Tsuguaki Uebayashi; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  ACS OMEGA, Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Flexible Modulation of Electronic Band Structures of Wide Band Gap GaN Semiconductors Using Bioinspired, Nonbiological Helical Peptides

  Sven Mehlhose; Nataliya Frenkel; Hirotaka Uji; Sara Hölzel; Gesche Müntze; Daniel Stock; Silvio Neugebauer; Armin Dadgar; Wasim Abuillan; Martin Eickhoff; Shunsaku Kimura; Motomu Tanaka

  Advanced Functional Materials, 10 Jan. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Osmotic-shock-resistant vesicle comprising interdigitated monolayer of block polypeptides

  Toru Itagaki; Wakana Nobe; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  Chemistry Letters, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Effect of oscillation dynamics on long-range electron transfer in a helical peptide monolayer

  Daisuke Matsushita; Hirotaka Uji; Shunsaku Kimura

  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Accordion-like oscillation mode of helical peptides analyzed by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

  Toru Itagaki; Daisuke Matsushita; Hirotaka Uji; Takashi Fujii; Visbal Heidy; Kazuyuki Hirao; Shunsaku Kimura

  Chemistry Letters, 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Electronic Properties of Tetrathiafulvalene-Modified Cyclic-beta-Peptide Nanotube

  Hirotaka Uji; Hyunji Kim; Tomoya Imai; Shota Mitani; Junji Sugiyama; Shunsaku Kimura

  BIOPOLYMERS, May 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Prevailing Photocurrent Generation of D-pi-A Type Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) in Contact with Gold over Dexter-Type Energy-Transfer Quenching

  Hirotaka Uji; Taichi Ito; Mitsuaki Matsumoto; Shunsaku Kimura

  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, Mar. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• O-2-Triggered Directional Switching of Photocurrent in Self Assembled Monolayer Composed of Porphyrin- and Fullerene-Terminated Helical Peptides on Gold

  Hirotaka Uji; Kazuyoshi Tanaka; Shunsaku Kimura

  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, Feb. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Anodic Photocurrent Generation by Porphyrin-Terminated Helical Peptide Monolayers on Gold

  Hirotaka Uji; Yuji Yatsunami; Shunsaku Kimura

  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, Apr. 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Molecular direction dependence of single-molecule conductance of a helical peptide in molecular junction

  Hirotaka Uji; Tomoyuki Morita; Shunsaku Kimura

  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Downsizing to 25-nm Reverse Polymeric Micelle Composed of AB(3)-type Polydepsipeptide with Comprising siRNA

  Hirotaka Uji; Naoki Watabe; Tatsuya Komi; Tomoki Sakaguchi; Ryo Akamatsu; Kenta Mihara; Shunsaku Kimura

  CHEMISTRY LETTERS, Mar. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  

Misc.

• タンパク質モチーフを利用した機能材料の創出

  沼田 圭司; 大前 仁; 宇治 広隆; 土屋 康佑; 及川 和聡; 藤田 聖矢; Foong Choon Pin; Yagi Shamitha Rao; Thagun Chonprakun; 寺田 佳世

  日本化学繊維研究所講演集 Annual report of the Research Institute for Chemical Fibers, Japan, 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• ペプチドの自己組織化によるナノキャリア創生

  沼田 圭司; 大前 仁; 宇治 広隆; 土屋 康佑; 及川 和聡; 藤田 聖矢; Choon Pin Foong; 寺田 佳世

  日本化学繊維研究所講演集 Annual report of the Research Institute for Chemical Fibers, Japan, 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• 分子ダイポールを組織化したペプチド材料の電気的特性解析

  木村 俊作; 宇治 広隆; 田畑 友基; 大村 紘司; 釜野 雄輔

  日本化学繊維研究所講演集 Annual report of the Research Institute for Chemical Fibers, Japan, Jan. 2019

  
• 環状βペプチドナノチューブを足場に用いた芳香族官能基の配列制御

  木村 俊作; 宇治 広隆; 田畑 有基

  日本化学繊維研究所講演集 Annual report of the Research Institute for Chemical Fibers, Japan, Jan. 2017

  
• ヘリックスペプチドを用いる光電変換分子システムと分子コンダクタンスの考察 (特別記念号)

  木村 俊作; 宇治 広隆; 八並 裕治

  日本化学繊維研究所講演集 Annual report of the Research Institute for Chemical Fibers, Japan, 2013

  
• Investigation on single helical peptide conductance in a gold-peptide-gold junction

  Hirotaka Uji; Tomoyuki Morita; Shunsaku Kimura

  ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Aug. 2012

  

Books and Other Publications

• 新規モダリティ医薬品のための 新しいＤＤＳ技術と製剤化 第2章第3節

  宇治広隆; 大槻高史; 松浦栄次, Contributor, 第２章 高分子ミセル型薬物キャリアの設計 「第３節 高分子ナノミセル、ペプチド-RNAナノ複合体を基盤としたキャリア作製」

  (株)技術情報協会, Jan. 2023

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External funds: Kakenhi

• Construction of artificial photo-energy conversion nanodevices utilizing helical peptide macro-dipole moment

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 28010:Nanometer-scale chemistry-related

  Kyoto University

  Hirotaka Uji

  From 01 Apr. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2021, Project Closed

  ペプチドナノチューブ;分子集合体;有機分子デバイス;環状βペプチド;ヘリックスペプチド;誘電体材料;光電変換素子;pH刺激応答分子集合体;光電変換;分子エレクトロニクス;ヘリックス;自己組織化

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K15375/
• Morphological separation of peptide molecular assemblies

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 28010:Nanometer-scale chemistry-related

  Kyoto University

  宇治 広隆

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted

  自己組織化;分子集合体;ヘリックスペプチド;誘電体特性;分子ダイポール;不均一電界場

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K14553/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Fundamental Chemical Experiments

  Spring, 全学共通科目