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Landenberger, Kira-beth

Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Polymer Chemistry Senior Lecturer/ Junior Associate Professor

Landenberger, Kira-beth
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    Last Updated :2025/05/22

    Basic Information

    Faculty

    • Faculty of Engineering
    • Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences

    Concurrent Affiliation

    • Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research (C-PiER), スーパーグローバルコース 化学系ユニット
    • Graduate School of Engineering, 附属工学基盤教育研究センター

    Professional Memberships

    • From Apr. 2019, To Present
      The Society of Iodine Science
    • From May 2013, To Present
      The Society of Polymer Science
    • From Feb. 2010, To Present
      American Chemical Society

    Academic Degree

    • Ｍ．Ｓ．(University of Michigan)
    • Ｐｈ．Ｄ．(University of Michigan)

    Research History

    • From Feb. 2016, To Present
      Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering Department of Polymer Chemistry, Senior Lecturer
    • From Mar. 2013, To Jan. 2016
      Osaka University, Graduate School of Science Department of Macromolecular Science, Specially Appointed Researcher
    • From Sep. 2008, To Jan. 2013
      University of Michigan, Chemistry Department, doctoral student

    Profile

    • Profile

      My research focuses on using living cationic polymerization to synthesize a variety of structural and functional polymers. My undergraduate classes have focused on teaching practical lab classes, organic chemistry, and smart materials in English to first and second year students through the Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences. My graduate courses focus on supramolecular chemistry, advanced functional polymer materials and polymer synthesis.

    Language of Instruction

    • Japanese
    • English
    • German

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      Last Updated :2025/05/22

      Research

      Research Topics, Overview of the research

      • Research Topics

        living cationic polymerization
        supramolecular polymer networks
        intermolecular interactions

      • Overview of the research

        My research focuses on using living cationic polymerization to synthesize a variety of structural and functional polymers.

      Research Interests

      • actuator gels
      • supramolecular materials
      • intermolecular interactions
      • living cationic polymerization
      • supramolecular chemistry
      • thermoresponsive hydrogels
      • halogen bonding

      Research Areas

      • Nanotechnology/Materials, Crystal engineering
      • Nanotechnology/Materials, Polymer chemistry

      Papers

      • Towards a Temperature-Responsive Pinecone-Inspired Actuator Using Silicone Encapsulated Hydrogels
        Nickolas P. Walling; Hemma Philamore; Kira B. Landenberger; Fumitoshi Matsuno
        Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2019
      • Synthesis and cationic polymerization of halogen bonding vinyl ether monomers
        Yudai Morota; Takanaga Suzuki; Kira B. Landenberger
        RSC Advances, 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author
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      • Supramolecularly Designed Thermoresponsive Polymers in Different Polymer Backbones
        Masami Naya; Kenta Kokado; Kira Beth Landenberger; Shokyoku Kanaoka; Sadahito Aoshima; Kazuki Sada
        Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed
      • Bioinspired Approach to Silica Nanoparticle Synthesis Using Amine Containing Block Copoly(vinyl ethers): Realizing Controlled Anisotropy
        Ayae Sugawara-Narutaki; Sachio Tsuboike; Yukari Oda; Atsushi Shimojima; Kira B. Landenberger; Tatsuya Okubo; Sadahito Aoshima
        LANGMUIR, Aug. 2019, Peer-reviewed
      • Ring-Like Assembly of Silica Nanospheres in the Presence of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer: Effects of Particle Size
        Chisato Atsumi; Shintaro Araoka; Kira B. Landenberger; Arihiro Kanazawa; Jin Nakamura; Chikara Ohtsuki; Sadahito Aoshima; Ayae Sugawara-Narutaki
        LANGMUIR, Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed
      • Energetic-Energetic Cocrystals of Diacetone Diperoxide (DADP): Dramatic and Divergent Sensitivity Modifications via Cocrystallization
        Kira B. Landenberger; Onas Bolton; Adam J. Matzger
        JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Apr. 2015, Peer-reviewed
      • Two Isostructural Explosive Cocrystals with Significantly Different Thermodynamic Stabilities
        Kira B. Landenberger; Onas Bolton; Adam J. Matzger
        ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2013, Peer-reviewed
      • Cocrystals of 1,3,5,7-Tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacyclooctane (HMX)
        Kira B. Landenberger; Adam J. Matzger
        CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed
      • Structural and Electronic Characterization of Non-Heme Fe(II)-Nitrosyls as Biomimetic Models of the Fe-B Center of Bacterial Nitric Oxide Reductase
        Timothy C. Berto; Melissa B. Hoffman; Yuki Murata; Kira B. Landenberger; E. Ercan Alp; Jiyong Zhao; Nicolai Lehnert
        JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Oct. 2011, Peer-reviewed
      • Cocrystal Engineering of a Prototype Energetic Material Supramolecular Chemistry of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
        Kira B. Landenberger; Adam J. Matzger
        CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, Dec. 2010, Peer-reviewed

      Misc.

      • Stimuli-Responsive Star-Shaped Polymers and Functional Polymers via Living Cationic Polymerization: Synthesis and Properties
        Kira B. Landenberger
        May 2017
      • Recent developments in the synthesis of stimuli-sensitive polymers via living cationic polymerization
        Kira B. Landenberger; Arihiro Kanazawa; Shokyoku Kanaoka; Sadahito Aoshima
        ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Aug. 2014, Peer-reviewed
      • Precision synthesis of polymers tailored towards directed formation and arrangement of silica nanomaterials
        Kira B. Landenberger; Yu Shinke; Yukari Oda; Arihiro Kanazawa; Shokyoku Kanaoka; Sadahito Aoshima; Sachio Tsuboike; Shujun Zhou; Ayae Sugawara-Narutaki; Tatsuya Okubo; Atsushi Shimojima
        ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Aug. 2014, Peer-reviewed

      Presentations

      • Incorporation of halogen bonding in poly(vinyl ethers) towards the formation of supramolecular materials
        Yudai Morota; Takanaga Suzuki; Kira B. Landenberger
        ACS Spring 2021, Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century, 13 Apr. 2021
      • Development of Functional Poly(Vinyl Ethers) Towards the Formation of Supramolecular Materials and Hydrogel Actuators
        Kira B. Landenberger; Takanaga Suzuki; Yudai Morota; Masaya Murata
        KIPS Young Researchers Polymer Symposium, 23 Oct. 2020, Invited
      • Synthesis and Investigation of Halogen Bonding Monomers for Living Cationic Polymerization Towards the Creation of Supramolecular Materials
        Yudai Morota; Kira B. Landenberger
        68th SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules, 25 Sep. 2019
      • Towards the Development of Novel Supramolecular Polymer Networks
        Kira B. Landenberger; Yuudai Morota; Masaya Murata
        LCPO-KIPS Polymer International Symposium in Bordeaux, 05 Sep. 2019, Invited
      • A Cross-Cultural Perspective: Life of a Scientist in the   U.S. and Japan
        Kira B. Landenberger
        15 Nov. 2016, Invited
      • Cocrystallization of Energetic Materials
        Kira B. Landenberger
        1st International Symposium for Next Generation Macromolecular Science, Mar. 2012, Invited
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        Last Updated :2025/05/22

        Education

        Teaching subject(s)

        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Supramolecular Chemistry
          D837, Fall, Graduate School of Engineering, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          N374, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          N374, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          N377, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          N378, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Polymer Synthesis
          H649, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Supramolecular Chemistry
          D837, Fall, Graduate School of Engineering, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          N374, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          N374, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          N378, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          N377, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Polymer Synthesis
          H649, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality, Adv.
          H664, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality
          H662, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Supramolecular Chemistry
          D837, Fall, Graduate School of Engineering, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          N377, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          N374, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality
          H662, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          N378, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Polymer Synthesis
          H649, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Exercise in Practical Scientific English II
          i046, Fall, Graduate School of Engineering, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          N374, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality, Adv.
          H664, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
        • From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
          Polymer Synthesis
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality, Adv.
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
          Polymer Synthesis
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          ILAS Seminar-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Supramolecular Chemistry
          Fall, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality, Adv.
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Exercise in Practical Scientific English II
          Fall, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
          Polymer Synthesis
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          ILAS Seminar-E2 :Smart Materials (Innovations in Materials Chemistry)
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Supramolecular Chemistry
          Fall, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality, Adv.
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Exercise in Practical Scientific English II
          Fall, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Polymer Synthesis
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Fundamental Chemical Experiments-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          ILAS Seminar-E2 :Smart Materials (Innovations in Materials Chemistry)
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry I-E2
          Fall, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Revisiting Basic Organic Chemistry II-E2
          Spring, 全学共通科目
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Supramolecular Chemistry
          Fall, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Developments in Polymer Assembly and Functionality, Adv.
          Spring, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Exercise in Practical Scientific English II
          Fall, 工学研究科
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Polymer Synthesis
          Spring, 工学研究科

        Student achievements: Awards

        • 優秀ポスター発表賞
          村田　政弥, 2018 KIPS若手高分子シンポジウム, 14 Dec. 2018
        • 優秀ポスター発表賞
          諸田　優大, 日本化学会秋季事業ー第8回CSJ化学フェスタ2018, 14 Nov. 2018

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