Kou Okuro

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kou Okuro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kou Okuro has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Organic Chemistry and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kou Okuro's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (10 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (8 papers). Kou Okuro is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (10 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (8 papers). Kou Okuro collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Hong Kong and China. Kou Okuro's co-authors include Takuzo Aida, Yiling Nan, Kazushi Kinbara, Qigang Wang, Justin L. Mynar, Myongsoo Lee, Masaru Yoshida, Eunji Lee, P. K. Hashim and Noriyuki Ishii and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kou Okuro

38 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High-water-content mouldable hydrogels by mixing clay and a dendritic molecular binder

2010 1.4k citations Qigang Wang, Justin L. Mynar et al. Nature profile →
Mechanically robust, readily repairable polymers via tailored noncovalent cross-linking

2017 902 citations Yiling Nan, Kou Okuro et al. Science profile →

Peers

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Justin L. Mynar United States

Afang Zhang China

Florian D. Jochum Germany

Donghua Xu China

Wenxin Fu China

Weixian Xi United States

Jeppe Madsen United Kingdom

Takahiro Kakuta Japan

Peter J. Roth Australia

David Fournier France

Justin L. Mynar United States

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BIOMA

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kou Okuro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kou Okuro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kou Okuro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kou Okuro. Kou Okuro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

He, Dan, Barun Dhara, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Tailoring One‐Dimensional Assemblies of Chiral Bowl‐Shaped Molecules with Diverse Enantiomers and Polar Column Alignments. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(20). e202424162–e202424162. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jiahao, et al.. (2025). Luminescent Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Polypyridine Complexes Modified with a Dendritic Guanidinium Moiety as Molecular Glues for Combined Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(29). 15064–15077.

Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2025). Nanoscale bismuth infused bioadhesive gelatin methacryloyl electrospun mats demonstrate excellent antibiofilm activity and biocompatibility. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 312. 144103–144103.

Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2025). Mechano‐Chemiluminescent Hydrogel for Sustained Stress Visualization Under Mechanical Equilibrium. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(19). e2500256–e2500256. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Ye, Kou Okuro, Jiandong Ding, & Takuzo Aida. (2024). Clay Nanosheet‐Based Nanocomposite Supramolecular Hydrogel Enabling Rapid, Reversible Phase Transition Only with Visible Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(4). e202416541–e202416541. 4 indexed citations

Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2024). Guanidinium-appended γ-cyclodextrin: efficient fullerene solubiliser for enhanced photodynamic therapy. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 9(5). 793–799.

Hashim, P. K., Kou Okuro, Haruaki Yanagisawa, et al.. (2023). ATP‐Responsive Nanoparticles Covered with Biomolecular Machine “Chaperonin GroEL”. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(31). e202304894–e202304894. 5 indexed citations

Uchida, Noriyuki, Kou Okuro, Annalisa Cardellini, et al.. (2022). Reconstitution of microtubule into GTP-responsive nanocapsules. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5424–5424. 9 indexed citations

Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2020). Intracellular Photoactivation of Caspase-3 by Molecular Glues for Spatiotemporal Apoptosis Induction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(18). 8080–8084. 47 indexed citations

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Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2018). Caged Molecular Glues as Photoactivatable Tags for Nuclear Translocation of Guests in Living Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(7). 2687–2692. 26 indexed citations

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Nan, Yiling, et al.. (2017). Mechanically robust, readily repairable polymers via tailored noncovalent cross-linking. Science. 359(6371). 72–76. 902 indexed citations breakdown →

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Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2017). Adhesive Photoswitch: Selective Photochemical Modulation of Enzymes under Physiological Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(29). 10072–10078. 59 indexed citations

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Chen, Shuo, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuya Masuda, et al.. (2015). Subnanoscale hydrophobic modulation of salt bridges in aqueous media. Science. 348(6234). 555–559. 55 indexed citations

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Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2015). Photoinduced Bioorthogonal 1,3‐Dipolar Poly‐cycloaddition Promoted by Oxyanionic Substrates for Spatiotemporal Operation of Molecular Glues. Angewandte Chemie. 128(1). 201–206. 1 indexed citations

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Uchida, Noriyuki, Kou Okuro, Ling Xiao, et al.. (2013). Photoclickable Dendritic Molecular Glue: Noncovalent-to-Covalent Photochemical Transformation of Protein Hybrids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(12). 4684–4687. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Qigang, Justin L. Mynar, Masaru Yoshida, et al.. (2010). High-water-content mouldable hydrogels by mixing clay and a dendritic molecular binder. Nature. 463(7279). 339–343. 1415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2010). Adhesion Effects of a Guanidinium Ion Appended Dendritic “Molecular Glue” on the ATP‐Driven Sliding Motion of Actomyosin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(17). 3030–3033. 39 indexed citations

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Okuro, Kou, et al.. (2010). Adhesion Effects of a Guanidinium Ion Appended Dendritic “Molecular Glue” on the ATP‐Driven Sliding Motion of Actomyosin. Angewandte Chemie. 122(17). 3094–3097. 5 indexed citations

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Ishii, Noriyuki, Kou Okuro, Kazushi Kinbara, & Takuzo Aida. (2009). Image analysis of / -tubulin rings in two-dimensional crystalline arrays of periodic mesoporous nanostructures. The Journal of Biochemistry. 147(4). 555–563. 6 indexed citations

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Miyamoto, Kenji, Kou Okuro, & Hiromichi Ohta. (2007). Substrate specificity and reaction mechanism of recombinant styrene oxide isomerase from Pseudomonas putida S12. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(18). 3255–3257. 24 indexed citations

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