Interplay between β-Chitin Nanocrystal Supramolecular Architecture and Water Structuring: Insights from Three-Dimensional Atomic force Microscopy Measurements and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

A Ayhan Yurtsever (Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan) K Kazuho Daicho (Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan) F Fabio Priante (Department of Applied Physics) K Keisuke Miyazawa (Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan) M Mohammad Shahidul Alam (Division of Nano Life Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192 Japan) K Kazuki Miyata (Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan) A Akinori Yabuki (Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan) N Noriyuki Isobe (Research Institute for Marine Resources Utilization (MRU), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan) T Tsuguyuki Saito (Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences) A Adam S. Foster (Department of Applied Physics) T Takeshi Fukuma (Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan)

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 147, Issue 43
Published October 29, 2025
Pages 39134-39150
ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher American Chemical Society

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society

ISSN: 0002-7863 Physical Sciences

Authors (11)

A

Ayhan Yurtsever

Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan

K

Kazuho Daicho

Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

F

Fabio Priante

Department of Applied Physics

K

Keisuke Miyazawa

Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan

M

Mohammad Shahidul Alam

Division of Nano Life Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192 Japan

K

Kazuki Miyata

Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan

A

Akinori Yabuki

Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan

N

Noriyuki Isobe

Research Institute for Marine Resources Utilization (MRU), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan

T

Tsuguyuki Saito

Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences

A

Adam S. Foster

Department of Applied Physics

T

Takeshi Fukuma

Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan