World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
73
Citations
22572
World Ranking
3789
National Ranking
164

Overview

Akihiko Hirata is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan and focuses primarily on materials science and engineering. Their research spans materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, ceramics and composites, condensed matter physics, and atomic and molecular physics with an emphasis on optics.

The main topics of Hirata's work include metallic glasses and amorphous alloys, glass properties and applications, material dynamics and properties, theoretical and computational physics, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, phase-change materials and chalcogenides, and nanoporous metals and alloys.

Their recent publications illustrate a diverse range of interests and collaborative research efforts. Notable papers include:

  • "Structure and properties of densified silica glass: characterizing the order within disorder," 2020, NPG Asia Materials
  • "Dealloying Kinetics of AgAu Nanoparticles by In Situ Liquid-Cell Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy," 2020, Nano Letters
  • "Metallic Glacial Glass Formation by a First-Order Liquid-Liquid Transition," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Vapor phase dealloying kinetics of MnZn alloys," 2021, Acta Materialia
  • "Structural changes during glass formation extracted by computational homology with machine learning," 2020, Communications Materials

Frequent coauthors contributing to their work include Yohei Onodera, M. Shiga, Shinji Kohara, Hirokazu Masai, and Jiuhui Han. Hirata's publications often appear in journals such as Communications Materials, NPG Asia Materials, Acta Materialia, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan.

The volume of publications reflects a sustained research output with 50 contributions in materials science and 24 in engineering. Their work shows a blend of experimental and computational approaches aimed at advancing understanding in materials chemistry and related subfields.

Best Publications

  • Nanoporous metal/oxide hybrid electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitors

    Xingyou Lang;Akihiko Hirata;Takeshi Fujita;Mingwei Chen

  • Ultrastrong steel via minimal lattice misfit and high-density nanoprecipitation

    Suihe Jiang;Hui Wang;Yuan Wu;Xiongjun Liu

  • Atomic origins of the high catalytic activity of nanoporous gold

    Takeshi Fujita;Takeshi Fujita;Pengfei Guan;Keith P McKenna;Keith P McKenna;Xingyou Lang

  • Nanoporous Graphene with Single-Atom Nickel Dopants: An Efficient and Stable Catalyst for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production.

    H.‐J. Qiu;Yoshikazu Ito;Weitao Cong;Yongwen Tan

  • Direct observation of local atomic order in a metallic glass

    Akihiko Hirata;Pengfei Guan;Takeshi Fujita;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • Versatile nanoporous bimetallic phosphides towards electrochemical water splitting

    Yongwen Tan;Yongwen Tan;Hao Wang;Pan Liu;Pan Liu;Yuhao Shen;Yuhao Shen

  • Geometric frustration of icosahedron in metallic glasses

    A. Hirata;L. J. Kang;T. Fujita;B. Klumov

  • Grain rotation mediated by grain boundary dislocations in nanocrystalline platinum

    Lihua Wang;Jiao Teng;Pan Liu;Akihiko Hirata

  • Characterization of nanoscale mechanical heterogeneity in a metallic glass by dynamic force microscopy.

    Y. H. Liu;D. Wang;K. Nakajima;W. Zhang

  • Atomic structure of nanoclusters in oxide-dispersion-strengthened steels

    A. Hirata;T. Fujita;Y. R. Wen;J. H. Schneibel

  • Hierarchical structures of amorphous solids characterized by persistent homology

    Yasuaki Hiraoka;Takenobu Nakamura;Akihiko Hirata;Emerson G. Escolar

  • Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance of MnO2 by Atomic Doping

    Jianli Kang;Akihiko Hirata;Lijing Kang;Xianmin Zhang

  • Direct Observation of High-Temperature Superconductivity in One-Unit-Cell FeSe Films

    Wen Hao Zhang;Wen Hao Zhang;Yi Sun;Jin Song Zhang;Fang Sen Li;Fang Sen Li

  • Monolayer MoS2 Films Supported by 3D Nanoporous Metals for High‐Efficiency Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Yongwen Tan;Pan Liu;Luyang Chen;Weitao Cong;Weitao Cong

  • Wrinkled Nanoporous Gold Films with Ultrahigh Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Enhancement

    Ling Zhang;Xingyou Lang;Akihiko Hirata;Mingwei Chen;Mingwei Chen

  • High-temperature bulk metallic glasses developed by combinatorial methods

    Ming Xing Li;Shao Fan Zhao;Zhen Lu;Akihiko Hirata

  • Nanoporous PdNi Bimetallic Catalyst with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performances for Electro-oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions

    Luyang Chen;Hai Guo;Takeshi Fujita;Akihiko Hirata

  • Transmission electron microscopy characterization of dislocation structure in a face-centered cubic high-entropy alloy Al0.1CoCrFeNi

    X. D. Xu;X. D. Xu;P. Liu;P. Liu;Z. Tang;Akihiko Hirata

  • Intrinsic correlation between β-relaxation and spatial heterogeneity in a metallic glass

    F. Zhu;H. K. Nguyen;S. X. Song;Daisman P B Aji

  • Nanoscale phase separation in a fcc-based CoCrCuFeNiAl0.5 high-entropy alloy

    X. D. Xu;P. Liu;S. Guo;S. Guo;Akihiko Hirata

Frequent Co-Authors

Mingwei Chen
Mingwei Chen Southern University of Science and Technology
Takeshi Fujita
Takeshi Fujita Kochi University of Technology
Pan Liu
Pan Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yoshihiko Hirotsu
Yoshihiko Hirotsu Osaka University
Yoshikazu Ito
Yoshikazu Ito University of Tsukuba
Luyang Chen
Luyang Chen Tohoku University
Akihisa Inoue
Akihisa Inoue Josai International University
C.T. Liu
C.T. Liu City University of Hong Kong
Shinji Kohara
Shinji Kohara National Institute for Materials Science

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Akihiko Hirata

Trending Scientists