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Akira Hasegawa

Akira Hasegawa

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
12372
World Ranking
10595
National Ranking
772

Overview

Akira Hasegawa was affiliated with Gifu University in Japan and contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering, particularly focusing on fusion materials and nuclear materials.

Their research primarily covered the areas of:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Within these broad fields, the scientist worked extensively in subfields such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Food Science
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biotechnology

The main topics of their work included:

  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Nonlinear Photonic Systems

Akira Hasegawa was published frequently in several scientific journals, with the highest number of publications found in:

  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Materials and Energy
  • Fusion Engineering and Design
  • Physica Scripta
  • Foods

Their work included multiple collaborations with frequent co-authors such as Shuhei Nogami, Takeshi Miyazawa, Yutai Katoh, Lauren M. Garrison, and Makoto Fukuda.

Recent papers by or involving Akira Hasegawa include:

  • "Mechanical properties of tungsten: Recent research on modified tungsten materials in Japan," 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • "Tungsten modified by potassium doping and rhenium addition for fusion reactor applications," 2020, Fusion Engineering and Design
  • "Tungsten-tantalum alloys for fusion reactor applications," 2022, Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • "Neutron irradiation-enhanced grain growth in tungsten and tungsten alloys," 2021, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • "Neutron irradiation tolerance of potassium-doped and rhenium-alloyed tungsten," 2021, Journal of Nuclear Materials

Best Publications

  • Adhesion of human cancer cells to vascular endothelium mediated by a carbohydrate antigen, sialyl Lewis A.

    Akiko Takada;Katsuyuki Ohmori;Naofumi Takahashi;Kiyotaka Tsuyuoka

  • Structural requirements for the carbohydrate ligand of E-selectin.

    D Tyrrell;P James;N Rao;C Foxall

  • Gangliosides are neuronal ligands for myelin-associated glycoprotein.

    Lynda J.S. Yang;Cynthia B. Zeller;Nancy L. Shaper;Makoto Kiso

  • Temperature dependence of critical fiber length for glass fiber-reinforced thermosetting resins

    Tadashi Ohsawa;Akira Nakayama;Minoru Miwa;Akira Hasegawa

  • Structure—function studies on selectin carbohydrate ligands. Modifications to fucose, sialic acid and sulphate as a sialic acid replacement

    Brian K. Brandley;Makoto Kiso;Saeed Abbas;Pandarung Nikrad

  • High affinity binding of the leucocyte adhesion molecule L-selectin to 3′-sulphated-Lea and -Lex oligosaccharides and the predominance of sulphate in this interaction demonstrated by binding studies with a series of lipid-linked oligosaccharides

    Green Pj;Tamatani T;Watanabe T;Watanabe T;Miyasaka M

  • Sialic acid specificity of myelin-associated glycoprotein binding.

    Brian E. Collins;Lynda J.-S. Yang;Gitali Mukhopadhyay;Marie T. Filbin

  • Communication: Synthetic Studies on Sialoglycoconjugates 25: Reactivity of Glycosyl Promoters in α-Glycosylation of N-Acetyl-Neuraminic Acid with the Primary and Secondary Hydroxyl Groups in the Suitably Protected Galactose and Lactose Derivatives

    Akira Hasegawa;Takao Nagahama;Hitoshi Ohki;Kenji Hotta

  • Total synthesis of sialyl Lewis X.

    Akihiko Kameyama;Hideharu Ishida;Makoto Kiso;Akira Hasegawa

  • Binding Specificities of the Sialoadhesin Family of I-type Lectins SIALIC ACID LINKAGE AND SUBSTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR BINDING OF MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN, SCHWANN CELL MYELIN PROTEIN, AND SIALOADHESIN

    Brian E. Collins;Makoto Kiso;Akira Hasegawa;Michael B. Tropak

  • Characterization of High-Affinity Binding between Gangliosides and Amyloid β-Protein

    Toshio Ariga;Kiyoaki Kobayashi;Akira Hasegawa;Makoto Kiso

  • Sulfated blood group Lewis(a). A superior oligosaccharide ligand for human E-selectin.

    C T Yuen;K Bezouska;J O'Brien;M Stoll

  • Sphingolipids are essential for the growth of Chinese hamster ovary cells. Restoration of the growth of a mutant defective in sphingoid base biosynthesis by exogenous sphingolipids.

    K Hanada;M Nishijima;M Kiso;A Hasegawa

  • Sulfated glycolipids are ligands for a lymphocyte homing receptor L-selectin (LECAM-1) binding epitope in sulfated sugar chain.

    Y. Suzuki;Y. Toda;T. Tamatani;T. Watanabe

  • A facile, large-scale preparation of the methyl 2-thioglycoside of N-acetylneuraminic acid, and its usefulness for the α-stereoselective synthesis of sialoglycosides

    Akira Hasegawa;Hitoshi Ohki;Takao Nagahama;Hideharu Ishida

  • A facile, regio- and stereo-selective synthesis of ganglioside GM3☆

    Takatoshi Murase;Hideharu Ishida;Makoto Kiso;Akira Hasegawa

  • A facile regio- and stereo-selective synthesis of α-glycosides of N-acetylneuraminic acid

    Takatoshi Murase;Hideharu Ishida;Makoto Kiso;Akira Hasegawa

  • Substrate specificity of the Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase

    Filip Vandekerckhove;Sergio Schenkman;Lain Pontes de Carvalho;Stephen Tomlinson

  • Structural determination of gangliosides that bind to influenza A, B, and C viruses by an improved binding assay: strain-specific receptor epitopes in sialo-sugar chains.

    Yasuo Suzuki;Toru Nakao;Takeshi Ito;Norifumi Watanabe

  • Exposure to dimethylarsinic acid, a main metabolite of inorganic arsenics, strongly promotes tumorigenesis initiated by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide in the lungs of mice

    Kenzo Yamanaka;Kaori Ohtsubo;Akira Hasegawa;Hiroyuki Hayashi

  • Glycosylation Using Methylthioglycosides of N-Acetylneuraminic Acid and Dimethyl(Methylthio)Sulfonium Triflate

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  • Stereoselective synthesis of sialyl-lactotetraosylceramide and sialylneolactotetraosylceramide.

    Akihiko Kameyama;Hideharu Ishida;Makoto Kiso;Akira Hasegawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Kiso
Makoto Kiso Gifu University
Hideharu Ishida
Hideharu Ishida Gifu University
Ichiro Azuma
Ichiro Azuma Hokkaido University
Ikuo Saiki
Ikuo Saiki University of Toyama
Yasuo Suzuki
Yasuo Suzuki Chubu University
Takashi Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki University of Shizuoka
Yuichi Yamamura
Yuichi Yamamura Osaka University
Masayuki Miyasaka
Masayuki Miyasaka Osaka University
Naoto Oku
Naoto Oku University of Shizuoka
Franz-Georg Hanisch
Franz-Georg Hanisch University of Cologne

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