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Akira Isogai

Akira Isogai

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
52484
World Ranking
895
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Akira Isogai is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, with a primary focus on materials science and engineering. Their work covers a significant number of publications in the field of biomaterials, including related subfields such as biomedical engineering, plant science, polymers and plastics, and building and construction.

Their research topics include advanced cellulose research studies, lignin and wood chemistry, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, nanocomposite films for food packaging, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, enzyme-mediated dye degradation, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Isogai has contributed to several papers, notable examples being:

  • Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material, 2021, Nature
  • Copper-coordinated cellulose ion conductors for solid-state batteries, 2021, Nature
  • Emerging Nanocellulose Technologies: Recent Developments, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Recent advances in cellulose-based piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting: a review, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Cellulose nanofiber/elastomer composites with high tensile strength, modulus, toughness, and thermal stability prepared by high-shear kneading, 2020, Composites Science and Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Isogai include:

  • Miyuki Takeuchi (22 publications)
  • Yuko Ono (17 publications)
  • Gaoyuan Hou (14 publications)
  • Korawit Chitbanyong (13 publications)
  • Tōru Noguchi (12 publications)

Isogai's work appears regularly in several scientific journals, with many publications in:

  • Cellulose (21 publications)
  • Carbohydrate Polymers (9 publications)
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (4 publications)
  • Composites Science and Technology (3 publications)
  • Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers

    Akira Isogai;Tsuguyuki Saito;Hayaka Fukuzumi

  • Cellulose nanofibers prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Satoshi Kimura;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Akira Isogai

  • Homogeneous suspensions of individualized microfibrils from TEMPO-catalyzed oxidation of native cellulose.

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Jean-Luc Putaux;Michel Vignon

  • TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose. The effect of oxidation conditions on chemical and crystal structures of the water-insoluble fractions.

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Transparent and high gas barrier films of cellulose nanofibers prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation.

    Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Tadahisa Iwata;Yoshiaki Kumamoto

  • Individualization of Nano-Sized Plant Cellulose Fibrils by Direct Surface Carboxylation Using TEMPO Catalyst under Neutral Conditions

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Masayuki Hirota;Naoyuki Tamura;Satoshi Kimura

  • Elastic Modulus of Single Cellulose Microfibrils from Tunicate Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Shinichiro Iwamoto;Weihua Kai;Akira Isogai;Tadahisa Iwata

  • Aerogels with 3D ordered nanofiber skeletons of liquid-crystalline nanocellulose derivatives as tough and transparent insulators.

    Yuri Kobayashi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • An Ultrastrong Nanofibrillar Biomaterial: The Strength of Single Cellulose Nanofibrils Revealed via Sonication-Induced Fragmentation

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Ryota Kuramae;Jakob Wohlert;Lars A Berglund

  • Preparation of Polyuronic Acid from Cellulose by TEMPO-mediated Oxidation

    Akira Isogai;Yumiko Kato

  • Relationship between Length and Degree of Polymerization of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils

    Ryuji Shinoda;Tsuguyuki Saito;Yusuke Okita;Akira Isogai

  • Dissolution of Cellulose in Aqueous NaOH Solutions

    A. Isogai;R. H. Atalla

  • Copper-coordinated cellulose ion conductors for solid-state batteries.

    Chunpeng Yang;Qisheng Wu;Weiqi Xie;Xin Zhang

  • Preparation and characterization of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibril films with free carboxyl groups

    Shuji Fujisawa;Yusuke Okita;Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito

  • Entire Surface Oxidation of Various Cellulose Microfibrils by TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation

    Yusuke Okita;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Thermal stabilization of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose

    Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Yusuke Okita;Akira Isogai

  • Solid-state CP/MAS carbon-13 NMR study of cellulose polymorphs

    Akira Isogai;Makoto Usuda;Takashi Kato;Toshiyuki Uryu

  • Chitin nanocrystals prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of alpha-chitin.

    Yimin Fan;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Wood nanocelluloses: fundamentals and applications as new bio-based nanomaterials

    Akira Isogai

  • Preparation of Chitin Nanofibers from Squid Pen β-Chitin by Simple Mechanical Treatment under Acid Conditions

    Yimin Fan;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

    Masaya Shibatani;Tsutomu Asakawa;Toshiharu Enomae;Akira Isogai

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsuguyuki Saito
Tsuguyuki Saito University of Tokyo
Akinori Suzuki
Akinori Suzuki University of Tokyo
Seiji Takayama
Seiji Takayama University of Tokyo
Hiromichi Nagasawa
Hiromichi Nagasawa University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Kataoka
Hiroshi Kataoka University of Tokyo
Masao Watanabe
Masao Watanabe Tohoku University
Kazuo Furihata
Kazuo Furihata University of Tokyo
Jiro Nakayama
Jiro Nakayama Kyushu University
Tadahisa Iwata
Tadahisa Iwata University of Tokyo
Lars Berglund
Lars Berglund Royal Institute of Technology

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