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Materials Science

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60
Citations
20328
World Ranking
6920
National Ranking
368

Chemistry

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9529
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Akira Nakajima publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Nakajima sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 495 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Akira Nakajima D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Nakajima sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akira Nakajima is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and has a research focus primarily in Materials Science and Engineering. Their work encompasses a range of specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover several advanced and specialized areas such as Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials, Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis, and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity.

Akira Nakajima has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan and Ceramics International. Other notable publication venues include Research Square, Journal of the Japan Society of Colour Material, and Materials Letters.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Nakajima include:

  • Structure, anti-tumor activity, and potential anti-tumor mechanism of a fungus polysaccharide from Fomes officinalis (2022) in Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Effects of cerium and tungsten substitution on antiviral and antibacterial properties of lanthanum molybdate (2020) in Materials Science and Engineering C
  • Preparation of cerium molybdates and their antiviral activity against bacteriophage Φ6 and SARS-CoV-2 (2021) in Materials Letters
  • Negative thermal expansion in α-Zr2SP2O12 based on phase transition- and framework-type mechanisms (2020) in NPG Asia Materials
  • Fermi Level Dependence of a Working Electrode on the Open Circuit Voltage in a Sensitized Thermal Cell (2020) in Chemistry Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nakajima include Toshihiro Isobe, Sachiko Matsushita, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Yasuhide Mochizuki, and Kayano Sunada, indicating strong collaboration within related research networks.

Best Publications

  • Effects of the Surface Roughness on Sliding Angles of Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Masashi Miwa;Akira Nakajima;Akira Fujishima;Kazuhito Hashimoto, ,† and

  • Effects of Surface Structure on the Hydrophobicity and Sliding Behavior of Water Droplets

    Zen Yoshimitsu;Akira Nakajima;Toshiya Watanabe;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Photocatalytic activity and photoinduced hydrophilicity of titanium dioxide coated glass

    T Watanabe;A Nakajima;R Wang;M Minabe

  • Recent Studies on Super-Hydrophobic Films

    Akira Nakajima;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Toshiya Watanabe

  • Transparent Superhydrophobic Thin Films with Self-Cleaning Properties

    Akira Nakajima;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Toshiya Watanabe;Kennichi Takai

  • Preparation of Transparent Superhydrophobic Boehmite and Silica Films by Sublimation of Aluminum Acetylacetonate

    A. Nakajima;A. Fujishima;K. Hashimoto;T. Watanabe

  • Photoinduced Surface Wettability Conversion of ZnO and TiO2 Thin Films

    Ren-De Sun;Akira Nakajima;Akira Fujishima;Toshiya Watanabe

  • Photocatalysis and Photoinduced Hydrophilicity of Various Metal Oxide Thin Films

    Masahiro Miyauchi;Akira Nakajima;Toshiya Watanabe, ,† and;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Preparation of hard super-hydrophobic films with visible light transmission

    Akira Nakajima;Kouki Abe;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Toshiya Watanabe

  • Photoinduced Surface Reactions on TiO2 and SrTiO3 Films: Photocatalytic Oxidation and Photoinduced Hydrophilicity

    Masahiro Miyauchi;Akira Nakajima;Akira Fujishima;Kazuhito Hashimoto, ,† and

  • Reversible wettability control of TiO2 surface by light irradiation

    Masahiro Miyauchi;Nobuo Kieda;Shunichi Hishita;Takefumi Mitsuhashi

  • Adhesion and sliding of wet snow on a super-hydrophobic surface with hydrophilic channels

    T. Kako;A. Nakajima;H. Irie;Z. Kato

  • A Highly Hydrophilic Thin Film Under 1 μW/cm2 UV Illumination

    M. Miyauchi;A. Nakajima;K. Hashimoto;T. Watanabe

  • Defective black TiOTiO₂ synthesized via anodization for visible-light photocatalysis.

    Junye Dong;Jie Han;Jie Han;Yangsi Liu;Akira Nakajima

  • A Ferroelectric Ferromagnet Composed of (PLZT)x(BiFeO3)1–x Solid Solution

    T. Kanai;S. Ohkoshi;A. Nakajima;T. Watanabe

  • The Movement of a Water Droplet on a Gradient Surface Prepared by Photodegradation

    Yoshihiro Ito;Mojgan Heydari;Ayako Hashimoto;Tomohiro Konno

  • Design of hydrophobic surfaces for liquid droplet control

    Akira Nakajima

  • Photoinduced Hydrophilic Conversion of TiO2/WO3 Layered Thin Films

    Masahiro Miyauchi;Akira Nakajima;Toshiya Watanabe, ,† and;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Gas permeability and mechanical properties of porous alumina ceramics with unidirectionally aligned pores

    Toshihiro Isobe;Yoshikazu Kameshima;Akira Nakajima;Kiyoshi Okada

  • Photoinduced Amphiphilic Surface on Polycrystalline Anatase TiO2 Thin Films

    Akira Nakajima;Shin-ichi Koizumi;Toshiya Watanabe, ,† and;Kazuhito Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kiyoshi Okada
Kiyoshi Okada Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshikazu Kameshima
Yoshikazu Kameshima Okayama University
Toshiya Watanabe
Toshiya Watanabe University of Tokyo
Akira Fujishima
Akira Fujishima University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev Technical University of Berlin
Kazuhito Hashimoto
Kazuhito Hashimoto National Institute for Materials Science
Masahiro Miyauchi
Masahiro Miyauchi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kenichi Okada
Kenichi Okada Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masahiro Yoshimura
Masahiro Yoshimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tetsu Tatsuma
Tetsu Tatsuma University of Tokyo

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