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Atsushi Fukuoka

Atsushi Fukuoka

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
16044
World Ranking
5638
National Ranking
346

Overview

Atsushi Fukuoka is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within engineering and materials science. The subfields of study associated with their work include biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, organic chemistry, and plant science.

Their research focuses on several key topics, such as catalysis for biomass conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, biofuel production and bioconversion, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and oxidation reactions, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, and advanced cellulose research studies.

Fukuoka's publication record includes contributions to prominent scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets are:

  • ChemCatChem
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Green Chemistry
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Atsushi Fukuoka are:

  • Rh promoted In2O3 as a highly active catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, 2020, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Lignin amination valorization: heterogeneous catalytic synthesis of aniline and benzylamine from lignin-derived chemicals, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas via Formate Intermediate Found for a Ruthenium-Rhenium Bimetallic Catalyst, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Facile Preparation of 3-Acetamido-5-acetylfuran from N-Acetyl-d-glucosamine by using Commercially Available Aluminum Salts, 2020, ChemSusChem
  • Synthesis of cello-oligosaccharides by depolymerization of cellulose: A review, 2021, Applied Catalysis A General

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Abhijit Shrotri
  • Takuya Sagawa
  • Kiyotaka Nakajima
  • Shuhei Shimoda

Best Publications

  • Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose into Sugar Alcohols

    Atsushi Fukuoka;Paresh L. Dhepe

  • Synthesis and utilisation of sugar compounds derived from lignocellulosic biomass

    Hirokazu Kobayashi;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • Cellulose conversion under heterogeneous catalysis.

    Paresh L. Dhepe;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • Synthesis of sugar alcohols by hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose over supported metal catalysts

    Hirokazu Kobayashi;Yukiko Ito;Tasuku Komanoya;Yuto Hosaka

  • Directed Ortho Borylation of Functionalized Arenes Catalyzed by a Silica-Supported Compact Phosphine−Iridium System

    Soichiro Kawamorita;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Kenji Hara;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • Catalytic transformation of cellulose into platform chemicals

    Mizuho Yabushita;Hirokazu Kobayashi;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • Efficient evolution of hydrogen from liquid cycloalkanes over Pt-containing catalysts supported on active carbons under “wet–dry multiphase conditions”

    Nobuko Kariya;Atsushi Fukuoka;Masaru Ichikawa

  • Water-Tolerant Mesoporous-Carbon-Supported Ruthenium Catalysts for the Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose

    Hirokazu Kobayashi;Tasuku Komanoya;Kenji Hara;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • Novel templating synthesis of necklace-shaped mono- and bimetallic nanowires in hybrid organic-inorganic mesoporous material.

    Atsushi Fukuoka;Yuzuru Sakamoto;Shiyou Guan;Shinji Inagaki

  • Efficient hydrogen production using cyclohexane and decalin by pulse-spray mode reactor with Pt catalysts

    Nobuko Kariya;Atsushi Fukuoka;Tadashi Utagawa;Masashi Sakuramoto

  • Cellulose Depolymerization over Heterogeneous Catalysts

    Abhijit Shrotri;Hirokazu Kobayashi;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • High-Yielding One-Pot Synthesis of Glucose from Cellulose Using Simple Activated Carbons and Trace Hydrochloric Acid

    Hirokazu Kobayashi;Mizuho Yabushita;Tasuku Komanoya;Kenji Hara

  • Conversion of lignocellulose into renewable chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis

    Hirokazu Kobayashi;Hidetoshi Ohta;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • The role of pore size and structure on the thermal stability of gold nanoparticles within mesoporous silica.

    Mangesh T. Bore;Hien N. Pham;Elise E. Switzer;Timothy L. Ward

  • Aerobic Oxidation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural Cyclic Acetal Enables Selective Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid Formation with CeO2-Supported Gold Catalyst

    Minjune Kim;Yaqiong Su;Atsushi Fukuoka;Emiel J. M. Hensen

  • Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide catalyzed by platinum nanoparticles in mesoporous silica.

    Atsushi Fukuoka;Jun-ichi Kimura;Tadashi Oshio;Yuzuru Sakamoto

  • Transfer hydrogenation of cellulose to sugar alcohols over supported ruthenium catalysts

    Hirokazu Kobayashi;Hisateru Matsuhashi;Tasuku Komanoya;Kenji Hara

  • Template Synthesis of Nanoparticle Arrays of Gold and Platinum in Mesoporous Silica Films

    Atsushi Fukuoka;Hidenobu Araki;Yuzuru Sakamoto;Noriaki Sugimoto

  • A Solid Chelating Ligand: Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Containing 2,2′-Bipyridine within the Pore Walls

    Minoru Waki;Yoshifumi Maegawa;Kenji Hara;Yasutomo Goto

  • 1-Butanol synthesis from ethanol over strontium phosphate hydroxyapatite catalysts with various Sr/P ratios

    Shuhei Ogo;Ayumu Onda;Yukina Iwasa;Kenji Hara

  • Hydrolysis of sugars catalyzed by water-tolerant sulfonated mesoporous silicas

    Paresh L. Dhepe;Masataka Ohashi;Shinji Inagaki;Masaru Ichikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaru Ichikawa
Masaru Ichikawa Hokkaido University
Shinji Inagaki
Shinji Inagaki Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)
Yoshiaki Fukushima
Yoshiaki Fukushima Advanced Institute of Materials Science
Feng-Shou Xiao
Feng-Shou Xiao Zhejiang University
Alexander Katz
Alexander Katz University of California, Berkeley
Masaya Sawamura
Masaya Sawamura Hokkaido University
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
Masanobu Hidai
Masanobu Hidai University of Tokyo
Jun-ya Hasegawa
Jun-ya Hasegawa Hokkaido University
Duward F. Shriver
Duward F. Shriver Northwestern University

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