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Atsushi Nakajima

Atsushi Nakajima

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Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
9715
World Ranking
10392
National Ranking
753

Overview

Atsushi Nakajima is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's publication record includes a significant number of studies in areas such as nanocluster synthesis and applications, molecular junctions and nanostructures, graphene research and applications, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, catalytic processes in materials science, and boron and carbon nanomaterials research.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Confined Hot Electron Relaxation at the Molecular Heterointerface of the Size-Selected Plasmonic Noble Metal Nanocluster and Layered C60 (2021, ACS Nano)
  • Al13− and B@Al12− superatoms on a molecularly decorated substrate (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Enhanced oxygen reduction activity of size-selected platinum subnanocluster catalysts: Ptn (n = 3-9) (2022, Catalysis Science & Technology)
  • Visualization of Surface Plasmons Propagating at the Buried Organic/Metal Interface with Silver Nanocluster Sensitizers (2020, ACS Nano)
  • Bridging the gas and condensed phases for metal-atom encapsulating silicon- and germanium-cage superatoms: electrical properties of assembled superatoms (2023, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Masahiro Shibuta
  • Tomoya Inoue
  • Toshiaki Kamoshida
  • Toyoaki Eguchi
  • Naoyuki Hirata

Their publications appear most frequently in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Atsushi Nakajima's body of work is characterized by interdisciplinary approaches within materials science and engineering, emphasizing chemical synthesis, nanomaterials, and applications relevant to catalysis and electronic properties.

Best Publications

  • Selective formation of MSi16 (M = Sc, Ti, and V).

    Kiichirou Koyasu;Minoru Akutsu;Masaaki Mitsui;Atsushi Nakajima

  • A Novel Network Structure of Organometallic Clusters in the Gas Phase

    Atsushi Nakajima;Koji Kaya

  • Geometric and electronic structures of metal (M)-doped silicon clusters (M=Ti, Hf, Mo and W)

    Michiaki Ohara;Kiichirou Koyasu;Atsushi Nakajima;Koji Kaya

  • Ferromagnetism in one-dimensional vanadium-benzene sandwich clusters

    Ken Miyajima;Atsushi Nakajima;Satoshi Yabushita;Mark B. Knickelbein

  • Electronic and Geometric Stabilities of Clusters with Transition Metal Encapsulated by Silicon

    Kiichirou Koyasu;Junko Atobe;Minoru Akutsu;Masaaki Mitsui

  • Structures and Ionization Energies of Sandwich Clusters (Vn(benzene)m)

    Kuniyoshi Hoshino;Tsuyoshi Kurikawa;Hiroaki Takeda;Atsushi Nakajima

  • Anion photoelectron spectroscopy of transition metal- and lanthanide metal-silicon clusters: MSin− (n=6–20)

    Kiichirou Koyasu;Junko Atobe;Shunsuke Furuse;Atsushi Nakajima

  • Stern-Gerlach experiments of one-dimensional metal-benzene sandwich clusters: Mn(C6H6)m (M = Al, Sc, Ti, and V).

    Ken Miyajima;Satoshi Yabushita;Mark B. Knickelbein;Atsushi Nakajima

  • Ionization potentials of aluminum–sodium bimetallic clusters (AlnNam)

    Atsushi Nakajima;Kuniyoshi Hoshino;Takashi Naganuma;Yasutomo Sone

  • Geometric and Electronic Structures of Terbium−Silicon Mixed Clusters (TbSin; 6 ≤ n ≤ 16)

    M. Ohara;K. Miyajima;A. Pramann;A. Nakajima

  • Multiple-Decker Sandwich Poly-Ferrocene Clusters

    Satoshi Nagao;and Akiko Kato;Atsushi Nakajima;Koji Kaya

  • Anion photoelectron spectroscopy of germanium and tin clusters containing a transition- or lanthanide-metal atom; MGen- (n = 8-20) and MSnn- (n = 15-17) (M = Sc-V, Y-Nb, and Lu-Ta)

    Junko Atobe;Kiichirou Koyasu;Shunsuke Furuse;Atsushi Nakajima

  • Experimental and theoretical characterization of MSi16(-), MGe16(-), MSn16(-), and MPb16(-) (M = Ti, Zr, and Hf): the role of cage aromaticity.

    Shunsuke Furuse;Kiichirou Koyasu;Junko Atobe;Atsushi Nakajima

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of (C6F6)−n and (Au-C6F6)− clusters

    Atsushi Nakajima;T. Taguwa;K. Hoshino;T. Sugioka

  • Experimental and theoretical characterization of aluminum-based binary superatoms of AL12X and their cluster salts.

    Minoru Akutsu;Kiichirou Koyasu;Junko Atobe;Natsuki Hosoya

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of gold-silver binary cluster anions (AunAgm-; 2 ≤ n + m ≤ 4)

    Yuichi Negishi;Yoshiaki Nakamura;Atsushi Nakajima;Koji Kaya

  • High-Resolution Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectra of 7-Azaindole−Water Complexes and 7-Azaindole Dimer

    A. Nakajima;M. Hirano;R. Hasumi;K. Kaya

  • Soft-landing isolation of vanadium-benzene sandwich clusters on a room-temperature substrate using n-alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayer matrixes.

    Masaaki Mitsui;Shuhei Nagaoka;Takeshi Matsumoto;Atsushi Nakajima

  • Geometric and electronic structures of silicon–sodium binary clusters. I. Ionization energy of SinNam

    Reiko Kishi;Suehiro Iwata;Atsushi Nakajima;Koji Kaya

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of palladium-doped gold cluster anions; AunPd− (n=1–4)

    Kiichirou Koyasu;Masaaki Mitsui;Atsushi Nakajima;Koji Kaya

  • A NOVEL NETWORK STRUCTURE OF ORGANOMETALLIC CLUSTERS IN GAS PHASE

    K. Kaya;S. Nagao;Y. Negishi;K. Judai

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Kaya
Koji Kaya National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Yuichi Negishi
Yuichi Negishi Tokyo University of Science
Suehiro Iwata
Suehiro Iwata Keio University
Norihiro Tokitoh
Norihiro Tokitoh Kyoto University
Terry A. Miller
Terry A. Miller The Ohio State University
Jin Zhao
Jin Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Hirokazu Tada
Hirokazu Tada Osaka University
Tamotsu Kondow
Tamotsu Kondow University of Tokyo
Yasuaki Einaga
Yasuaki Einaga Keio University
Benoit Simard
Benoit Simard National Research Council Canada

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