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Chikara Ohtsuki

Chikara Ohtsuki

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Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
15795
World Ranking
6105
National Ranking
302

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Overview

Chikara Ohtsuki is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of engineering, materials science, and medicine. Their primary focus lies in biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and biomaterials, with significant work in orthodontics and oral surgery. The researcher's work addresses topics such as bone tissue engineering materials, dental materials and restorations, dental implant techniques and outcomes, connective tissue disorders, chemical synthesis and characterization, calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, and electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Incorporation of tetracarboxylate ions into octacalcium phosphate for the development of next-generation biofriendly materials (2021), Communications Chemistry
  • Hydroxyapatite Formation from Octacalcium Phosphate and Its Related Compounds: A Discussion of the Transformation Mechanism (2020), Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Thixotropic Hydrogels Composed of Self-Assembled Nanofibers of Double-Hydrophobic Elastin-Like Block Polypeptides (2021), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Selective adsorption of dyes on TiO2-modified hydroxyapatite photocatalysts morphologically controlled by solvothermal synthesis (2021), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Biological properties of self-assembled nanofibers of elastin-like block polypeptides for tissue-engineered vascular grafts: platelet inhibition, endothelial cell activation and smooth muscle cell maintenance (2022), Regenerative Biomaterials

Within their collaborative network, frequent co-authors include:

  • Jin Nakamura
  • Ayae Sugawara-Narutaki
  • Taishi Yokoi
  • Masakazu Kawashita
  • Yuko Matsukawa

Ohtsuki's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, demonstrating a consistent contribution to these journals:

  • Medical Devices & Sensors
  • Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
  • RSC Advances
  • Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies
  • Communications Chemistry

The scientist's research impact has been recognized with the award of Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 2012. Their investigations span multiple dimensions of material development and characterization with a clear emphasis on applications relevant to bone and dental tissue engineering. This comprehensive engagement with both fundamental and applied research areas situates their profile firmly within the advanced materials and biomedical engineering domains.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of apatite formation on CaOSiO2P2O5 glasses in a simulated body fluid

    Chikara Ohtsuki;Tadashi Kokubo;Takao Yamamuro

  • The role of hydrated silica, titania, and alumina in inducing apatite on implants.

    Panjian Li;C. Ohtsuki;T. Kokubo;K. Nakanishi

  • Apatite Formation Induced by Silica Gel in a Simulated Body Fluid

    Panjian Li;Chikara Ohtsuki;Tadashi Kokubo;Kazuki Nakanishi

  • Dependence of apatite formation on silica gel on its structure : effect of heat treatment

    Sung-Baek Cho;Kazuki Nakanishi;Tadashi Kokubo;Naohiro Soga

  • A Unified in Vitro Evaluation for Apatite-Forming Ability of Bioactive Glasses and Their Variants

    Anthony L. B. Maçon;Taek B. Kim;Esther M. Valliant;Kathryn Goetschius

  • A composite of hydroxyapatite with electrospun biodegradable nanofibers as a tissue engineering material.

    Yoshihiro Ito;Hirokazu Hasuda;Masanobu Kamitakahara;Chikara Ohtsuki

  • Chemical reaction of bioactive glass and glass-ceramics with a simulated body fluid

    T. Kokubo;H. Kushitani;C. Ohtsuki;S. Sakka

  • Apatite formation on the surface of ceravital‐type glass‐ceramic in the body

    C Ohtsuki;H Kushitani;T Kokubo;S Kotani

  • Apatite formation on three kinds of bioactive material at an early stage in vivo: A comparative study by transmission electron microscopy

    M. Neo;T. Nakamura;C. Ohtsuki;T. Kokubo

  • Review Paper: Behavior of Ceramic Biomaterials Derived from Tricalcium Phosphate in Physiological Condition:

    Masanobu Kamitakahara;Chikara Ohtsuki;Toshiki Miyazaki

  • A comparative study of ultrastructures of the interfaces between four kinds of surface-active ceramic and bone

    M. Neo;S. Kotani;T. Nakamura;T. Yamamuro

  • Bioactivity of titanium treated with hydrogen peroxide solutions containing metal chlorides

    Chikara Ohtsuki;Hirohisa Iida;Satoshi Hayakawa;Akiyoshi Osaka

  • Mechanism of bonelike apatite formation on bioactive tantalum metal in a simulated body fluid.

    Toshiki Miyazaki;Toshiki Miyazaki;Hyun-Min Kim;Tadashi Kokubo;Chikara Ohtsuki

  • Bone bonding mechanism of β‐tricalcium phosphate

    S. Kotani;Y. Fujita;T. Kitsugi;T. Nakamura

  • Compositional Dependence of Bioactivity of Glasses in the System CaO-SiO2-P2O5

    Chikara Ohtsuki;Tadashi Kokubo;Kazutaka Takatsuka;Takao Yamamuro

  • Activation of osteo-progenitor cells by a novel synthetic peptide derived from the bone morphogenetic protein-2 knuckle epitope

    Atsuhiro Saito;Yoshihisa Suzuki;Shin Ichi Ogata;Chikara Ohtsuki

  • Process of formation of bone-like apatite layer on silica gel

    P. Li;C. Ohtsuki;T. Kokubo;K. Nakanishi

  • Deposition of bone-like apatite on silk fiber in a solution that mimics extracellular fluid.

    Akari Takeuchi;Chikara Ohtsuki;Toshiki Miyazaki;Hiromi Tanaka

  • Differences in ceramic–bone interface between surface‐active ceramics and resorbable ceramics: A study by scanning and transmission electron microscopy

    M. Neo;S. Kotani;Y. Fujita;T. Nakamura

  • Bioactive ceramic-based materials with designed reactivity for bone tissue regeneration

    Chikara Ohtsuki;Masanobu Kamitakahara;Toshiki Miyazaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Masao Tanihara
Masao Tanihara Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Akiyoshi Osaka
Akiyoshi Osaka Okayama University
Tadashi Kokubo
Tadashi Kokubo Chubu University
Takashi Nakamura
Takashi Nakamura Kyoto University
David Wood
David Wood University of Leeds
Kazuki Nakanishi
Kazuki Nakanishi Nagoya University
Hyun-Min Kim
Hyun-Min Kim Yonsei University
José D. Santos
José D. Santos University of Porto
Naohiro Soga
Naohiro Soga Kyoto University
William Bonfield
William Bonfield University of Cambridge

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