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Don N. Futaba 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 Don N. Futaba sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 185 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Don N. Futaba 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 Don N. Futaba sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Don N. Futaba is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering as subfields of study.

The main topics of Futaba's work include:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications

Futaba has a significant publication record with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Structural Design and Fabrication of Multifunctional Nanocarbon Materials for Extreme Environmental Applications," 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Semiconductor nanochannels in metallic carbon nanotubes by thermomechanical chirality alteration," 2021, Science
  • "Through-Silicon-Via Interposers with Cu-Level Electrical Conductivity and Si-Level Thermal Expansion Based on Carbon Nanotube-Cu Composites for Microelectronic Packaging Applications," 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • "Enhanced activity for reduction of 4-nitrophenol of Ni/single-walled carbon nanotube prepared by super-growth method," 2021, Nanotechnology
  • "Influence of Carbon Nanotube Attributes on Carbon Nanotube/Cu Composite Electrical Performances," 2021, C - Journal of Carbon Research

Frequently publishing in journals such as:

  • Carbon
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Nano
  • Nanomaterials

Futaba often collaborates with recurring co-authors including Guohai Chen, Kenji Hata, Takashi Tsuji, Shunsuke Sakurai, and Kazufumi Kobashi, indicating a pattern of sustained collaborative research efforts.

Their expertise spans across various engineering fields, including biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, in addition to their primary focus on materials chemistry.

Best Publications

  • A stretchable carbon nanotube strain sensor for human-motion detection

    Takeo Yamada;Yuhei Hayamizu;Yuki Yamamoto;Yoshiki Yomogida

  • Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Impurity-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Kenji Hata;Don N. Futaba;Kohei Mizuno;Tatsunori Namai

  • Shape-engineerable and highly densely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes and their application as super-capacitor electrodes

    Don N. Futaba;Kenji Hata;Takeo Yamada;Tatsuki Hiraoka

  • A black body absorber from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Kohei Mizuno;Juntaro Ishii;Hideo Kishida;Yuhei Hayamizu

  • Extracting the full potential of single-walled carbon nanotubes as durable supercapacitor electrodes operable at 4 V with high power and energy density.

    Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Satoshi Yasuda;Kazufumi Kobashi;Takeo Yamada

  • One hundred fold increase in current carrying capacity in a carbon nanotube–copper composite

    Chandramouli Subramaniam;Takeo Yamada;Kazufumi Kobashi;Atsuko Sekiguchi

  • Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications

    Rahul Rao;Cary L. Pint;Ahmad E. Islam;Robert S. Weatherup

  • Size-selective growth of double-walled carbon nanotube forests from engineered iron catalysts.

    Takeo Yamada;Tatsunori Namai;Kenji Hata;Don N. Futaba

  • Kinetics of water-assisted single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis revealed by a time-evolution analysis.

    Don N. Futaba;Kenji Hata;Takeo Yamada;Kohei Mizuno

  • Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature-Invariant Viscoelasticity from –196° to 1000°C

    Ming Xu;Don N. Futaba;Takeo Yamada;Motoo Yumura

  • Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers

    Yuhei Hayamizu;Takeo Yamada;Kohei Mizuno;Robert C Davis

  • 84% catalyst activity of water-assisted growth of single walled carbon nanotube forest characterization by a statistical and macroscopic approach.

    Don N Futaba;Kenji Hata;Tatsunori Namai;Takeo Yamada

  • High-Power Supercapacitor Electrodes from Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorn/Nanotube Composite

    Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Takeo Yamada;Don. N. Futaba;Masako Yudasaka

  • ALIGNED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE BULK STRUCTURE AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD

    Hata Kenji;Iijima Sumio;Yumura Morio;Futaba Don N

  • Highly Conductive Sheets from Millimeter-Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Ionic Liquids: Application to Fast-Moving, Low-Voltage Electromechanical Actuators Operable in Air

    Ken Mukai;Kinji Asaka;Takushi Sugino;Kenji Kiyohara

  • Revealing the secret of water-assisted carbon nanotube synthesis by microscopic observation of the interaction of water on the catalysts.

    Takeo Yamada;Alan Maigne;Masako Yudasaka;Kouhei Mizuno

  • Synthesis of single- and double-walled carbon nanotube forests on conducting metal foils.

    Tatsuki Hiraoka;Takeo Yamada;Kenji Hata;Don N Futaba

  • Compact and Light Supercapacitor Electrodes from a Surface-Only Solid by Opened Carbon Nanotubes with 2 200 m2 g-1 Surface Area

    Tatsuki Hiraoka;Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Takeo Yamada;Don N. Futaba

  • Exploring Advantages of Diverse Carbon Nanotube Forests with Tailored Structures Synthesized by Supergrowth from Engineered Catalysts

    Bin Zhao;Don N. Futaba;Satoshi Yasuda;Megumi Akoshima

  • Alignment control of carbon nanotube forest from random to nearly perfectly aligned by utilizing the crowding effect.

    Ming Xu;Don N Futaba;Motoo Yumura;Kenji Hata

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Hata
Kenji Hata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Motoo Yumura
Motoo Yumura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Takeo Yamada
Takeo Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Sumio Iijima
Sumio Iijima Meijo University
Masako Yudasaka
Masako Yudasaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Toshiya Okazaki
Toshiya Okazaki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Wei-Hung Chiang
Wei-Hung Chiang National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Osamu Takeuchi
Osamu Takeuchi Kyoto University
W. Wade Adams
W. Wade Adams Rice University
Benoit Simard
Benoit Simard National Research Council Canada

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