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Eiichi Nakamura

Eiichi Nakamura

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
48600
World Ranking
597
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2014 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eiichi Nakamura is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Engineering. Their work encompasses a significant number of publications within these disciplines, including a concentration on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Nakamura's research has frequently appeared in notable scientific journals and publication venues. The most common venues for their work include the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Cambridge Structural Database, the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, and Science.

The scientist's research topics focus on several specialized areas such as:

  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds

Among recent publications by Eiichi Nakamura are:

  • "A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high voltage and safe operation," 2020, Nature Energy
  • "Capturing the Moment of Emergence of Crystal Nucleus from Disorder," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Axially Chiral Spiro-Conjugated Carbon-Bridged p-Phenylenevinylene Congeners: Synthetic Design and Materials Properties," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Alternating Heterochiral Supramolecular Copolymerization," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Rational Electrolyte Design to Form Inorganic-Polymeric Interphase on Silicon-Based Anodes," 2021, ACS Energy Letters

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nakamura include Takayuki Nakamuro, Rui Shang, Koji Harano, Keitaro Yamashita, and Haruaki Yanagisawa, each contributing multiple joint publications.

Eiichi Nakamura has received several awards and honors during their career, including the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2014, designation as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Iron-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation.

    Rui Shang;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Functionalized fullerenes in water. The first 10 years of their chemistry, biology, and nanoscience

    Eiichi Nakamura;Hiroyuki Isobe

  • Photoinduced biochemical activity of fullerene carboxylic acid

    Hidetoshi Tokuyama;Shigeru Yamago;Eiichi Nakamura;Takashi Shiraki

  • Columnar Structure in Bulk Heterojunction in Solution-Processable Three-Layered p-i-n Organic Photovoltaic Devices Using Tetrabenzoporphyrin Precursor and Silylmethyl[60]fullerene

    Yutaka Matsuo;Yoshiharu Sato;Takaaki Niinomi;Iwao Soga

  • Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling of primary and secondary alkyl halides with aryl grignard reagents.

    Masaharu Nakamura;Keiko Matsuo;Shingo Ito;Eiichi Nakamura

  • In vivo biological behavior of a water-miscible fullerene: 14C labeling, absorption, distribution, excretion and acute toxicity

    Shigeru Yamago;Hidetoshi Tokuyama;Eiichi Nakamura;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Low-valent iron-catalyzed C-C bond formation-addition, substitution, and C-H bond activation.

    Eiichi Nakamura;Naohiko Yoshikai

  • Spherical bilayer vesicles of fullerene-based surfactants in water: a laser light scattering study

    Shuiqin Zhou;Christian Burger;Benjamin Chu;Masaya Sawamura

  • Mechanism of C-H bond activation/C-C bond formation reaction between diazo compound and alkane catalyzed by dirhodium tetracarboxylate

    Eiichi Nakamura;Naohiko Yoshikai;Masahiro Yamanaka

  • Stacking of conical molecules with a fullerene apex into polar columns in crystals and liquid crystals

    Masaya Sawamura;Kenji Kawai;Yutaka Matsuo;Kiyoshi Kanie

  • Iron-catalyzed direct arylation through directed C-H bond activation.

    Jakob Norinder;Arimasa Matsumoto;Naohiko Yoshikai;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Organocopper(I) Reactions

    Naohiko Yoshikai;Eiichi Nakamura

  • A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high voltage and safe operation

    Qifeng Zheng;Yuki Yamada;Yuki Yamada;Rui Shang;Seongjae Ko

  • Wherefore Art Thou Copper? Structures and Reaction Mechanisms of Organocuprate Clusters in Organic Chemistry.

    Eiichi Nakamura;Seiji Mori

  • Selective multiaddition of organocopper reagents to fullerenes.

    Yutaka Matsuo;Eiichi Nakamura

  • THE FIRST PENTAHAPTOFULLERENE METAL COMPLEXES

    Masaya Sawamura;Hitoshi Iikura;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Fullerene–Oligonucleotide Conjugates: Photoinduced Sequence‐Specific DNA Cleavage

    Alexandre S. Boutorine;Masashi Takasugi;Claude Hélène;Hidetoshi Tokuyama

  • Air-Stable and Solution-Processable Perovskite Photodetectors for Solar-Blind UV and Visible Light.

    Yunlong Guo;Chao Liu;Hideyuki Tanaka;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Hydroxyphosphine Ligand for Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling through Nickel/Magnesium Bimetallic Cooperation

    Naohiko Yoshikai;Hirokazu Matsuda;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed ortho-Alkylation of Secondary Benzamide with Alkyl Chloride through Directed C−H Bond Activation

    Quan Chen;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Matsuo
Yutaka Matsuo University of Tokyo
Masaharu Nakamura
Masaharu Nakamura Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Isobe
Hiroyuki Isobe University of Tokyo
Isao Kuwajima
Isao Kuwajima Kitasato University
Naohiko Yoshikai
Naohiko Yoshikai Tohoku University
Shigeru Yamago
Shigeru Yamago Kyoto University
Masaya Sawamura
Masaya Sawamura Hokkaido University
Hidetoshi Tokuyama
Hidetoshi Tokuyama Tohoku University
Rui Shang
Rui Shang University of Tokyo

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