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Overview

Hamao Umezawa was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research focused predominantly on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. Their work extended into biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist's main areas of study included semiconductor materials and devices, diamond and carbon-based materials research, and Ga2O3 and related materials. Other notable topics involved advanced surface polishing techniques, electronic and structural properties of oxides, integrated circuits and semiconductor failure analysis, and ZnO doping and properties.

Umezawa's academic output featured several recent papers across multiple venues, showcasing a concentration on semiconductor and materials research. These papers included:

  • "Ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors: An overview," 2021, published in Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  • "Low-temperature direct bonding of β-Ga2O3 and diamond substrates under atmospheric conditions," 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • "Diamond/β-Ga2O3 pn heterojunction diodes fabricated by low-temperature direct-bonding," 2021, AIP Advances
  • "Ultrahigh conversion efficiency of betavoltaic cell using diamond pn junction," 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • "Low-temperature direct bonding of diamond (100) substrate on Si wafer under atmospheric conditions," 2020, Scripta Materialia

Umezawa frequently published in venues such as Diamond and Related Materials, Applied Physics Letters, SSRN Electronic Journal, Sensors and Materials, and Scientific Reports.

  • Diamond and Related Materials
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sensors and Materials
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Takashi Matsumae, Yuichi Kurashima, Hideki Takagi, Shinya Ohmagari, and Junichi H. Kaneko, with individual collaboration counts ranging from 9 to 12 publications.

  • Takashi Matsumae
  • Yuichi Kurashima
  • Hideki Takagi
  • Shinya Ohmagari
  • Junichi H. Kaneko

Best Publications

  • BESTATIN, AN INHIBITOR OF AMINOPEPTIDASE B, PRODUCED BY ACTINOMYCETES

    Hamao Umezawa;Takaaki Aoyagi;Hiroyuki Suda;Masa Hamada

  • PEPSTATIN, A NEW PEPSIN INHIBITOR PRODUCED BY AGTINOMYGETES

    Hamao Umezawa;Takaaki Aoyagi;Hazime Morishima;Meiki Matsuzaki

  • Structures and activities of protease inhibitors of microbial origin.

    Unknown

  • Leupeptins, new protease inhibitors from Actinomycetes.

    Takaaki Aoyagi;Tomio Takeuchi;Akinori Matsuzaki;Kenji Kawamura

  • Formation and reversion of Streptomycete protoplasts: cultural condition and morphological study.

    Unknown

  • Studies on a new epidermal growth factor-receptor kinase inhibitor, erbstatin, produced by MH435-hF3.

    Hamao Umezawa;Masaya Imoto;Tsutomu Sawa;Kunio Isshiki

  • Biological activities of leupeptins.

    Takaaki Aoyagi;Setsuko Miyata;Masako Nanbo;Fukiko Kojima

  • Amastatin, an inhibitor of aminopeptidase A, produced by actinomycetes

    Takaaki Aoyagi;Hiroyasu Tobe;Fukiko Kojima;Masa Hamada

  • New antitumor antibiotics aclacinomycins A and B.

    Toshikazu Oki;Yasue Matsuzawa;Akihiro Yoshimoto;Kenji Numata

  • A new antitumor antibiotic, spergualin: isolation and antitumor activity.

    Tomio Takeuchi;Hironobu Iinuma;Setsuko Kunimoto;Toru Masuda

  • Inhibition of aminopeptidase B and leucine aminopeptidase by bestatin and its stereoisomer

    Hiroyuki Suda;Takaaki Aoyagi;Tomio Takeuchi;Hamao Umezawa

  • Tetrahydropyranyl Derivatives of Daunomycin and Adriamycin

    Hamao Umezawa;Yoshikazu Takahashi;Mitsuhiro Kinoshita;Hiroshi Naganawa

  • Studies on bleomycin.

    H Umezawa;M Ishizuka;K Maeda;T Takeuchi

  • A THERMOLYSIN INHIBITOR PRODUCED BY ACTINOMYCETES: PHOSPHORAMIDON

    Hiroyuki Suda;Takaaki Aoyagi;Tomio Takeuchi;Hamao Umezawa

  • Diprotins A and B, inhibitors of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV, produced by bacteria.

    Hamao Umezawa;Takaaki Aoyagi;Keiji Ogawa;Hiroshi Naganawa

  • Purification of bleomycins.

    H Umezawa;Y Suhara;T Takita;K Maeda

  • Production and isolation of a new antibiotic: kanamycin.

    H Umezawa;M Ueda;K Maeda;K Yagishita

  • STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF ANTITUMOR EFFECT OF BLEOMYCIN ON SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

    Hamao Umezawa;Tomio Takeuchi;Senji Hori;Tsutomu Sawa

  • Chemistry of bleomycin. XX. The X-ray structure determination of P-3A Cu(II)-complex a biosynthetic intermediate of bleomycin.

    Yoichi Iitaka;Hikaru Nakamura;Tokuji Nakatani;Yasuhiko Muraoka

  • Effect of pepstatin on acid proteases

    Takaaki Aoyagi;Setsuko Kunimoto;Hajime Morishjma;Tomio Takeuchi

  • Screening of agents which convert 'transformed morphology' of Rous sarcoma virus-infected rat kidney cells to 'normal morphology': identification of an active agent as herbimycin and its inhibition of intracellular src kinase.

    Yoshimasa Uehara;Makoto Hori;Tomio Takeuchi;Hamao Umezawa

  • Chemistry of bleomycin. XIX Revised structures of bleomycin and phleomycin.

    Tomohisa Takita;Yasuhiko Muraoka;Tokuji Nakatani;Akio Fujii

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomio Takeuchi
Tomio Takeuchi Keio University
Hiroshi Naganawa
Hiroshi Naganawa Keio University
Masa Hamada
Masa Hamada Keio University
Yoichi Iitaka
Yoichi Iitaka University of Tokyo
Masaji Ohno
Masaji Ohno University of Tokyo
Toshikazu Oki
Toshikazu Oki Toyama Prefectural University
Toshiharu Nagatsu
Toshiharu Nagatsu Fujita Health University
Yukio Sugiura
Yukio Sugiura Kyoto University
Toshihiro Hashimoto
Toshihiro Hashimoto Tokushima Bunri University
Nobuo Tanaka
Nobuo Tanaka Kyoto Institute of Technology

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