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Hideaki Shirota

Hideaki Shirota

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
6006
World Ranking
16214
National Ranking
1276

Overview

Hideaki Shirota is a researcher affiliated with Chiba University in Japan specializing in chemical engineering and chemistry. Their research primarily focuses on the properties and applications of ionic liquids, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and thermodynamic properties of mixtures. Their work also covers electrochemical analysis, photochemistry, electron transfer studies, and solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography.

The specific areas of expertise for Hideaki Shirota include:

  • Catalysis
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Electrochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

They have contributed to research on ionic liquids and their behavior under various conditions using advanced spectroscopic techniques, often combined with molecular dynamics simulations. A selection of recent peer-reviewed papers authored or co-authored by Hideaki Shirota includes:

  • Ultrafast Dynamics in Nonaromatic Cation Based Ionic Liquids: A Femtosecond Raman-Induced Kerr Effect Spectroscopic Study (2020, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan)
  • Low-frequency spectra of reline and its mixtures with water: A comparative study based on femtosecond Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations (2022, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry)
  • Facile preparation of deep eutectic solvents having high electrical conductivities (2023, Journal of Molecular Liquids)

While the recent papers reflect a focus on spectroscopy and liquid properties, Hideaki Shirota's broader body of work also includes research published predominantly in notable venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Analytical Sciences
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry

Hideaki Shirota frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Maharoof Koyakkat
  • Masatoshi Ando
  • Katsuhiko Moriyama
  • Shohei Kakinuma
  • Masako Shimizu

This combination of interdisciplinary focus in chemical engineering and chemistry, together with collaboration across molecular spectroscopy and ionic liquids research, characterizes the scope of Hideaki Shirota's contributions to their field.

Best Publications

  • Comparison between Dicationic and Monocationic Ionic Liquids: Liquid Density, Thermal Properties, Surface Tension, and Shear Viscosity

    Hideaki Shirota;Toshihiko Mandai;Hiroki Fukazawa;Tatsuya Kato

  • Intermolecular dynamics, interactions, and solvation in ionic liquids.

    Edward W. Castner;James F. Wishart;Hideaki Shirota

  • Ultrafast structural rearrangements in the MLCT excited state for copper(I) bis-phenanthrolines in solution.

    George B. Shaw;George B. Shaw;Christian D. Grant;Christian D. Grant;Hideaki Shirota;Edward W. Castner

  • Why are viscosities lower for ionic liquids with -CH2Si(CH3)3 vs -CH2C(CH3)3 substitutions on the imidazolium cations?

    Hideaki Shirota;Edward W. Castner

  • Ultrafast dynamics of pyrrolidinium cation ionic liquids

    Hideaki Shirota;Alison M. Funston;Alison M. Funston;James F. Wishart;Edward W. Castner

  • How does the ionic liquid organizational landscape change when nonpolar cationic alkyl groups are replaced by polar isoelectronic diethers

    Hemant K. Kashyap;Cherry S. Santos;Ryan P. Daly;Jeevapani J. Hettige

  • Physical properties and intermolecular dynamics of an ionic liquid compared with its isoelectronic neutral binary solution.

    Hideaki Shirota;Edward W. Castner

  • SUBSTITUENT EFFECT AND DEUTERIUM ISOTOPE EFFECT OF ULTRAFAST INTERMOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER : COUMARIN IN ELECTRON-DONATING SOLVENT

    Hideaki Shirota;Haridas Pal;Keisuke Tominaga;Keitaro Yoshihara

  • Heavy atom substitution effects in non-aromatic ionic liquids: ultrafast dynamics and physical properties.

    Hideaki Shirota;Hiroki Fukazawa;Tomotsumi Fujisawa;James F. Wishart

  • Intermolecular interactions and dynamics of room temperature ionic liquids that have silyl-and siloxy-substituted imidazolium cations

    Hideaki Shirota;James F. Wishart;Edward W. Castner

  • Comparing intermediate range order for alkyl- vs. Ether-substituted cations in ionic liquids

    Alessandro Triolo;Olga Russina;Ruggero Caminiti;Hideaki Shirota

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance study of the dynamics of imidazolium ionic liquids with -CH2Si(CH3)3 vs -CH2C(CH3)3 substituents.

    Song H. Chung;Richard Lopato;Steven G. Greenbaum;Hideaki Shirota

  • Aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide solutions: Inter- and intra-molecular dynamics

    Piotr P. Wiewiór;Hideaki Shirota;Edward W. Castner

  • Ultrafast Dynamics in Aprotic Molecular Liquids: A Femtosecond Raman-Induced Kerr Effect Spectroscopic Study

    Hideaki Shirota;Tomotsumi Fujisawa;Hiroki Fukazawa;Keiko Nishikawa

  • Microscopic study of ionic liquid-H2O systems: alkyl-group dependence of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cation.

    Takashi Masaki;Keiko Nishikawa;Hideaki Shirota

  • Deuterium Isotope Effect on the Solvation Dynamics of Methanol: CH3OH, CH3OD, CD3OH, and CD3OD

    Hideaki Shirota;Haridas Pal;Keisuke Tominaga,†,‡ and;Keitaro Yoshihara

  • Solvation dynamics of formamide and N,N-dimethylformamide in aerosol OT reverse micelles.

    Hideaki Shirota;Hiroshi Segawa

  • Dynamic Fluorescence Probing of the Microenvironment of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Micelle Solutions: Surfactant Concentration Dependence and Solvent Isotope Effect

    Hideaki Shirota;Yushi Tamoto;Hiroshi Segawa

  • Solvation dynamics in aqueous anionic and cationic micelle solutions: sodium alkyl sulfate and alkyltrimethylammonium bromide.

    Yushi Tamoto;Hiroshi Segawa;Hideaki Shirota

  • Dynamic Fluorescence Probing of the Local Environments within Amphiphilic Starlike Macromolecules

    Lotti Frauchiger;Hideaki Shirota;Kathryn E. Uhrich;Edward W. Castner

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward W. Castner
Edward W. Castner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James F. Wishart
James F. Wishart Brookhaven National Laboratory
Keitaro Yoshihara
Keitaro Yoshihara Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kazuyuki Horie
Kazuyuki Horie University of Tokyo
Haridas Pal
Haridas Pal Homi Bhabha National Institute
Keiko Nishikawa
Keiko Nishikawa Chiba University
Hiroshi Segawa
Hiroshi Segawa University of Tokyo
Stephen R. Meech
Stephen R. Meech University of East Anglia
Marian Paluch
Marian Paluch University of Silesia
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University

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