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Hidekazu Shimotani

Hidekazu Shimotani

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
41
Citations
10444
World Ranking
12648
National Ranking
798

Hidekazu Shimotani 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 Hidekazu Shimotani sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 151 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hidekazu Shimotani 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 Hidekazu Shimotani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hidekazu Shimotani is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their research encompasses the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Bioengineering.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Nonlinear Optical Materials Research

Their recent papers illustrate detailed investigations into optoelectronic and photophysical properties of organic materials and crystals, including distributed feedback lasing characteristics and surface structure modulation under electrochemical conditions. Notable publications include:

  • "Optoelectronic characteristics of furan substituted thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer single crystals for organic lasing," 2024, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "Structural, Photophysical, and Distributed Feedback Lasing Characteristics of Furan-Substituted Thiophene/Phenylene Co-Oligomer Single Crystals," 2025, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Laser oscillation of an organic distributed-feedback laser at the edge of a mini stopband," 2021, Applied Physics Express
  • "Superior surface modification layer of poly(styrene) on SiO2 gate insulator in rubrene single crystal field-effect transistor," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Surface Structure Modulation of La0.6Sr0.4CoO3 Films on SrTiO3 (001) Substrate under Electrochemical Conditions," 2025, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Applied Physics Express
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Shimotani collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Thangavel Kanagasekaran
  • Yusuke Wakabayashi
  • Chaoyan Ma
  • Masahiro Terada
  • Tienan Jin

Best Publications

  • Electric-field-induced superconductivity in an insulator

    K. Ueno;S. Nakamura;H. Shimotani;A. Ohtomo

  • Control of carrier density by self-assembled monolayers in organic field-effect transistors

    S. Kobayashi;T. Nishikawa;T. Nishikawa;T. Takenobu;S. Mori

  • Liquid-gated interface superconductivity on an atomically flat film

    Justin Ye;S. Inoue;K. Kobayashi;Y. Kasahara

  • High‐Density Carrier Accumulation in ZnO Field‐Effect Transistors Gated by Electric Double Layers of Ionic Liquids

    Hongtao Yuan;Hidekazu Shimotani;Atsushi Tsukazaki;Akira Ohtomo

  • Zeeman-type spin splitting controlled by an electric field

    Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;Kazuhiro Morimoto;Sanfeng Wu

  • Electrically induced ferromagnetism at room temperature in cobalt-doped titanium dioxide.

    Y. Yamada;K. Ueno;K. Ueno;T. Fukumura;T. Fukumura;H. T. Yuan

  • Discovery of superconductivity in KTaO 3 by electrostatic carrier doping

    K. Ueno;S. Nakamura;H. Shimotani;H. T. Yuan

  • High-sensitivity photodetectors based on multilayer GaTe flakes

    Fucai Liu;Hidekazu Shimotani;Hui Shang;Thangavel Kanagasekaran

  • Accessing the transport properties of graphene and its multilayers at high carrier density

    Jianting Ye;Monica F. Craciun;Mikito Koshino;Saverio Russo

  • Electrostatic and Electrochemical Nature of Liquid-Gated Electric-Double-Layer Transistors Based on Oxide Semiconductors

    Hongtao Yuan;Hidekazu Shimotani;Jianting Ye;Sungjae Yoon

  • High Mobility and Luminescent Efficiency in Organic Single-Crystal Light-Emitting Transistors

    Satria Zulkarnaen Bisri;Taishi Takenobu;Taishi Takenobu;Yohei Yomogida;Hidekazu Shimotani

  • Tunable carbon nanotube thin-film transistors produced exclusively via inkjet printing

    Haruya Okimoto;Taishi Takenobu;Kazuhiro Yanagi;Yasumitsu Miyata

  • Electric-field-induced superconductivity at 9.4 K in a layered transition metal disulphide MoS2

    Kouji Taniguchi;Akiyo Matsumoto;Hidekazu Shimotani;Hidenori Takagi

  • Insulator-to-metal transition in ZnO by electric double layer gating

    Hidekazu Shimotani;Haruhiko Asanuma;Atsushi Tsukazaki;Akira Ohtomo

  • Hydrogenation-induced surface polarity recognition and proton memory behavior at protic-ionic-liquid/oxide electric-double-layer interfaces.

    Hongtao Yuan;Hidekazu Shimotani;Atsushi Tsukazaki;Akira Ohtomo

  • Field-Induced Superconductivity in Electric Double Layer Transistors

    Kazunori Ueno;Kazunori Ueno;Hidekazu Shimotani;Hongtao Yuan;Jianting Ye

  • Direct comparison of field-effect and electrochemical doping in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    Hidekazu Shimotani;Gildas Diguet;Yoshihiro Iwasa

  • Electrolyte-gated charge accumulation in organic single crystals

    Hidekazu Shimotani;Haruhiko Asanuma;Jun Takeya;Yoshihiro Iwasa

  • Tuning of the metal-insulator transition in electrolyte-gated NdNiO3 thin films

    S. Asanuma;P.-H. Xiang;H. Yamada;H. Sato

  • p-type field-effect transistor of NiO with electric double-layer gating

    Hidekazu Shimotani;Hirotaka Suzuki;Kazunori Ueno;Masashi Kawasaki

  • Quantum chemical study on the configurations of encapsulated metal ions and the molecular vibration modes in endohedral dimetallofullerene La2@C80.

    Hidekazu Shimotani;Takayoshi Ito;Yoshihiro Iwasa;Atsushi Taninaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiro Iwasa
Yoshihiro Iwasa University of Tokyo
Katsumi Tanigaki
Katsumi Tanigaki Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
Hongtao Yuan
Hongtao Yuan Nanjing University
Masashi Kawasaki
Masashi Kawasaki University of Tokyo
Taishi Takenobu
Taishi Takenobu Nagoya University
Yoshinori Yamamoto
Yoshinori Yamamoto Tohoku University
Hidenori Takagi
Hidenori Takagi Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Tienan Jin
Tienan Jin Tohoku University
Naoki Asao
Naoki Asao Shinshu University
Yuichi Ikuhara
Yuichi Ikuhara University of Tokyo

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