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Hiroaki Misawa

Hiroaki Misawa

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Materials Science
Japan
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
84
Citations
24698
World Ranking
2268
National Ranking
93

Physics

D-Index
84
Citations
24435
World Ranking
2688
National Ranking
78

Hiroaki Misawa 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 Hiroaki Misawa sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 571 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroaki Misawa 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 Hiroaki Misawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hiroaki Misawa is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. Their extensive research career spans multiple fields, primarily focused on materials science and engineering.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Their work delves into various subfields such as:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Key research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

The scientist has published frequently in journals such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Nano Letters
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Nano
  • Nanoscale

Frequent collaborators include Xu Shi, Tomoya Oshikiri, Quan Sun, Kosei Ueno, and Vasudevanpillai Biju.

Representative recent publications are:

  • Varifocal Metalens for Optical Sectioning Fluorescence Microscopy, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Emerging materials for plasmon-assisted photoelectrochemical water splitting, 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews
  • Correlation between Near-Field Enhancement and Dephasing Time in Plasmonic Dimers, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Ultrafast Electron Cooling and Decay in Monolayer WS2 Revealed by Time- and Energy-Resolved Photoemission Electron Microscopy, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Metasurface-Based Abrupt Autofocusing Beam for Biomedical Applications, 2022, Small Methods

Best Publications

  • Femtosecond laser-assisted three-dimensional microfabrication in silica.

    Andrius Marcinkevičius;Saulius Juodkazis;Mitsuru Watanabe;Masafumi Miwa

  • Three-dimensional photonic crystal structures achieved with two-photon-absorption photopolymerization of resin

    Hong Bo Sun;Shigeki Matsuo;Hiroaki Misawa

  • Laser-induced microexplosion confined in the bulk of a sapphire crystal: evidence of multimegabar pressures

    S. Juodkazis;K. Nishimura;S. Tanaka;H. Misawa

  • Plasmon-Assisted Photocurrent Generation from Visible to Near-Infrared Wavelength Using a Au-Nanorods/TiO2 Electrode

    Yoshiaki Nishijima;Kosei Ueno;Yukie Yokota;Kei Murakoshi

  • Laser-matter interaction in the bulk of a transparent solid: confined microexplosion and void formation

    Eugene G. Gamaly;Saulius Juodkazis;Koichi Nishimura;Hiroaki Misawa

  • Femtosecond laser interference technique with diffractive beam splitter for fabrication of three-dimensional photonic crystals

    Toshiaki Kondo;Shigeki Matsuo;Saulius Juodkazis;Hiroaki Misawa

  • Pattern formation and flow control of fine particles by laser-scanning micromanipulation

    Keiji Sasaki;Masanori Koshioka;Hiroaki Misawa;Noboru Kitamura

  • Reversible phase transitions in polymer gels induced by radiation forces

    Saulius Juodkazis;Naoki Mukai;Ryosuke Wakaki;Akira Yamaguchi

  • Two-photon lithography of nanorods in SU-8 photoresist

    Saulius Juodkazis;Vygantas Mizeikis;Kock Khuen Seet;Masafumi Miwa

  • Nanoparticle plasmon-assisted two-photon polymerization induced by incoherent excitation source.

    Kosei Ueno;Saulius Juodkazis;Toshiyuki Shibuya;Yukie Yokota

  • Selective Dinitrogen Conversion to Ammonia Using Water and Visible Light through Plasmon‐induced Charge Separation

    Tomoya Oshikiri;Kosei Ueno;Hiroaki Misawa;Hiroaki Misawa

  • Three‐Dimensional Spiral‐Architecture Photonic Crystals Obtained By Direct Laser Writing

    Kock Khuen Seet;Vygantas Mizeikis;Shigeki Matsuo;Saulius Juodkazis

  • Optical trapping of a metal particle and a water droplet by a scanning laser beam

    Keiji Sasaki;Masanori Koshioka;Hiroaki Misawa;Noboru Kitamura

  • Enhanced water splitting under modal strong coupling conditions

    Xu Shi;Kosei Ueno;Tomoya Oshikiri;Quan Sun

  • Arbitrary-lattice photonic crystals created by multiphoton microfabrication

    Hong Bo Sun;Ying Xu;Saulius Juodkazis;Kai Sun

  • A heater-integrated transparent microchannel chip for continuous-flow PCR

    Kai Sun;Akira Yamaguchi;Yutaka Ishida;Shigeki Matsuo

  • Optical vortices from liquid crystal droplets.

    Etienne Brasselet;Naoki Murazawa;Hiroaki Misawa;Saulius Juodkazis

  • Plasmon‐Induced Ammonia Synthesis through Nitrogen Photofixation with Visible Light Irradiation

    Tomoya Oshikiri;Kosei Ueno;Hiroaki Misawa

  • Three‐dimensional optical trapping and laser ablation of a single polymer latex particle in water

    Hiroaki Misawa;Masanori Koshioka;Keiji Sasaki;Noboru Kitamura

  • Real three-dimensional microstructures fabricated by photopolymerization of resins through two-photon absorption

    Hong-Bo Sun;Takeshi Kawakami;Ying Xu;Jia-Yu Ye

Frequent Co-Authors

Saulius Juodkazis
Saulius Juodkazis Swinburne University of Technology
Shigeki Matsuo
Shigeki Matsuo Shibaura Institute of Technology
Kosei Ueno
Kosei Ueno Hokkaido University
Hiroshi Masuhara
Hiroshi Masuhara National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Noboru Kitamura
Noboru Kitamura Hokkaido University
Hong-Bo Sun
Hong-Bo Sun Tsinghua University
Andrei Rode
Andrei Rode Australian National University
Keiji Sasaki
Keiji Sasaki Hokkaido University
Barry Luther-Davies
Barry Luther-Davies Australian National University
Kenji Kitamura
Kenji Kitamura National Institute for Materials Science

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