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Hiroko Tokoro is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and has a research focus centered on materials science, with particular expertise in materials chemistry and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. Their work also spans atomic and molecular physics and optics, inorganic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The primary fields of study they contribute to include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their research addresses key topics such as:

  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Magnetic properties of thin films

Hiroko Tokoro's recent publications demonstrate involvement in investigating properties of advanced materials, particularly those relating to magnetism and optical characteristics. Notable papers include:

  • "Optical Properties of Epsilon Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in the Millimeter- and Terahertz-Wave Regions," 2022, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Desolvation-Induced Highly Symmetrical Terbium(III) Single-Molecule Magnet Exhibiting Luminescent Self-Monitoring of Temperature," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "A photoswitchable polar crystal that exhibits superionic conduction," 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • "Magnetic-Pole Flip by Millimeter Wave," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Landau theory for non-symmetry-breaking electronic instability coupled to symmetry-breaking order parameter applied to Prussian blue analog," 2020, Physical Review B

Frequent coauthors in their scientific collaborations include Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Kenta Imoto, Marie Yoshikiyo, Asuka Namai, and Junhao Wang. This indicates ongoing participation in cooperative research efforts within their field.

Regular publication venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Light-induced spin-crossover magnet

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Kenta Imoto;Yoshihide Tsunobuchi;Shinjiro Takano

  • 90-degree optical switching of output second-harmonic light in chiral photomagnet

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Shinjiro Takano;Kenta Imoto;Marie Yoshikiyo

  • High proton conduction in a chiral ferromagnetic metal-organic quartz-like framework.

    Emilio Pardo;Emilio Pardo;Cyrille Train;Geoffrey Gontard;Kamal Boubekeur

  • Photoinduced magnetization in copper octacyanomolybdate.

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Hiroko Tokoro;Toshiya Hozumi;Yue Zhang

  • Synthesis of a metal oxide with a room-temperature photoreversible phase transition

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Yoshihide Tsunobuchi;Tomoyuki Matsuda;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Photomagnetism in Cyano-Bridged Bimetal Assemblies

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Hiroko Tokoro

  • Coexistence of Ferroelectricity and Ferromagnetism in a Rubidium Manganese Hexacyanoferrate

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Hiroko Tokoro;Tomoyuki Matsuda;Hitomi Takahashi

  • High Proton Conductivity in Prussian Blue Analogues and the Interference Effect by Magnetic Ordering

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Kosuke Nakagawa;Keisuke Tomono;Kenta Imoto

  • Hard magnetic ferrite with a gigantic coercivity and high frequency millimetre wave rotation

    Asuka Namai;Marie Yoshikiyo;Kana Yamada;Shunsuke Sakurai

  • Novel magnetic functionalities of Prussian blue analogs.

    Hiroko Tokoro;Shin-ichi Ohkoshi

  • One-shot-laser-pulse-induced demagnetization in rubidium manganese hexacyanoferrate

    Hiroko Tokoro;Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Temperature- and photo-induced phase transition in rubidium manganese hexacyanoferrate

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Hiroko Tokoro;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Electric-field-induced charge-transfer phase transition: a promising approach toward electrically switchable devices.

    Tarik Mahfoud;Gábor Molnár;Sébastien Bonhommeau;Saioa Cobo

  • Crystal Structure, Charge-Transfer-Induced Spin Transition, and Photoreversible Magnetism in a Cyano-Bridged Cobalt−Tungstate Bimetallic Assembly

    Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Yoshiho Hamada;Tomoyuki Matsuda;Yoshihide Tsunobuchi

  • Observation of spin transition in an octahedrally coordinated manganese(II) compound

    Shin Ichi Ohkoshi;Hiroko Tokoro;Masayoshi Utsunomiya;Mikihisa Mizuno

  • Multiferroics by Rational Design: Implementing Ferroelectricity in Molecule‐Based Magnets

    Emilio Pardo;Cyrille Train;Cyrille Train;Hongbo Liu;Lise-Marie Chamoreau

  • A large thermal hysteresis loop produced by a charge-transfer phase transition in a rubidium manganese hexacyanoferrate.

    Hiroko Tokoro;Shin-ichi Ohkoshi;Tomoyuki Matsuda;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Nonlinear Magnetooptical Effects Caused by Piezoelectric Ferromagnetism in F4̄3m-type Prussian Blue Analogues

    Tomohiro Nuida;Tomoyuki Matsuda;Hiroko Tokoro;Shunsuke Sakurai

  • Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Photomagnetism in Rubidium Manganese Hexacyanoferrate

    Hiroko Tokoro;Tomoyuki Matsuda;Tomohiro Nuida;Yutaka Moritomo

  • Realization of the mean-field universality class in spin-crossover materials

    Seiji Miyashita;Yusuké Konishi;Masamichi Nishino;Hiroko Tokoro;Hiroko Tokoro

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-ichi Ohkoshi
Shin-ichi Ohkoshi University of Tokyo
Kazuhito Hashimoto
Kazuhito Hashimoto National Institute for Materials Science
Seiji Miyashita
Seiji Miyashita University of Tokyo
Eric Collet
Eric Collet University of Rennes
Kamel Boukheddaden
Kamel Boukheddaden University of Paris-Saclay
Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
François Varret
François Varret Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Emilio Pardo
Emilio Pardo University of Valencia
Michael Wulff
Michael Wulff European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Kosmas Prassides
Kosmas Prassides Osaka Metropolitan University

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