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Hiroshi Uji-i

Hiroshi Uji-i

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
52
Citations
9092
World Ranking
9616
National Ranking
111

Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9149
World Ranking
13167
National Ranking
164

Hiroshi Uji-i 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 Hiroshi Uji-i sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 209 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroshi Uji-i 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 Hiroshi Uji-i sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hiroshi Uji-i is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research output spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas such as Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Strong Light-Matter Interactions, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research.

Hiroshi Uji-i's recent papers illustrate contributions to vibrational strong coupling and molecular chemistry in cavity strong coupling. Selected publications include:

  • "Modulation of Prins Cyclization by Vibrational Strong Coupling" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Recent Progress in Vibropolaritonic Chemistry" (2020, ChemPlusChem)
  • "Molecular Chemistry in Cavity Strong Coupling" (2023, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Selective crystallization via vibrational strong coupling" (2021, Chemical Science)
  • "Modulation of Prins Cyclization by Vibrational Strong Coupling" (2020, Angewandte Chemie)

Their frequent coauthors include Kenji Hirai, Tomoko Inose, Beatrice Fortuni, Shuichi Toyouchi, and Susana Rocha.

Hiroshi Uji-i publishes regularly in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Nanoscale
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Omega
  • Chemical Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Spatially resolved observation of crystal-face-dependent catalysis by single turnover counting

    Maarten B. J. Roeffaers;Bert F. Sels;Hiroshi Uji-i;Frans C. De Schryver

  • Patient-derived organoids from endometrial disease capture clinical heterogeneity and are amenable to drug screening

    Matteo Boretto;Nina Maenhoudt;Xinlong Luo;Aurélie Hennes

  • Two-dimensional porous molecular networks of dehydrobenzo[12]annulene derivatives via alkyl chain interdigitation.

    Kazukuni Tahara;Shuhei Furukawa;Hiroshi Uji-I;Tsutomu Uchino

  • Covalent Modification of Graphene and Graphite Using Diazonium Chemistry: Tunable Grafting and Nanomanipulation

    John Greenwood;Thanh Hai Phan;Yasuhiko Fujita;Zhi Li

  • Degradation of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Structures through Light and Electron Beam Driven Ion Migration.

    Haifeng Yuan;Elke Debroye;Kris P F Janssen;Hiroyuki Naiki

  • Direct Patterning of Oriented Metal–Organic Framework Crystals via Control over Crystallization Kinetics in Clear Precursor Solutions

    Rob Ameloot;Elena Gobechiya;Hiroshi Uji-i;Johan A. Martens

  • Polymers and single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy, what can we learn?

    Dominik Wöll;Els Braeken;Ania Deres;Frans C. De Schryver

  • Solvent Controlled Self-Assembly at the Liquid-Solid Interface Revealed by STM

    Wael Mamdouh;Hiroshi Uji-I;Janine S. Ladislaw;Andres E. Dulcey

  • Molecular Geometry Directed Kagomé and Honeycomb Networks: Toward Two-Dimensional Crystal Engineering

    Shuhei Furukawa;Hiroshi Uji-I;Kazukuni Tahara;Tomoyuki Ichikawa

  • Subdiffraction Limited, Remote Excitation of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

    James Andell Hutchison;Silvia P Centeno;Hideho Odaka;Hiroshi Fukumura

  • Visualizing spatial and temporal heterogeneity of single molecule rotational diffusion in a glassy polymer by defocused wide-field imaging

    Hiroshi Uji-i;Sergey M. Melnikov;Ania Deres;Giacomo Bergamini;Giacomo Bergamini

  • Morphology of large ZSM-5 crystals unraveled by fluorescence microscopy.

    Maarten B. J. Roeffaers;Rob Ameloot;Mukulesh Baruah;Hiroshi Uji-i

  • Water‐Soluble Monofunctional Perylene and Terrylene Dyes: Powerful Labels for Single‐Enzyme Tracking

    Kalina Peneva;Gueorgui Mihov;Fabian Nolde;Susana Rocha

  • Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy in (bio)catalysis.

    Maarten B. J. Roeffaers;Gert De Cremer;Hiroshi Uji-i;Benîot Muls

  • A stroboscopic approach for fast photoactivation-localization microscopy with Dronpa mutants.

    Cristina Flors;† Jun-ichi Hotta;† Hiroshi Uji-i;Peter Dedecker

  • Quantitative multicolor super-resolution microscopy reveals tetherin HIV-1 interaction.

    Martin Lehmann;Susana Rocha;Bastien Mangeat;Fabien Blanchet

  • Polymeric Engineering of Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Multifunctional Drug Delivery Systems.

    Beatrice Fortuni;Tomoko Inose;Monica Ricci;Yasuhiko Fujita

  • Self-Assembled Organic Microfibers for Nonlinear Optics

    Jialiang Xu;Sergey Semin;Dorota Niedzialek;Paul H. J. Kouwer

  • Excitation wavelength dependent surface enhanced Raman scattering of 4-aminothiophenol on gold nanorings

    Jian Ye;James Andell Hutchison;Hiroshi Uji-i;Johan Hofkens

  • Live-Cell SERS Endoscopy Using Plasmonic Nanowire Waveguides

    Gang Lu;Herlinde De Keersmaecker;Liang Su;Bart Kenens

  • Polymers and Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, what Can We Learn?

    Dominik Woell;Els Braeken;Ania Deres;Frans C. De Schryver

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Hofkens
Johan Hofkens KU Leuven
Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
Bert F. Sels
Bert F. Sels KU Leuven
Kazukuni Tahara
Kazukuni Tahara Meiji University

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