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Hiroyuki Yano

Hiroyuki Yano

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Materials Science

D-Index
68
Citations
25366
World Ranking
4755
National Ranking
224

Overview

Hiroyuki Yano is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in research within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work predominantly focuses on Biomaterials, with significant contributions also in Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Cell Biology, and Automotive Engineering.

The main topics covered in Yano's research include:

  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Yano has authored numerous papers spanning several years, contributing to a diverse range of scientific literature. Some recent notable publications are:

  • Surface and Interface Engineering for Nanocellulosic Advanced Materials, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Optically transparent tough nanocomposites with a hierarchical structure of cellulose nanofiber networks prepared by the Pickering emulsion method, 2020, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Polyamide 6 composites reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose formed during compounding: Effect of acetyl group degree of substitution, 2021, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Multifunctional cellulosic materials prepared by a reactive DES based zero-waste system, 2022, Nano Letters
  • Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Acetylated Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Polylactic Acid Based on Scale-Up from Lab-Scale Experiments, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

The most frequent publication venues for Yano include:

  • Cellulose
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Sen i Gakkaishi

Yano collaborates regularly with several researchers in related fields. Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Kentaro Abe
  • Fumiaki Nakatsubo
  • Takashi Kuboki
  • Xianpeng Yang
  • Subir Kumar Biswas

Best Publications

  • Review: current international research into cellulose nanofibres and nanocomposites

    S. J. Eichhorn;A. Dufresne;M. Aranguren;N. E. Marcovich

  • Optically Transparent Nanofiber Paper

    Masaya Nogi;Shinichiro Iwamoto;Shinichiro Iwamoto;Antonio Norio Nakagaito;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Optically Transparent Composites Reinforced with Networks of Bacterial Nanofibers

    Hiroyuki Yano;Junji Sugiyama;Antonio Norio Nakagaito;Masaya Nogi

  • Obtaining cellulose nanofibers with a uniform width of 15 nm from wood.

    Kentaro Abe;Shinichiro Iwamoto;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Nano-fibrillation of pulp fibers for the processing of transparent nanocomposites

    S. Iwamoto;A.N. Nakagaito;H. Yano

  • The effect of morphological changes from pulp fiber towards nano-scale fibrillated cellulose on the mechanical properties of high-strength plant fiber based composites

    Antonio Norio Nakagaito;H. Yano

  • The effect of crystallization of PLA on the thermal and mechanical properties of microfibrillated cellulose-reinforced PLA composites

    Lisman Suryanegara;Antonio Norio Nakagaito;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Novel high-strength biocomposites based on microfibrillated cellulose having nano-order-unit web-like network structure

    A.N. Nakagaito;H. Yano

  • Cellulose nanofiber-reinforced polylactic acid

    Atsuhiro Iwatake;Masaya Nogi;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Transparent Nanocomposites Based on Cellulose Produced by Bacteria Offer Potential Innovation in the Electronics Device Industry

    Masaya Nogi;Hiroyuki Yano

  • The effect of hemicelluloses on wood pulp nanofibrillation and nanofiber network characteristics.

    Shinichiro Iwamoto;Kentaro Abe;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Optically transparent composites reinforced with plant fiber-based nanofibers

    S. Iwamoto;A.N. Nakagaito;H. Yano;M. Nogi

  • Preparation of Chitin Nanofibers with a Uniform Width as α-Chitin from Crab Shells

    Shinsuke Ifuku;Masaya Nogi;Kentaro Abe;Masafumi Yoshioka

  • Bacterial cellulose: the ultimate nano-scalar cellulose morphology for the production of high-strength composites

    A.N. Nakagaito;S. Iwamoto;H. Yano

  • Surface Modification of Bacterial Cellulose Nanofibers for Property Enhancement of Optically Transparent Composites: Dependence on Acetyl-Group DS

    Shinsuke Ifuku;Masaya Nogi;Kentaro Abe;Keishin Handa

  • An estimation of the Young's modulus of bacterial cellulose filaments

    Y.-C. Hsieh;H. Yano;M. Nogi;S. J. Eichhorn

  • Surface and Interface Engineering for Nanocellulosic Advanced Materials.

    Xianpeng Yang;Subir Kumar Biswas;Jingquan Han;Supachok Tanpichai

  • Comparison of the characteristics of cellulose microfibril aggregates of wood, rice straw and potato tuber

    Kentaro Abe;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Optically transparent wood-cellulose nanocomposite as a base substrate for flexible organic light-emitting diode displays

    Yoko Okahisa;Ayako Yoshida;Satoshi Miyaguchi;Hiroyuki Yano

  • Production of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC)-reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) nanocomposites from sheets obtained by a papermaking-like process

    Antonio Norio Nakagaito;Akihiro Fujimura;Toshiaki Sakai;Yoshiaki Hama

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaya Nogi
Masaya Nogi Osaka University
Stephen J. Eichhorn
Stephen J. Eichhorn University of Bristol
Junji Sugiyama
Junji Sugiyama Kyoto University
Alexander Bismarck
Alexander Bismarck University of Vienna
Yoshinobu Tsujii
Yoshinobu Tsujii Kyoto University
Lars Berglund
Lars Berglund Royal Institute of Technology
Yoshio Okamoto
Yoshio Okamoto Nagoya University
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago
Christoph Weder
Christoph Weder University of Fribourg
Hiroshi Uyama
Hiroshi Uyama Osaka University

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