2026 Isao Sakaguchi: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	42	12498	12089	783	746	366	8938

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Overview

Isao Sakaguchi is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. The primary focus of their work lies in the fields of engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, and polymers and plastics.

Their research extensively covers topics related to gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, analytical chemistry and sensors, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, ZnO doping and properties, transition metal oxide nanomaterials, advanced chemical sensor technologies, and acoustic wave resonator technologies.

Sakaguchi has authored several papers notable for their focus on sensor technologies and materials chemistry, including:

Highly sensitive isoprene gas sensor using Au-loaded pyramid-shaped ZnO particles (2020), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
Ru-implanted WS2 nanosheet gas sensors to enhance sensing performance towards CO gas in self-heating mode (2022), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
Self-heated CO gas sensor based on Au-decorated Sb-implanted WS2 nanosheets (2023), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
Decoration of Pt/Pd bimetallic nanoparticles on Ru-implanted WS2 nanosheets for acetone sensing studies (2023), Applied Surface Science
Ethanol Gas Sensing by a Zn-Terminated ZnO(0001) Bulk Single-Crystalline Substrate (2020), ACS Omega

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Sakaguchi include:

Taku Suzuki
Noriko Saito
Jae-Hun Kim
Shunichi Hishita
Takeo Ohsawa

Their publications have appeared most often in venues such as:

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
SSRN Electronic Journal
Applied Surface Science
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Isao Sakaguchi's body of work reflects an emphasis on developing and understanding nanomaterial-based gas sensors and related analytical techniques. The integration of materials chemistry and electronic engineering principles is evident across their research themes and publication record.

Best Publications

LiNbO3-coated LiCoO2 as cathode material for all solid-state lithium secondary batteries

Narumi Ohta;Kazunori Takada;Isao Sakaguchi;Lianqi Zhang

810
Citations
Low-Temperature Fabrication of Light-Emitting Zinc Oxide Micropatterns Using Self-Assembled Monolayers

Noriko Saito;Hajime Haneda;Takashi Sekiguchi;Naoki Ohashi

721
Citations
Interfacial modification for high-power solid-state lithium batteries

Kazunori Takada;Narumi Ohta;Lianqi Zhang;Katsutoshi Fukuda

409
Citations
Superconductivity in diamond thin films well above liquid helium temperature

Yoshihiko Takano;Masanori Nagao;Isao Sakaguchi;Minoru Tachiki

378
Citations
Superconductivity in CVD Diamond Thin Film Well-Above Liquid Helium Temperature

Y. Takano;M. Nagao;K. Kobayashi;H. Umezawa

346
Citations
Sulfur: A donor dopant for n -type diamond semiconductors

Isao Sakaguchi;Mikka N.-Gamo;Yuko Kikuchi;Eiji Yasu

279
Citations
Boron concentration dependence of Raman spectra on {100} and {111} facets of B-doped CVD diamond

Koichi Ushizawa;Kenji Watanabe;Toshihiro Ando;Isao Sakaguchi

275
Citations
Effect of hydrogen doping on ultraviolet emission spectra of various types of ZnO

Naoki Ohashi;Takamasa Ishigaki;Nobuhiro Okada;Takashi Sekiguchi

241
Citations
Surface modification of zinc oxide nanoparticles by aminopropyltriethoxysilane

Fabien Grasset;N. Saito;D. Li;D. Park

207
Citations
Surface conditioning of chemical vapor deposited hexagonal boron nitride film for negative electron affinity

Kian Ping Loh;Isao Sakaguchi;Mikka Nishitani Gamo;Shigeru Tagawa

144
Citations
Passivation of active recombination centers in ZnO by hydrogen doping

Naoki Ohashi;Takamasa Ishigaki;Nobuhiro Okada;Hiroyuki Taguchi

140
Citations
Superconducting properties of homoepitaxial CVD diamond

Y. Takano;T. Takenouchi;S. Ishii;S. Ueda

139
Citations
Piezoelectric Properties of Bismuth Sodium Titanate Ceramics

Hajime Nagata;Takashi Shinya;Yuji Hiruma;Tadashi Takenaka

139
Citations
Yttrium doping effect on oxygen grain boundary diffusion in α-Al2O3

Tsubasa Nakagawa;Isao Sakaguchi;Naoya Shibata;Katsuyuki Matsunaga

139
Citations
An amorphous Si film anode for all-solid-state lithium batteries

Reona Miyazaki;Narumi Ohta;Tsuyoshi Ohnishi;Isao Sakaguchi

98
Citations
Yellowish-white luminescence in codoped zinc oxide

Naoki Ohashi;Naoki Ebisawa;Takashi Sekiguchi;Isao Sakaguchi

98
Citations
Sulfur-doped homoepitaxial (001) diamond with n-type semiconductive properties

Mikka Nishitani-Gamo;Eiji Yasu;Changyong Xiao;Yuko Kikuchi

95
Citations
Superconductivity in polycrystalline diamond thin films

Yoshihiko Takano;Masanori Nagao;Tomohiro Takenouchi;Hitoshi Umezawa

93
Citations
Homoepitaxial diamond growth with sulfur-doping by microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition

Mikka Nishitani-Gamo;Changyong Xiao;Yafei Zhang;Eiji Yasu

91
Citations
Control of surface morphology of ZnO ? by hydrochloric acid etching

H Maki;T Ikoma;I Sakaguchi;N Ohashi

87
Citations
Band-edge emission of undoped and doped ZnO single crystals at room temperature

Naoki Ohashi;Takashi Sekiguchi;Kouichiroh Aoyama;Takeshi Ohgaki

83
Citations