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Isao Tanaka

Isao Tanaka

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Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
46256
World Ranking
2235
National Ranking
123

Overview

Isao Tanaka is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, specializing primarily in materials science. Their work extensively covers materials chemistry, with significant contributions also in condensed matter physics, electrical and electronic engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and molecular biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects

Tanaka's publication record includes a number of recent papers, illustrating their active role in advancing materials science knowledge. Selected papers are:

  • "Spglib: a software library for crystal symmetry search," 2024, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Methods
  • "Strategy for managing both high strength and large ductility in structural materials-sequential nucleation of different deformation modes based on a concept of plaston," 2020, Scripta Materialia
  • "Application of machine learning potentials to predict grain boundary properties in fcc elemental metals," 2020, Physical Review Materials
  • "Fast material search of lithium ion conducting oxides using a recommender system," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "First-Principles Study on the Stability of Weberite-Type, Pyrochlore, and Defect-Fluorite Structures of A23+B24+O7 (A = Lu3+-La3+, B = Zr4+, Hf4+, Sn4+, and Ti4+)", 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The researcher frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, indicating a network of academic partnerships. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Atsuto Seko
  • Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Atsushi Togo
  • Kohei Shinohara
  • Takashi Horiyama

Tanaka's scholarly contributions are disseminated through several publication venues, demonstrating continuous engagement with multiple academic channels. These venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scripta Materialia
  • Physical Review Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

Best Publications

  • First principles phonon calculations in materials science

    Atsushi Togo;Isao Tanaka

  • First-principles calculations of the ferroelastic transition between rutile-type and CaCl2-type SiO2 at high pressures

    Atsushi Togo;Fumiyasu Oba;Isao Tanaka

  • Defect energetics in ZnO: A hybrid Hartree-Fock density functional study

    Fumiyasu Oba;Atsushi Togo;Isao Tanaka;Joachim Paier

  • Distributions of phonon lifetimes in Brillouin zones

    Atsushi Togo;Laurent Chaput;Isao Tanaka

  • Mechanism of electrical conductivity of transparent InGaZnO 4

    Masahiro Orita;Hiroaki Tanji;Masataka Mizuno;Hirohiko Adachi

  • Band structure diagram paths based on crystallography

    Yoyo Hinuma;Yoyo Hinuma;Giovanni Pizzi;Yu Kumagai;Fumiyasu Oba;Fumiyasu Oba

  • First-principles phonon calculations of thermal expansion in Ti3SiC2, Ti3AlC2, and Ti3GeC2

    Atsushi Togo;Atsushi Togo;Laurent Chaput;Isao Tanaka;Gilles Hug

  • Phonon-phonon interactions in transition metals

    Laurent Chaput;Atsushi Togo;Atsushi Togo;Isao Tanaka;Gilles Hug

  • Energetics of native defects in ZnO

    Fumiyasu Oba;Shigeto R. Nishitani;Seiji Isotani;Hirohiko Adachi

  • Prediction of Low-Thermal-Conductivity Compounds with First-Principles Anharmonic Lattice-Dynamics Calculations and Bayesian Optimization

    Atsuto Seko;Atsuto Seko;Atsushi Togo;Hiroyuki Hayashi;Hiroyuki Hayashi;Koji Tsuda;Koji Tsuda;Koji Tsuda

  • Crystal and electronic structures of superstructural Li1−x[Co1/3Ni1/3Mn1/3]O2 (0≤x≤1)

    Yukinori Koyama;Isao Tanaka;Hirohiko Adachi;Yoshinari Makimura

  • Structures and energetics of Ga2O3 polymorphs

    S Yoshioka;H Hayashi;A Kuwabara;F Oba

  • Point defects in ZnO: an approach from first principles

    Fumiyasu Oba;Minseok Choi;Atsushi Togo;Isao Tanaka

  • Prediction model of band gap for inorganic compounds by combination of density functional theory calculations and machine learning techniques

    Joohwi Lee;Atsuto Seko;Atsuto Seko;Kazuki Shitara;Keita Nakayama

  • First-principles calculations of native defects in tin monoxide

    A. Togo;F. Oba;I. Tanaka;K. Tatsumi

  • Debye temperature and stiffness of carbon and boron nitride polymorphs from first principles calculations

    Tetsuya Tohei;Akihide Kuwabara;Fumiyasu Oba;Isao Tanaka

  • Machine learning with systematic density-functional theory calculations: Application to melting temperatures of single- and binary-component solids

    Atsuto Seko;Tomoya Maekawa;Koji Tsuda;Isao Tanaka

  • Representation of compounds for machine-learning prediction of physical properties

    Atsuto Seko;Hiroyuki Hayashi;Hiroyuki Hayashi;Keita Nakayama;Akira Takahashi

  • Thermal physics of the lead chalcogenides PbS, PbSe, and PbTe from first principles

    Jonathan M. Skelton;Stephen C. Parker;Atsushi Togo;Isao Tanaka

  • Lithium Iron Borates as High‐Capacity Battery Electrodes

    Atsuo Yamada;Nobuyuki Iwane;Yu Harada;Shin-ichi Nishimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumiyasu Oba
Fumiyasu Oba Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshihiko Takano
Yoshihiko Takano National Institute for Materials Science
Yuichi Ikuhara
Yuichi Ikuhara University of Tokyo
Wai-Yim Ching
Wai-Yim Ching University of Missouri–Kansas City
Koichi Niihara
Koichi Niihara Nagaoka University of Technology
Koji Fujita
Koji Fujita Kyoto University
Mikhail G. Brik
Mikhail G. Brik University of Tartu
Yoshiharu Uchimoto
Yoshiharu Uchimoto Kyoto University
Giuseppe Pezzotti
Giuseppe Pezzotti Kyoto Institute of Technology
Etsuo Akiba
Etsuo Akiba Kyushu University

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