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Kaoru Nakamura

Kaoru Nakamura

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8448
World Ranking
12817
National Ranking
968

Overview

Kaoru Nakamura is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and specializes in materials science, medicine, and engineering. Their research covers several subfields, notably materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientist's work is distributed primarily across the following main fields of study:

  • Materials Science
  • Medicine
  • Engineering

In addition, their subfield focus includes:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Mechanics of Materials

Their research topics highlight a concentration on materials properties and applications, with emphasis on:

  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity

Kaoru Nakamura has frequently published in these venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Solid State Ionics
  • Materials Today Communications
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored by Kaoru Nakamura include:

  • "Machine-Learning Investigation on the Creep-Rupture Time of Heat-Resistant Steels," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Machine-learning investigation on the creep-rupture time of heat-resistant steels," 2023, Materials Today Communications
  • "Sintering mechanism and electrical conductivity of ZnO added BaCe0.8Zr0.1Y0.1O3-δ proton conducting perovskites," 2023, Solid State Ionics
  • "Fast-forward scaling theory," 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Candidemia in COVID-19 treated with corticosteroids and tocilizumab," 2021, Clinical Case Reports

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Masashi Mori
  • Toshiharu Ohnuma
  • Yuji Okuyama
  • Ryuma Malik Matsuda
  • Tomohisa Kumagai

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in asymmetric reduction of ketones with biocatalysts

    Kaoru Nakamura;Rio Yamanaka;Tomoko Matsuda;Tadao Harada

  • Recent progress in biocatalysis for asymmetric oxidation and reduction

    Tomoko Matsuda;Rio Yamanaka;Kaoru Nakamura

  • Stereochemical control of microbial reduction. 17. A method for controlling the enantioselectivity of reductions with bakers' yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Yasushi Kawai;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • ASYMMETRIC REDUCTION OF KETONES BY THE ACETONE POWDER OF GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM

    Kaoru Nakamura;Kazutada Kitano;Tomoko Matsuda;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Stereochemical control on yeast reduction of .alpha.-keto esters. Reduction by immobilized bakers' yeast in hexane

    Kaoru Nakamura;Kiyoko Inoue;Kazutoshi Ushio;Shinzaburo Oka

  • The NADPH:quinone oxidoreductase P1-ζ-crystallin in Arabidopsis catalyzes the α,β-hydrogenation of 2-alkenals: detoxication of the lipid peroxide-derived reactive aldehydes

    Jun’ichi Mano;Yoshimitsu Torii;Shun-ichiro Hayashi;Koichi Takimoto

  • Effect of solvent structure on enantioselectivity of lipase-catalyzed transesterification

    Kaoru Nakamura;Yasushi Takebe;Takashi Kitayama;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Stereochemical control in yeast reduction.

    Kaoru Nakamura;Kazutoshi Ushio;Shinzaburo Oka;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Stereochemical control of microbial reduction. 2. Reduction of β-keto esters by immobilized bakers' yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Masato Higaki;Kazutoshi Ushio;Shinzaburo Oka

  • Two classes of enzymes of opposite stereochemistry in an organism: one for fluorinated and another for nonfluorinated substrates.

    Tomoko Matsuda;Tadao Harada;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Toshiyuki Itoh

  • A novel method to synthesize (L)-β-hydroxyl esters by the reduction with bakers' yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Yasushi Kawai;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Stereochemical control in microbial reduction. 8. Stereochemical control in microbial reduction of .BETA.-keto esters.

    Kaoru Nakamura;Yasushi Kawai;Shinzaburo Oka;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Plasmid-borne genes code for an angular dioxygenase involved in dibenzofuran degradation by Terrabacter sp. strain YK3.

    Toshiya Iida;Yuki Mukouzaka;Kaoru Nakamura;Toshiaki Kudo

  • Stereoinversion of arylethanols by Geotrichum candidum

    Kaoru Nakamura;Mikio Fujii;Yoshiteru Ida

  • Effect of allyl alcohol on reduction of β-keto esters by bakers' yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Kiyoko Inoue;Kazutoshi Ushio;Shinzaburo Oka

  • Structure of solvent affects enantioselectivity of lipase-catalyzed transesterification

    Kaoru Nakamura;Masamichi Kinoshita;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Stereochemical control in diastereoselective reduction with baker's yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Yasushi Kawai;Takehiko Miyai;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Mechanistic study for stereochemical control of microbial reduction of α-keto esters in an organic solvent

    Kaoru Nakamura;Shin-ichi Kondo;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Atsuyoshi Ohno

  • Cyanobacterium-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of ketones

    Kaoru Nakamura;Rio Yamanaka;Keiko Tohi;Hiroki Hamada

  • Stereochemical Control in Microbial Reduction. 9. Diastereoselective Reduction of 2-Alkyl-3-oxobutanoate with Bakers’ Yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Takehiko Miyai;Ashish Nagar;Shinzaburo Oka

  • Diastereo- and enantio-selective reduction of 2-methyl-3-oxobutanoate by Bakers' yeast

    Kaoru Nakamura;Takehiko Miyai;Kenji Nozaki;Kazutoshi Ushio

  • Asymmetric synthesis using hydrolytic enzymes in supercritical carbon dioxide

    Tomoko Matsuda;Tadao Harada;Kaoru Nakamura;Takao Ikariya

  • Reduction by a model OF NAD(P)H. XXIV. Application of a phase-transfer system

    Kaoru Nakamura;Atsuyoshi Ohno;Shinro Yasui;Shinzaburo Oka

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsuyoshi Ohno
Atsuyoshi Ohno Kyoto University
Toshiyuki Itoh
Toshiyuki Itoh Tottori University
Masashi Kawasaki
Masashi Kawasaki University of Tokyo
Hitosi Nozaki
Hitosi Nozaki Okayama University
Nobuyoshi Esaki
Nobuyoshi Esaki Kyoto University
Yasuhisa Asano
Yasuhisa Asano Toyama Prefectural University
Kenji Soda
Kenji Soda Kansai University
Yoshihiro Sugi
Yoshihiro Sugi University of Queensland
Jean'ne M. Shreeve
Jean'ne M. Shreeve University of Idaho
Toshiya Muranaka
Toshiya Muranaka Osaka University

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