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Materials Science
Japan
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
132
Citations
57674
World Ranking
315
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kazuhiro Hono is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research primarily concentrates on materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields including electronic, optical and magnetic materials; atomic and molecular physics and optics; materials chemistry; mechanical engineering; and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to magnetic properties and applications. Key areas of research include:

  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Magnetic properties of alloys
  • Magnetic properties and applications
  • Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Metal and thin film mechanics
  • Magnesium alloys: properties and applications

Hono has contributed to a large number of scientific publications, commonly found in:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Scripta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Applied Physics

Frequent collaborators include Tadakatsu Ohkubo, H. Sepehri-Amin, Taisuke Sasaki, Xin Tang, and Yuya Sakuraba.

Notable recent papers authored by Hono include:

  • "Magnetic refrigeration material operating at a full temperature range required for hydrogen liquefaction" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Most frequently asked questions about the coercivity of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets" (2021, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials)
  • "Achievement of high coercivity in Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 anisotropic magnetic thin film by boron doping" (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • "Improved coercivity and squareness in bulk hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B magnets by two-step eutectic grain boundary diffusion process" (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • "Prospects for the development of SmFe12-based permanent magnets with a ThMn12-type phase" (2020, Scripta Materialia)

Best Publications

  • Pre-precipitate clusters and precipitation processes in Al-Mg-Si alloys

    M Murayama;K Hono

  • All-optical control of ferromagnetic thin films and nanostructures

    C-H Lambert;C-H Lambert;Stéphane Mangin;Stéphane Mangin;B. S. D. Ch S. Varaprasad;Y. K. Takahashi

  • Strategy for high-coercivity Nd-Fe-B magnets

    K. Hono;H. Sepehri-Amin

  • Microstructural Evolution and Age Hardening in Aluminium Alloys: Atom Probe Field-Ion Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies

    S.P. Ringer;K. Hono

  • Effect of Zn additions on the age-hardening of Mg-2.0Gd-1.2Y-0.2Zr alloys

    T. Honma;T. Ohkubo;S. Kamado;K. Hono;K. Hono

  • Cu clustering and Si partitioning in the early crystallization stage of an Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 amorphous alloy

    K Hono;D.H Ping;M Ohnuma;H Onodera

  • Microstructure of two-phase Al–1.7 at% Cu alloy deformed by equal-channel angular pressing

    M Murayama;Z Horita;K Hono

  • Solute segregation and precipitation in a creep-resistant Mg–Gd–Zn alloy

    Jian Feng Nie;Jian Feng Nie;K Oh-ishi;Xiang Sam Gao;K Hono

  • The microstructure evolution of a Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 nanocrystalline soft magnetic material

    K. Hono;K. Hiraga;Q. Wang;A. Inoue

  • Grain boundary and interface chemistry of an Nd–Fe–B-based sintered magnet

    H. Sepehri-Amin;T. Ohkubo;T. Shima;K. Hono

  • Nucleation of precipitates in aged Al-Cu-Mg-(Ag) alloys with high Cu:Mg ratios

    S.P. Ringer;K. Hono;I.J. Polmear;T. Sakurai

  • Cementite decomposition in heavily drawn pearlite steel wire

    K Hono;M Ohnuma;M Murayama;S Nishida

  • Evolution of Ω phase in an Al-Cu-Mg Ag alloy a three-dimensional atom probe study

    L. Reich;M. Murayama;K. Hono

  • The mechanism of coercivity enhancement by the grain boundary diffusion process of Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets

    H. Sepehri-Amin;T. Ohkubo;K. Hono

  • Microstructural Evolution in a 17-4 PH Stainless Steel after Aging at 400°C

    M. Murayama;K. Hono;Y. Katayama

  • Effect of post-sinter annealing on the coercivity and microstructure of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets

    W.F. Li;T. Ohkubo;K. Hono

  • Chemistry of nanoscale precipitates in Mg–2.1Gd–0.6Y–0.2Zr (at.%) alloy investigated by the atom probe technique

    T. Honma;T. Ohkubo;K. Hono;K. Hono;S. Kamado

  • Preparation and magnetic properties of highly coercive FePt films

    T. Shima;K. Takanashi;Y. K. Takahashi;K. Hono

  • Age-hardening response of Mg-0.3 at.%Ca alloys with different Zn contents

    K. Oh-ishi;R. Watanabe;C.L. Mendis;K. Hono;K. Hono

  • Towards the development of heat-treatable high-strength wrought Mg alloys

    K. Hono;C.L. Mendis;T.T. Sasaki;K. Oh-ishi

  • A high-strength Mg–Sn–Zn–Al alloy extruded at low temperature

    T.T. Sasaki;K. Yamamoto;T. Honma;S. Kamado

  • Atom probe studies on the early stages of precipitation in Al-Mg-Si alloys

    M Murayama;K Hono;M Saga;M Kikuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadakatsu Ohkubo
Tadakatsu Ohkubo National Institute for Materials Science
Yukiko Takahashi
Yukiko Takahashi National Institute for Materials Science
Toshio Sakurai
Toshio Sakurai Tohoku University
Seiji Mitani
Seiji Mitani National Institute for Materials Science
Keiichiro Oh-ishi
Keiichiro Oh-ishi Nagaoka University of Technology
Dehai Ping
Dehai Ping National Institute for Materials Science
Shigeharu Kamado
Shigeharu Kamado Nagaoka University of Technology
Mitsuhiro Murayama
Mitsuhiro Murayama Virginia Tech
Koki Takanashi
Koki Takanashi Tohoku University
Takayoshi Sasaki
Takayoshi Sasaki National Institute for Materials Science

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