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Kazuhiro Tanaka

Kazuhiro Tanaka

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Materials Science

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11412
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7726
National Ranking
430

Chemistry

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59
Citations
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Overview

Kazuhiro Tanaka is affiliated with Yamaguchi University in Japan and conducts research primarily within the field of engineering. Their work focuses on several subfields including control and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as membrane separation and gas transport, elevator systems and control, vibration and dynamic analysis, muon and positron interactions and applications, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, engineering applied research, and conducting polymers and applications.

Tanaka has contributed to multiple publications, some of the recent notable papers include:

  • "Triethylene Glycol Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole- and Isoindigo-Dye Based Donor-Acceptor Copolymers for Organic Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells and Transistors" (2020, Advanced Electronic Materials)
  • "4H-SiC Auger recombination coefficient under the high injection condition" (2022, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics)
  • "Mechanochemically synthesized ZIF-8 nanoparticles blended into 6FDA-TrMPD membranes for C3H6/C3H8 separation" (2020, Journal of Applied Polymer Science)
  • "Improved Gas Permeation Properties of 6FDA-TrMPD Mixed-Matrix Membrane with SAPO-34 Crystals Toward CO2 Separation" (2021, Energy & Fuels)
  • "Fabrication of Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes Supported on a Novel Porous Carbon Fiber" (2022, Energy & Fuels)

Frequent co-authors in Tanaka's work include:

  • Hidetoshi Kita
  • Yongsheng Liu
  • Akihiro Takeuchi
  • Chongbing YAN
  • Motoi KANAGAWA

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • The Proceedings of the Elevator Escalator and Amusement Rides Conference
  • The Proceedings of the Dynamics & Design Conference
  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • Energy & Fuels

Kazuhiro Tanaka's research illustrates a continued engagement with both applied and theoretical aspects of engineering disciplines, involving experimental and materials science approaches, especially in membrane technology and electronic materials.

Best Publications

  • Novel Sulfonated Polyimides as Polyelectrolytes for Fuel Cell Application. 1. Synthesis, Proton Conductivity, and Water Stability of Polyimides from 4,4‘-Diaminodiphenyl Ether-2,2‘-disulfonic Acid

    Jianhua Fang;Xiaoxia Guo;Satoshi Harada;Tatsuya Watari

  • Novel sulfonated polyimides as polyelectrolytes for fuel cell application. 2. Synthesis and proton conductivity of polyimides from 9,9-bis(4-aminophenyl)fluorene-2,7-disulfonic acid

    Xiaoxia Guo;Jianhua Fang;Tatsuya Watari;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Permeability and permselectivity of gases in fluorinated and non-fluorinated polyimides

    Kazuhiro Tanaka;Hidetoshi Kita;Masaaki Okano;Ken-ichi Okamoto

  • Zeolite NaA Membrane: Preparation, Single-Gas Permeation, and Pervaporation and Vapor Permeation of Water/Organic Liquid Mixtures

    Ken-ichi Okamoto;Hidetoshi Kita;and Kohji Horii;Kazuhiro TanakaMasakazu Kondo

  • Synthesis of a zeolite NaA membrane for pervaporation of water/organic liquid mixtures

    Hidetoshi Kita;Kohji Horii;Yasuharu Ohtoshi;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Permeation and separation properties of polyimide membranes to olefins and paraffins

    K. Tanaka;A. Taguchi;Jianqiang Hao;H. Kita

  • Effect of methyl substituents on permeability and permselectivity of gases in polyimides prepared from methyl-substituted phenylenediamines

    Kazuhiro Tanaka;Masaaki Okano;Hiroyuki Toshino;Hidetoshi Kita

  • Synthesis and properties of highly sulfonated proton conducting polyimides from bis(3-sulfopropoxy)benzidine diamines

    Yan Yin;Jianhua Fang;Tatsuya Watari;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Synthesis, water stability and proton conductivity of novel sulfonated polyimides from 4,4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy)biphenyl-3,3′-disulfonic acid

    Tatsuya Watari;Jianhua Fang;Kazuhiro Tanaka;Hidetoshi Kita

  • Gas permeation properties of poly(ether imide) segmented copolymers

    Ken-ichi Okamoto;Masafumi Fuji;Shuusaku Okamyo;Hajime Suzuki

  • A rechargeable redox battery utilizing ruthenium complexes with non-aqueous organic electrolyte

    Y. Matsuda;K. Tanaka;M. Okada;Y. Takasu

  • On the Development of Naphthalene-Based Sulfonated Polyimide Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

    Yan Yin;Otoo Yamada;Kazuhiro Tanaka;Ken Ichi Okamoto

  • Synthesis, proton conductivity and methanol permeability of a novel sulfonated polyimide from 3-(2′,4′-diaminophenoxy)propane sulfonic acid

    Yan Yin;Jianhua Fang;Yongfang Cui;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Application of zeolite membranes to esterification reactions

    Kazuhiro Tanaka;Ryuuhei Yoshikawa;Cui Ying;Hidetoshi Kita

  • NaY zeolite membrane for the pervaporation separation of methanol–methyl tert-butyl ether mixtures

    Hidetoshi Kita;Tsutomu Inoue;Hidetoshi Asamura;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Water Stability of Sulfonated Polyimide Membranes

    Yan Yin;Yoshiki Suto;Takaaki Sakabe;Shouwen Chen

  • Effect of photocrosslinking on permeability and permselectivity of gases through benzophenone- containing polyimide

    Hidetoshi Kita;Tetsuya Inada;Kazuhiro Tanaka;Ken-ichi Okamoto

  • Two‐Step Adsorption/Desorption on a Jungle‐Gym‐Type Porous Coordination Polymer

    Kazuhiro Uemura;Yukari Yamasaki;Yuki Komagawa;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Water vapor sorption and diffusion properties of sulfonated polyimide membranes

    Tatsuya Watari;Hongyuan Wang;Katsunari Kuwahara;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Sorption and diffusion of water vapor in polyimide films

    Ken-Ichi Okamoto;Nozomu Tanihara;Hitoshi Watanabe;Kazuhiro Tanaka

  • Application of zeolite T membrane to vapor-permeation-aided esterification of lactic acid with ethanol

    Kazuhiro Tanaka;Ryuuhei Yoshikawa;Cui Ying;Hidetoshi Kita

  • Methanol permeability and proton conductivity of sulfonated co-polyimide membranes

    Ken-ichi Okamoto;Yan Yin;Otoo Yamada;Md. Nurul Islam

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidetoshi Kita
Hidetoshi Kita Yamaguchi University
Ken-ichi Okamoto
Ken-ichi Okamoto Yamaguchi University
Yan Yin
Yan Yin Tianjin University
Charles B. Connor
Charles B. Connor University of South Florida
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Jan-Pieter Buylaert
Jan-Pieter Buylaert Technical University of Denmark
Sumiko Tsukamoto
Sumiko Tsukamoto Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics
Andrew S. Murray
Andrew S. Murray Technical University of Denmark
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Masa-aki Kakimoto
Masa-aki Kakimoto Tokyo Institute of Technology

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