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Kazuo Sakurai is affiliated with The University of Kitakyushu in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily explores subfields such as Radiation, Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their scholarly work frequently appears in a range of scientific journals, with the majority of publications in X-Ray Spectrometry. Other notable venues include the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Scientific Reports, Euphytica, and Science Advances.

Sakurai's research topics focus on X-ray and electron spectroscopy techniques and imaging methods. Key themes in their work are:

  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging

The scientist has published several papers including:

  • Light-induced assembly of living bacteria with honeycomb substrate, 2020, Science Advances
  • Recent Progresses in Nanometer Scale Analysis of Buried Layers and Interfaces in Thin Films by X-rays and Neutrons, 2020, Analytical Sciences
  • Progress of hydrogen gas generation by reaction between iron and steel powder and carbonate water in the temperature range near room temperature, 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • An ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumour on the lateral border of the tongue, 2020, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Foraging activity of harbour porpoises around a bottom-gillnet in a coastal fishing ground, under the risk of bycatch, 2021, PLoS ONE

Collaboration is an element of Sakurai's research, with frequent co-authors including Hiromori Akagi, Kenji Uéda, Kenji Nakamori, Manabu Yamazaki, and Jun-ichi Tanuma. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications contributing to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Exploiting the Reversible Covalent Bonding of Boronic Acids: Recognition, Sensing, and Assembly

    Steven D Bull;Matthew G. Davidson;Jean M. H. van den Elsen;John S. Fossey

  • Inclusion of Cut and As-Grown Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the Helical Superstructure of Schizophyllan and Curdlan (β-1,3-Glucans)

    Munenori Numata;Masayoshi Asai;Kenji Kaneko;Ah Hyun Bae

  • Molecular Recognition of Adenine, Cytosine, and Uracil in a Single-Stranded RNA by a Natural Polysaccharide: Schizophyllan

    Kazuo Sakurai† and;Seiji Shinkai

  • Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Chiral Insulated Molecular Wire

    Chun Li;Munenori Numata;Ah Hyun Bae;Kazuo Sakurai

  • Polysaccharide--polynucleotide complexes. 2. Complementary polynucleotide mimic behavior of the natural polysaccharide schizophyllan in the macromolecular complex with single-stranded RNA and DNA.

    Kazuo Sakurai;Masami Mizu;Seiji Shinkai

  • Novel Vesicular Aggregates of Crown-Appended Cholesterol Derivatives Which Act as Gelators of Organic Solvents and as Templates for Silica Transcription

    Jong Hwa Jung;Yoshiyuki Ono;Kazuo Sakurai;Masahito Sano

  • Preparation of nanoparticles consisted of poly(L-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(L-lactide) and their evaluation in vitro.

    Junko Matsumoto;Yuichiro Nakada;Kazuo Sakurai;Tomomi Nakamura

  • The role of the helper lipid dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) for DNA transfection cooperating with a cationic lipid bearing ethylenediamine

    Shinichi Mochizuki;Naho Kanegae;Koichi Nishina;Yumi Kamikawa

  • Plasmacytoid dendritic cells delineate immunogenicity of influenza vaccine subtypes.

    Shohei Koyama;Shohei Koyama;Taiki Aoshi;Takeshi Tanimoto;Yutaro Kumagai

  • Solvent/gelator interactions and supramolecular structure of gel fibers in cyclic bis-urea/primary alcohol organogels

    Yeonhwan Jeong;Kenji Hanabusa;Hiroyasu Masunaga;Isamu Akiba

  • Multipurpose soft-material SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS beamline at SPring-8

    Hiroyasu Masunaga;Hiroki Ogawa;Takumi Takano;Sono Sasaki

  • ‘Click chemistry’ on polysaccharides: a convenient, general, and monitorable approach to develop (1→3)-β-d-glucans with various functional appendages

    Teruaki Hasegawa;Mariko Umeda;Munenori Numata;Chun Li

  • Self‐Assembled Synthetic Viral Capsids from a 24‐mer Viral Peptide Fragment

    Kazunori Matsuura;Kazunori Matsuura;Kenta Watanabe;Tsubasa Matsuzaki;Kazuo Sakurai

  • Supramolecular Structure of a Sugar-Appended Organogelator Explored with Synchrotron X-ray Small-Angle Scattering

    Kazuo Sakurai;Yeonhwan Jeong;Kazuya Koumoto;Arianna Friggeri

  • β-1,3-Glucan polysaccharides as novel one-dimensional hosts for DNA/RNA, conjugated polymers and nanoparticles

    Kazuo Sakurai;Kazuya Uezu;Munenori Numata;Teruaki Hasegawa

  • β-1,3-Glucan (Schizophyllan) Can Act as a One-Dimensional Host for Creation of Novel Poly(aniline) Nanofiber Structures

    Munenori Numata;Teruaki Hasegawa;Tomohisa Fujisawa;Kazuo Sakurai

  • Further evidence for the gelation ability-structure correlation in sugar-based gelators.

    Oliver Gronwald;Kazuo Sakurai;Roman Luboradzki;Taro Kimura

  • Proposal of a new hydrogen-bonding form to maintain curdlan triple helix.

    Kentaro Miyoshi;Kazuya Uezu;Kazuo Sakurai;Seiji Shinkai

  • Curdlan and schizophyllan (β-1,3-glucans) can entrap single-wall carbon nanotubes in their helical superstructure

    Munenori Numata;Masayoshi Asai;Kenji Kaneko;Teruaki Hasegawa

  • An enantiomeric nanoscale architecture obtained from a pseudoenantiomeric aggregate: covalent fixation of helical chirality formed in self-assembled discotic triazine triamides by chiral amplification.

    Tsutomu Ishi-i;Rempei Kuwahara;Akihiko Takata;Yeonhwan Jeong

  • "Click chemistry" on polysaccharides: A convenient, general, and monitorable approach to develop β-1,3-glucans with various functional appendages

    Teruaki Hasegawa;Munenori Numata;Kazuo Sakurai;Seiji Shinkai

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiji Shinkai
Seiji Shinkai Kyushu University
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko Kyushu University
Ken J. Ishii
Ken J. Ishii University of Tokyo
William J. MacKnight
William J. MacKnight University of Massachusetts Amherst
Atsushi Takahara
Atsushi Takahara Kyushu University
Hiroto Izumi
Hiroto Izumi University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
John S. Fossey
John S. Fossey University of Birmingham
David J. Lohse
David J. Lohse ExxonMobil (United States)
Cevayir Coban
Cevayir Coban University of Tokyo
Tony D. James
Tony D. James University of Bath

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