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Kazuya Yamaguchi

Kazuya Yamaguchi

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Chemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
25790
World Ranking
2205
National Ranking
120

Overview

Kazuya Yamaguchi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Catalysis. Over their career, they have contributed significantly to topics including Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions.

Their recent papers reflect a focus on nanoclusters and polyoxometalates, with publications such as:

  • Surface-exposed silver nanoclusters inside molecular metal oxide cavities, 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • An Ultrastable, Small Ag75+ Nanocluster within a Triangular Hollow Polyoxometalate Framework, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Molecular Hybrid of an Atomically Precise Silver Nanocluster and Polyoxometalates for H2 Cleavage into Protons and Electrons, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Recent Advances in Hybrid Materials of Metal Nanoparticles and Polyoxometalates, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Selectivity switch in the aerobic oxygenation of sulfides photocatalysed by visible-light-responsive decavanadate, 2020, Green Chemistry

Kazuya Yamaguchi has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Kosuke Suzuki (82 coauthored works)
  • Kentaro Yonesato (48 coauthored works)
  • Takafumi Yatabe (39 coauthored works)
  • Tomohiro Yabe (25 coauthored works)
  • Seiji Yamazoe (20 coauthored works)

Publication venues in which Yamaguchi has been most active include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (22 publications)
  • Chemical Science (10 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (10 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (9 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (7 publications)

Their research output emphasizes specialized areas such as the synthesis and application of polyoxometalates and atomically precise nanoclusters. This includes work on hybrid materials combining metal nanoparticles with polyoxometalates and studies into catalytic processes involving advanced nanomaterials.

Best Publications

  • Mg-Al mixed oxides as highly active acid-base catalysts for cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to epoxides

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Kohki Ebitani;Tomoko Yoshida;Hisao Yoshida

  • Epoxidation of olefins with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by polyoxometalates

    Noritaka Mizuno;Kazuya Yamaguchi;Keigo Kamata

  • Efficient Epoxidation of Olefins with ≥99% Selectivity and Use of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Keigo Kamata;Koji Yonehara;Yasutaka Sumida;Kazuya Yamaguchi

  • Supported ruthenium catalyst for the heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols with molecular oxygen.

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Noritaka Mizuno

  • Creation of a Monomeric Ru Species on the Surface of Hydroxyapatite as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Kohsuke Mori;Tomoo Mizugaki;and Kohki Ebitani

  • Controlled synthesis of hydroxyapatite-supported palladium complexes as highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts.

    Kohsuke Mori;Kazuya Yamaguchi;Takayoshi Hara;Tomoo Mizugaki

  • Efficient Heterogeneous Aerobic Oxidation of Amines by a Supported Ruthenium Catalyst

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Noritaka Mizuno

  • Ab-Initio Molecular Orbital Studies of Structure and Reactivity of Transition Metal-OXO Compounds

    K. Yamaguchi;Y. Takahara;T. Fueno

  • Peroxotungstate immobilized on ionic liquid-modified silica as a heterogeneous epoxidation catalyst with hydrogen peroxide.

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Chie Yoshida;Sayaka Uchida;Noritaka Mizuno

  • Scope, kinetics, and mechanistic aspects of aerobic oxidations catalyzed by ruthenium supported on alumina.

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Noritaka Mizuno

  • Efficient Hydration of Nitriles to Amides in Water, Catalyzed by Ruthenium Hydroxide Supported on Alumina

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Mitsunori Matsushita;Noritaka Mizuno

  • Catalysis of a hydroxyapatite-bound Ru complex:efficient heterogeneous oxidation of primary amines to nitriles in thepresence of molecular oxygen

    Kohsuke Mori;Kazuya Yamaguchi;Tomoo Mizugaki;Kohki Ebitani

  • Catalytic oxidative synthesis of nitriles directly from primary alcohols and ammonia.

    Takamichi Oishi;Kazuya Yamaguchi;Noritaka Mizuno

  • Extended Hartree-Fock (EHF) theory of chemical reactions: III. Projected Mller-Plesset (PMP) perturbation wavefunctions for transition structures of organic reactions

    K. Yamaguchi;Y. Takahara;T. Fueno;K. N. Houk

  • Structural evolution in the neutron-rich Nuclei Zr106 and Zr108

    T. Sumikama;K. Yoshinaga;H. Watanabe;S. Nishimura

  • Polyoxometalate Photocatalysis for Liquid-Phase Selective Organic Functional Group Transformations

    Kosuke Suzuki;Kosuke Suzuki;Noritaka Mizuno;Kazuya Yamaguchi

  • Ruthenium hydroxide on magnetite as a magnetically separable heterogeneous catalyst for liquid-phase oxidation and reduction

    Miyuki Kotani;Takeshi Koike;Kazuya Yamaguchi;Noritaka Mizuno

  • A Tungsten–Tin Mixed Hydroxide as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Dehydration of Aldoximes to Nitriles

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Hiroshi Fujiwara;Yoshiyuki Ogasawara;Miyuki Kotani

  • Theoretical illumination of water-inserted structures of the CaMn4O5 cluster in the S2 and S3 states of oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II: full geometry optimizations by B3LYP hybrid density functional.

    H. Isobe;M. Shoji;S. Yamanaka;Y. Umena

  • Efficient Oxidative Alkyne Homocoupling Catalyzed by a Monomeric Dicopper‐Substituted Silicotungstate

    Keigo Kamata;Syuhei Yamaguchi;Miyuki Kotani;Kazuya Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Noritaka Mizuno
Noritaka Mizuno University of Tokyo
Keigo Kamata
Keigo Kamata Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kiyotomi Kaneda
Kiyotomi Kaneda Osaka University
Yoshinao Nakagawa
Yoshinao Nakagawa Tohoku University
Tsuyoshi Inoue
Tsuyoshi Inoue Osaka University
Mitsutaka Okumura
Mitsutaka Okumura Osaka University
Masayoshi Nakano
Masayoshi Nakano Osaka University
Kohsuke Mori
Kohsuke Mori Osaka University
Yasushi Kai
Yasushi Kai Osaka University
Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University

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