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Keiji Tanaka

Keiji Tanaka

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Materials Science

D-Index
68
Citations
17158
World Ranking
4837
National Ranking
228

Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
16770
World Ranking
6517
National Ranking
423

Overview

Keiji Tanaka is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and engineering. Their work primarily focuses on polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and surfaces, coatings, and films.

The research topics covered by Tanaka include:

  • Epoxy Resin Curing Processes
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
  • Polymer crystallization and properties
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Tanaka has published in several prominent journals and publication venues. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Polymer Journal
  • Macromolecules
  • Langmuir
  • Soft Matter
  • ACS Macro Letters

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Keiji Tanaka include:

  • Network Formation and Physical Properties of Epoxy Resins for Future Practical Applications (2022, JACS Au)
  • Mobility gradients yield rubbery surfaces on top of polymer glasses (2021, Nature)
  • Effect of Treating Hyperphosphatemia With Lanthanum Carbonate vs Calcium Carbonate on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis (2021, JAMA)
  • Cross-Linking Effect on Segmental Dynamics of Well-Defined Epoxy Resins (2021, Macromolecules)
  • Molecular Events for an Epoxy-Amine System at a Copper Interface (2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials)

Tanaka has collaborated extensively with a range of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Satoru Yamamoto
  • Daisuke Kawaguchi
  • Atsuomi Shundo
  • Hisao Matsuno
  • Tatsuki Abe

Their publications emphasize the structure, dynamics, and synthesis of polymer materials, with a particular focus on epoxy resins and polymer surface phenomena. The combination of polymer chemistry and mechanical engineering in Tanaka's research supports investigations into both the microscopic properties and practical applications of polymeric materials.

Best Publications

  • Structural phase transitions in chalcogenide glasses

    Keiji Tanaka

  • Optical properties and photoinduced changes in amorphous AsS films

    Keiji Tanaka

  • Surface molecular motion of the monodisperse polystyrene films

    Tisato Kajiyama;Keiji Tanaka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Super-liquid-repellent surfaces prepared by colloidal silica nanoparticles covered with fluoroalkyl groups.

    Masaya Hikita;Keiji Tanaka;Tetsuya Nakamura;Tisato Kajiyama

  • Film Thickness Dependence of the Surface Structure of Immiscible Polystyrene/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Blends

    Keiji Tanaka;and Atsushi Takahara;Tisato Kajiyama

  • Systematic doping evolution of the underlying Fermi surface of La 2 − x Sr x Cu O 4

    T. Yoshida;T. Yoshida;X. J. Zhou;K. Tanaka;W. L. Yang

  • Optical Microfabrication of Chalcogenide Glasses

    H. Hisakuni;K. Tanaka

  • Giant photoexpansion in As2S3 glass

    Hisataka Hisakuni;Keiji Tanaka

  • Molecular weight dependence of surface dynamic viscoelastic properties for the monodisperse polystyrene film

    Keiji Tanaka;Aki Taura;Shou-Ren Ge;and Atsushi Takahara

  • Structural study of amorphous selenium by in situ EXAFS: Observation of photoinduced bond alternation

    Alexander V. Kolobov;Hiroyuki Oyanagi;Kazunobu Tanaka;Keiji Tanaka

  • Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors and Related Materials

    Koichi Shimakawa;Keiji Tanaka

  • Rheological Analysis of Surface Relaxation Process of Monodisperse Polystyrene Films

    Keiji Tanaka;and Atsushi Takahara;Tisato Kajiyama

  • Ultrathinning-Induced Surface Phase Separation of Polystyrene/Poly(vinyl methyl ether) Blend Film

    Keiji Tanaka;Jeong Sik Yoon;Atsushi Takahara;Tisato Kajiyama

  • Imaging of Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties of a Phase-Separated Polymer Surface by Forced Oscillation Atomic Force Microscopy

    Tisato Kajiyama;Keiji Tanaka;Isao Ohki;Shou Ren Ge

  • Affinity of Polystyrene Films to Hydrogen-Passivated Silicon and Its Relevance to the Tg of the Films

    Yoshihisa Fujii;Zhaohui Yang;Jessica Leach;Hironori Atarashi

  • Depth Dependence of the Surface Glass Transition Temperature of a Poly(styrene-block-methyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymer Film on the Basis of Temperature-Dependent X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Tisato Kajiyama;Keiji Tanaka;Atsushi Takahara

  • Study of the glass transition temperature of polymer surface by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation

    Hiroshi Morita;Keiji Tanaka;Tisato Kajiyama;Toshio Nishi

  • Photoexpansion in As2S3 glass

    Keiji Tanaka

  • Effect of Polydispersity on Surface Molecular Motion of Polystyrene Films

    Keiji Tanaka;and Atsushi Takahara;Tisato Kajiyama

  • Glass transition of covalent glasses

    K. Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Takahara
Atsushi Takahara Kyushu University
Tisato Kajiyama
Tisato Kajiyama Kyushu University
Masaru Tanaka
Masaru Tanaka Kyushu University
Takayuki Watanabe
Takayuki Watanabe Kyushu University
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University
Sadahito Aoshima
Sadahito Aoshima Osaka University
Osami Sakata
Osami Sakata Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Madoka Tokumoto
Madoka Tokumoto National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Yushu Matsushita
Yushu Matsushita Nagoya University
Takeshi Serizawa
Takeshi Serizawa Tokyo Institute of Technology

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