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43
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6934
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12332
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774

Ken Nakajima publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken Nakajima sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 209 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Ken Nakajima D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken Nakajima sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ken Nakajima is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields including atomic and molecular physics, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as force microscopy techniques and applications, polymer nanocomposites and properties, mechanical and optical resonators, carbon nanotubes in composites, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, adhesion, friction, and surface interactions, as well as polymer crystallization and properties.

Ken Nakajima has published multiple articles in notable journals, often collaborating with several frequent co-authors. Key collaborators include Xiaobin Liang, Makiko Ito, Haonan Liu, Hung K. Nguyen, and Toshikazu Takata.

Their research has been published in a variety of venues with repeated publications in:

  • Polymer
  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Langmuir
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Selected recent papers include:

  • Study of the Mullins Effect in Carbon Black-Filled Styrene-Butadiene Rubber by Atomic Force Microscopy Nanomechanics, 2022, Macromolecules
  • Unraveling Nanoscale Elastic and Adhesive Properties at the Nanoparticle/Epoxy Interface Using Bimodal Atomic Force Microscopy, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Local Mechanical Properties of Heterogeneous Nanostructures Developed in a Cured Epoxy Network: Implications for Innovative Adhesion Technology, 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Direct visualization of a strain-induced dynamic stress network in a SEBS thermoplastic elastomer with in situ AFM nanomechanics, 2020, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • The Effect of the Axle End Structure and Number of Through-Space Bonds on the Properties of Rotaxane Crosslinked Polymers, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Characterization of nanoscale mechanical heterogeneity in a metallic glass by dynamic force microscopy.

    Y. H. Liu;D. Wang;K. Nakajima;W. Zhang

  • Intrinsic correlation between β-relaxation and spatial heterogeneity in a metallic glass

    F. Zhu;H. K. Nguyen;S. X. Song;Daisman P B Aji

  • Dielectrophoretically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes to Control Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Hydrogels to Fabricate Contractile Muscle Myofibers

    Javier Ramón-Azcón;Samad Ahadian;Mehdi Estili;Xiaobin Liang

  • Hybrid hydrogels containing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes with anisotropic electrical conductivity for muscle myofiber fabrication

    Samad Ahadian;Javier Ramón-Azcón;Mehdi Estili;Xiaobin Liang

  • Anatase TiO2 thin films grown on lattice-matched LaAlO3 substrate by laser molecular-beam epitaxy

    M. Murakami;Y. Matsumoto;K. Nakajima;T. Makino

  • High-resolution STM and XPS studies of thiophene self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

    Jaegeun Noh;Eisuke Ito;Ken Nakajima;Jinyeol Kim

  • Ordered networks of rat hippocampal neurons attached to silicon oxide surfaces

    M. Scholl;C. Sprössler;M. Denyer;M. Krause

  • Multiscale Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels

    Kunpeng Cui;Tao Lin Sun;Tao Lin Sun;Xiaobin Liang;Ken Nakajima

  • Hybrid hydrogel-aligned carbon nanotube scaffolds to enhance cardiac differentiation of embryoid bodies.

    Samad Ahadian;Shukuyo Yamada;Javier Ramón-Azcón;Mehdi Estili

  • Interaction of Ga Adsorbates with Dangling Bonds on the Hydrogen Terminated Si(100) Surface

    Tomihiro Hashizume;Seiji Heike;Mark I. Lutwyche;Satoshi Watanabe

  • Microfluidic Spinning of Cell-Responsive Grooved Microfibers

    Xuetao Shi;Serge Ostrovidov;Yihua Zhao;Xiaobin Liang

  • Facile and green production of aqueous graphene dispersions for biomedical applications

    Samad Ahadian;Mehdi Estili;Velappa Jayaraman Surya;Javier Ramon-Azcon

  • Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(butylene succinate) and poly(ethylene succinate)

    Zhaobin Qiu;Zhaobin Qiu;So Fujinami;Motonori Komura;Ken Nakajima

  • Myotube formation on gelatin nanofibers - multi-walled carbon nanotubes hybrid scaffolds.

    Serge Ostrovidov;Xuetao Shi;Ling Zhang;Xiaobin Liang

  • Nanoscopic Investigation of the Self-Assembly Processes of Dialkyl Disulfides and Dialkyl Sulfides on Au(111)

    Jaegeun Noh;Tomohide Murase;Ken Nakajima;and Haiwon Lee

  • Engineered Nanomembranes for Directing Cellular Organization Toward Flexible Biodevices

    Toshinori Fujie;Samad Ahadian;Hao Liu;Haixin Chang

  • Miscibility and crystallization of poly(ethylene succinate)/poly(vinyl phenol) blends

    Zhaobin Qiu;Zhaobin Qiu;So Fujinami;Motonori Komura;Ken Nakajima

  • Visualization of nanomechanical mapping on polymer nanocomposites by AFM force measurement

    Dong Wang;So Fujinami;Ken Nakajima;Shigeki Inukai

  • Structural control and combinatorial doping of titanium dioxide thin films by laser molecular beam epitaxy

    Y Matsumoto;M Murakami;T Hasegawa;T Fukumura

  • Macrodipole Interaction of Helical Peptides in a Self-Assembled Monolayer on Gold Substrate

    Katsuhiko Fujita;Natascha Bunjes;Ken Nakajima;Masahiko Hara

  • Nano-palpation AFM and its quantitative mechanical property mapping

    Ken Nakajima;Makiko Ito;Dong Wang;Hao Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Nishi
Toshio Nishi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini Terasaki Foundation
Masahiko Hara
Masahiko Hara Tokyo Institute of Technology
Thomas P. Russell
Thomas P. Russell University of Massachusetts Amherst
Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
Tomokazu Matsue
Tomokazu Matsue Tohoku University
Samad Ahadian
Samad Ahadian University of California, Los Angeles
Hitoshi Shiku
Hitoshi Shiku Tohoku University
Hojae Bae
Hojae Bae Konkuk University
Hongkai Wu
Hongkai Wu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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