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Kenji Fukuzawa is affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan, focusing primarily on engineering research. Their work spans various subfields including biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as surfaces, coatings, and films.

The research topics covered by Kenji Fukuzawa include:

  • Lubricants and Their Additives
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Tribology and Wear Analysis
  • Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
  • Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

Kenji Fukuzawa has contributed to a number of scientific publications, with some notable recent papers including:

  • ReaxFF Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Mechano-Chemical Decomposition of Perfluoropolyether Lubricants in Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Effects of Polarity of Polymers on Conformation and Lubricating Film Formation of Adsorbed Films, 2023, Macromolecules
  • Molecules with a TEMPO-based head group as high-performance organic friction modifiers, 2022, Friction
  • Characterization of organic friction modifiers using lateral force microscopy and Eyring activation energy model, 2022, Tribology International
  • Effect of High Fructose-Induced Metabolic Syndrome on Tissue Vitamin E and Lipid Peroxide Levels in Rats, 2020, Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

The frequent co-authors working alongside Kenji Fukuzawa include Shintaro Itoh, Naoki Azuma, Hedong Zhang, Yuxi Song, and Hedong ZHANG, indicating collaboration on multiple projects.

Publication venues where their work commonly appears include:

  • The Proceedings of the Conference on Information Intelligence and Precision Equipment IIP
  • The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress Japan
  • Tribology International
  • Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing
  • Tribology Letters

Best Publications

  • Identification of Human Plasma Lysophospholipase D, a Lysophosphatidic Acid-producing Enzyme, as Autotaxin, a Multifunctional Phosphodiesterase

    Akira Tokumura;Eiji Majima;Yuko Kariya;Kyoko Tominaga

  • Thiobarbituric acid value on fresh homogenate of rat as a parameter of lipid peroxidation in aging, CCl4 intoxication, and vitamin E deficiency

    Midori Mihara;Mitsuru Uchiyama;Kenji Fukuzawa

  • Effects of synthetic and natural lysophosphatidic acids on the arterial blood pressure of different animal species

    Akira Tokumura;Kenji Fukuzawa;Hiroaki Tsukatani

  • Antioxidative effect of alpha-tocopherol incorporation into lecithin liposomes on ascorbic acid-Fe2+-induced lipid peroxidation.

    Kenji Fukuzawa;Hisako Chida;Akira Tokumura;Hiroaki Tsukatani

  • Production of Lysophosphatidic Acids by Lysophospholipase D in Human Follicular Fluids of In Vitro Fertilization Patients

    Akira Tokumura;Maki Miyake;Yuko Nishioka;Shuji Yamano

  • Involvement of an Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1-Dependent Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Secondary Changes After Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    Yoshitaka Hamada;Takaaki Ikata;Shinsuke Katoh;Kenji Nakauchi

  • ROLES OF NITRIC OXIDE IN COMPRESSION INJURY OF RAT SPINAL CORD

    Yoshitaka Hamada;Takaaki Ikata;Shinsuke Katoh;Koichiro Tsuchiya

  • Antioxidant activities of tocopherols on Fe2+-ascorbate-induced lipid peroxidation in lecithin liposomes

    Kenji Fukuzawa;Akira Tokumura;Setsuhiro Ouchi;Hiroaki Tsukatani

  • Rate constants for quenching singlet oxygen and activities for inhibiting lipid peroxidation of carotenoids and α-tocopherol in liposomes

    Kenji Fukuzawa;Yasuki Inokami;Akira Tokumura;Junji Terao

  • Increased production of bioactive lysophosphatidic acid by serum lysophospholipase D in human pregnancy

    Akira Tokumura;Yumi Kanaya;Maki Miyake;Shuji Yamano

  • Mechanism of activation of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel by cyclic AMP in cultured porcine coronary artery smooth muscle cells

    Kazushi Minami;Kenji Fukuzawa;Yutaka Nakaya;Xiao-Rong Zeng

  • Protein Kinase C Inhibits the Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel of Cultured Porcine Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells

    K. Minami;K. Fukuzawa;Y. Nakaya

  • Detection of oxovanadium(IV) and characterization of its ligand environment in subcellular fractions of the liver of rats treated with pentavalent vanadium(V)

    H. Sakurai;S. Shimomura;K. Fukuzawa;K. Ishizu

  • The effect of concentration on the antioxidant effectiveness of α-tocopherol in lipid peroxidation induced by superoxide free radicals

    Kenji Fukuzawa;Satoru Takase;Hiroaki Tsukatani

  • Lysophosphatidic acid-induced aggregation of human and feline platelets: Structure-activity relationship

    Akira Tokumura;Kenji Fukuzawa;Junichi Isobe;Hiroaki Tsukatani

  • Human platelets respond differentially to lysophosphatidic acids having a highly unsaturated fatty acyl group and alkyl ether-linked lysophosphatidic acids.

    Akira Tokumura;Junya Sinomiya;Seishi Kishimoto;Tamotsu Tanaka

  • Protective effect of vitamin E on spinal cord injury by compression and concurrent lipid peroxidation

    Kenichi Iwasa;Takaaki Ikata;Kenji Fukuzawa

  • Kinetics and Dynamics of Singlet Oxygen Scavenging by α-Tocopherol in Phospholipid Model Membranes

    Kenji Fukuzawa;Kayo Matsuura;Akira Tokumura;Asahi Suzuki

  • Identification of vasopressor phospholipid in crude soybean lecithin.

    Akira Tokumura;Kenji Fukuzawa;Yasue Akamatsu;Sadaji Yamada

  • Protein kinase c-independent inhibition of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel by angiotensin II and endothelin-1

    Kazushi Minami;Yasushi Hirata;Akira Tokumura;Yutaka Nakaya

  • Sensitive quantitation of nitric oxide by EPR spectroscopy.

    Koichiro Tsuchiya;Masumitsu Takasugi;Kazuo Minakuchi;Kenji Fukuzawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Tokumura
Akira Tokumura Yasuda Women's University
Kentaro Kogure
Kentaro Kogure University of Tokushima
Koichiro Tsuchiya
Koichiro Tsuchiya University of Tokushima
Junji Terao
Junji Terao University of Tokushima
Hiroshi Terada
Hiroshi Terada Tokyo University of Science
Janusz M. Gebicki
Janusz M. Gebicki Macquarie University
Yoshihisa Takaishi
Yoshihisa Takaishi University of Tokushima
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Keizo Waku
Keizo Waku Teikyo University
Takayuki Sugiura
Takayuki Sugiura Teikyo University

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