2026 Kenji Hata: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	65	5495	5314	263	257	369	29338

Overview

Kenji Hata is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. The primary areas of research include Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on several subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work spans numerous topics, notably in carbon nanotubes and related nano-materials. Main research themes cover:

Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Graphene research and applications
Nanotechnology research and applications
Thermal properties of materials
Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Frequent collaborators in Hata's research include:

Don N. Futaba
Takeo Yamada
Guohai Chen
Kazufumi Kobashi
Shunsuke Sakurai

Some key publication venues where Hata's work has appeared regularly are:

ACS Nano
Nanomaterials
Carbon Trends
Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kenji Hata include:

Development of life cycle assessment of an emerging technology at research and development stage: A case study on single-wall carbon nanotube produced by super growth method, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
Thermal expansion of Cu/carbon nanotube composite wires and the effect of Cu-spatial distribution, 2020, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Through-Silicon-Via Interposers with Cu-Level Electrical Conductivity and Si-Level Thermal Expansion Based on Carbon Nanotube-Cu Composites for Microelectronic Packaging Applications, 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials
Supercapacitor Electrodes of Blended Carbon Nanotubes with Diverse Conductive Porous Structures Enabling High Charge/Discharge Rates, 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials
Radical scavenging activity of carbon nanotubes: toward appropriate selection of a radical initiator, 2020, RSC Advances

Best Publications

A stretchable carbon nanotube strain sensor for human-motion detection

Takeo Yamada;Yuhei Hayamizu;Yuki Yamamoto;Yoshiki Yomogida

3537
Citations
Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Impurity-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Kenji Hata;Don N. Futaba;Kohei Mizuno;Tatsunori Namai

3425
Citations
Shape-engineerable and highly densely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes and their application as super-capacitor electrodes

Don N. Futaba;Kenji Hata;Takeo Yamada;Tatsuki Hiraoka

2286
Citations
Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors

Tsuyoshi Sekitani;Hiroyoshi Nakajima;Hiroki Maeda;Takanori Fukushima

2024
Citations
A Rubberlike Stretchable Active Matrix Using Elastic Conductors

Tsuyoshi Sekitani;Yoshiaki Noguchi;Kenji Hata;Takanori Fukushima

1629
Citations
A black body absorber from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes

Kohei Mizuno;Juntaro Ishii;Hideo Kishida;Yuhei Hayamizu

953
Citations
Extracting the full potential of single-walled carbon nanotubes as durable supercapacitor electrodes operable at 4 V with high power and energy density.

Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Satoshi Yasuda;Kazufumi Kobashi;Takeo Yamada

699
Citations
One hundred fold increase in current carrying capacity in a carbon nanotube–copper composite

Chandramouli Subramaniam;Takeo Yamada;Kazufumi Kobashi;Atsuko Sekiguchi

570
Citations
Size-selective growth of double-walled carbon nanotube forests from engineered iron catalysts.

Takeo Yamada;Tatsunori Namai;Kenji Hata;Don N. Futaba

452
Citations
Kinetics of water-assisted single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis revealed by a time-evolution analysis.

Don N. Futaba;Kenji Hata;Takeo Yamada;Kohei Mizuno

435
Citations
Systematic conversion of single walled carbon nanotubes into n-type thermoelectric materials by molecular dopants.

Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi;Kenji Ohashi;Rui Kanazawa;Koji Ashiba

423
Citations
Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature-Invariant Viscoelasticity from –196° to 1000°C

Ming Xu;Don N. Futaba;Takeo Yamada;Motoo Yumura

394
Citations
Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers

Yuhei Hayamizu;Takeo Yamada;Kohei Mizuno;Robert C Davis

341
Citations
84% catalyst activity of water-assisted growth of single walled carbon nanotube forest characterization by a statistical and macroscopic approach.

Don N Futaba;Kenji Hata;Tatsunori Namai;Takeo Yamada

307
Citations
High-Power Supercapacitor Electrodes from Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorn/Nanotube Composite

Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Takeo Yamada;Don. N. Futaba;Masako Yudasaka

294
Citations
Elastomeric Thermal Interface Materials with High Through‐Plane Thermal Conductivity from Carbon Fiber Fillers Vertically Aligned by Electrostatic Flocking

Kojiro Uetani;Seisuke Ata;Shigeki Tomonoh;Takeo Yamada

291
Citations
ALIGNED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE BULK STRUCTURE AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD

Hata Kenji;Iijima Sumio;Yumura Morio;Futaba Don N

285
Citations
Highly Conductive Sheets from Millimeter-Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Ionic Liquids: Application to Fast-Moving, Low-Voltage Electromechanical Actuators Operable in Air

Ken Mukai;Kinji Asaka;Takushi Sugino;Kenji Kiyohara

283
Citations
Self-regulating enzyme-nanotube ensemble films and their application as flexible electrodes for biofuel cells

Takeo Miyake;Syuhei Yoshino;Takeo Yamada;Kenji Hata

275
Citations
Nature of the constant factor in the relation between radial breathing mode frequency and tube diameter for single-wall carbon nanotubes

Paulo T. Araujo;I. O. Maciel;P. B. C. Pesce;M. A. Pimenta

250
Citations
Revealing the secret of water-assisted carbon nanotube synthesis by microscopic observation of the interaction of water on the catalysts.

Takeo Yamada;Alan Maigne;Masako Yudasaka;Kouhei Mizuno

247
Citations