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Kenji Kaneko

Kenji Kaneko

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Materials Science

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Overview

Kenji Kaneko is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and focuses their research primarily on materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, metals and alloys, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

The scientist's research encompasses a variety of main topics such as microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, metal alloys wear and properties, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, hormonal regulation and hypertension, and advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications.

Kenji Kaneko has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ISIJ International
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent papers authored include:

  • Transition from carbon clusters to ε, θ-carbides in a quenched and aged low-carbon ferritic steel (2023), Acta Materialia
  • Three-dimensional electron tomography and recent expansion of its applications in materials science (2022), Microscopy
  • Ocean warming combined with nutrient enrichment increases the risk of herbivory during cultivation of the marine macroalga Undaria Pinnatifida (2020), ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Characterization of age hardening mechanism of low-temperature aged low-carbon steel by transmission electron microscopy (2021), Materials Characterization
  • Effect of Nitrogen Addition on the Stacking-Fault Energies in Si-added Austenitic Stainless Steel (2021), ISIJ International

Collaborations are an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yasuhito Kawahara
  • Daiki Kojima
  • Jun Yoshino
  • Shintaro Yamaguchi
  • Ryo Teranishi

Best Publications

  • Modification of gold nanorods using phosphatidylcholine to reduce cytotoxicity

    Hironobu Takahashi;Yasuro Niidome;Takuro Niidome;Kenji Kaneko

  • Nanoparticles of adaptive supramolecular networks self-assembled from nucleotides and lanthanide ions.

    Ryuhei Nishiyabu;Nozomi Hashimoto;Ten Cho;Kazuto Watanabe

  • Preparation and characterization of polycrystalline anatase and rutile TiO2 thin films by rf magnetron sputtering

    L Miao;P Jin;K Kaneko;A Terai

  • Achieving High Strength and High Ductility in Precipitation-Hardened Alloys

    Zenji Horita;Kunihiro Ohashi;Takeshi Fujita;Kenji Kaneko

  • Supramolecular Hydrogel Exhibiting Four Basic Logic Gate Functions To Fine-Tune Substance Release

    Harunobu Komatsu;Shinji Matsumoto;Shun ichi Tamaru;Kenji Kaneko

  • Structural and morphological characterization of cerium oxide nanocrystals prepared by hydrothermal synthesis.

    Kenji Kaneko;Koji Inoke;Bert Freitag;Ana B. Hungria

  • A formation mechanism of carbon nanotube films on SiC(0001)

    M. Kusunoki;T. Suzuki;T. Hirayama;N. Shibata

  • Formation of M23C6-type precipitates and chromium-depleted zones in austenite stainless steel

    Kenji Kaneko;Tatsuya Fukunaga;Kazuhiro Yamada;Nobuo Nakada

  • Inclusion of Cut and As-Grown Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the Helical Superstructure of Schizophyllan and Curdlan (β-1,3-Glucans)

    Munenori Numata;Masayoshi Asai;Kenji Kaneko;Ah Hyun Bae

  • Extra-low-temperature oxygen storage capacity of CeO2 nanocrystals with cubic facets.

    Jing Zhang;Hitoshi Kumagai;Kae Yamamura;Satoshi Ohara

  • Production of aluminum-matrix carbon nanotube composite using high pressure torsion

    Tomoharu Tokunaga;Kenji Kaneko;Zenji Horita

  • Optical properties of polycrystalline and epitaxial anatase and rutile TiO2 thin films by rf magnetron sputtering

    S. Tanemura;L. Miao;P. Jin;Kenji Kaneko

  • Fabrication, characterization and Raman study of anatase-TiO2 nanorods by a heating-sol–gel template process

    Lei Miao;Sakae Tanemura;Shoichi Toh;Kenji Kaneko

  • Ni‐Fe Nitride Nanoplates on Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene as a Synergistic Catalyst for Reversible Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Rechargeable Zn‐Air Battery

    Yuchi Fan;Yuchi Fan;Shintaro Ida;Shintaro Ida;Aleksandar Staykov;Aleksandar Staykov;Taner Akbay

  • Formation of self-aligned carbon nanotube films by surface decomposition of silicon carbide

    M. Kusunoki;T. Suzuki;K. Kaneko;M. Ito

  • Fabrication and characterization of anatase/rutile–TiO2 thin films by magnetron sputtering: a review

    Sakae Tanemura;Lei Miao;Wilfried Wunderlich;Masaki Tanemura

  • Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of AZ61 Magnesium Alloy Processed by High-Pressure Torsion

    Yosuke Harai;Masaaki Kai;Kenji Kaneko;Zenji Horita

  • The improvement of optical reactivity for TiO2 thin films by N2–H2 plasma surface-treatment

    Lei Miao;Sakae Tanemura;Hiroshige Watanabe;Yukimasa Mori

  • Organogel of an 8-quinolinol platinum(II) chelate derivative and its efficient phosphorescence emission effected by inhibition of dioxygen quenching

    Michihiro Shirakawa;Norifumi Fujita;Takahiro Tani;Kenji Kaneko

  • β-1,3-Glucan polysaccharides as novel one-dimensional hosts for DNA/RNA, conjugated polymers and nanoparticles

    Kazuo Sakurai;Kazuya Uezu;Munenori Numata;Teruaki Hasegawa

  • Structural Study of an Al 72Ni 20Co 8 Decagonal Quasicrystal Using the High-Angle Annular Dark-Field Method

    Koh Saitoh;Kenji Tsuda;Michiyoshi Tanaka;Kenji Kaneko

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshiaki Setoguchi
Toshiaki Setoguchi Saga University
Zenji Horita
Zenji Horita Kyushu University
Seiji Shinkai
Seiji Shinkai Kyushu University
Masayuki Takeuchi
Masayuki Takeuchi National Institute for Materials Science
Lei Miao
Lei Miao Shibaura Institute of Technology
Sakae Tanemura
Sakae Tanemura Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Paul A. Midgley
Paul A. Midgley University of Cambridge
Masaki Tanemura
Masaki Tanemura Nagoya Institute of Technology
Kazuo Sakurai
Kazuo Sakurai The University of Kitakyushu
Takeshi Fujita
Takeshi Fujita Kochi University of Technology

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