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Kensuke Naka is affiliated with the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan and focuses on materials science with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry. Their research spans multiple subfields, including organic chemistry, polymers and plastics, inorganic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The core topics of their work include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, silicone and siloxane chemistry, synthesis and properties of polymers, luminescence and fluorescent materials, synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds, and magnetism in coordination complexes.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Cambridge Structural Database, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, and Polymer Chemistry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kensuke Naka include:

  • Fundamental Study on Arsenic(III) Halides (AsX3; X = Br, I) toward the Construction of C3-Symmetrical Monodentate Arsenic Ligands, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Highly Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation and High Oxidation Resistance Enhanced by Arsole-Polymer-Based Photosensitizer: Application as a Recyclable Photooxidation Catalyst, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Boron Difluoride Complexes Bearing π-Expanded Pyridine Ligands as Organic Fluorochromes, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Recent progress on arsenic-containing functional polymers, 2022, Polymer
  • Coexistence of Optical Transparency, Hydrophobicity, and High Thermal Conductivity in Beads-on-String-Shaped Polyureas Induced by Disordered Hydrogen-Bond Networks, 2020, Macromolecules

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kensuke Naka include Hiroaki Imoto, Akifumi Sumida, Toshiki Fujii, Takashi Yumura, and Kazuma Kikuchi. These collaborations suggest ongoing work within a network of experts in related areas of chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of gold nanoparticles modified with ionic liquid based on the imidazolium cation.

    Hideaki Itoh;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Effect of Anionic Starburst Dendrimers on the Crystallization of CaCO3 in Aqueous Solution: Size Control of Spherical Vaterite Particles

    Kensuke Naka;Yasuyuki Tanaka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Thermally Reversible IPN Organic−Inorganic Polymer Hybrids Utilizing the Diels−Alder Reaction

    Yusuke Imai;Hideaki Itoh;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Preparation of a novel core–shell nanostructured gold colloid–silk fibroin bioconjugate by the protein in situ redox technique at room temperature

    Yong Zhou;Wenxing Chen;Hideaki Itoh;Kensuke Naka

  • A carbonate controlled-addition method for amorphous calcium carbonate spheres stabilized by poly(acrylic acid)s

    Shu-Chen Huang;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Synthesis of Novel Stable Nanometer-Sized Metal (M = Pd, Au, Pt) Colloids Protected by a π-Conjugated Polymer

    Yong Zhou;Hideaki Itoh;Takashi Uemura;Kensuke Naka

  • The effect of an anionic starburst dendrimer on the crystallization of CaCO3 in aqueous solution

    Kensuke Naka;Yasuyuki Tanaka;Yoshiki Chujo;Yoshikatsu Ito

  • Self-Organization of Spherical Aggregates of Palladium Nanoparticles with a Cubic Silsesquioxane

    Kensuke Naka;Hideaki Itoh;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Formation of stable vaterite with poly(acrylic acid) by the delayed addition method.

    Kensuke Naka;Shu-Chen Huang;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Enhancement of entrapping ability of dendrimers by a cubic silsesquioxane core.

    Kazuo Tanaka;Kenichi Inafuku;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Water-Soluble Anionic POSS-Core Dendrimer: Synthesis and Copper(II) Complexes in Aqueous Solution

    Kensuke Naka;Masaki Fujita;Kazuo Tanaka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Synthesis of silver dendritic nanostructures protected by tetrathiafulvalene

    Xiaqin Wang;Kensuke Naka;Hideaki Itoh;Sooyun Park

  • Tetrathiafulvalene-Assisted Formation of Silver Dendritic Nanostructures in Acetonitrile

    Xiaqin Wang;Hideaki Itoh;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Synthesis of poly(vinylene-arsine)s: alternating radical copolymerization of arsenic atomic biradical equivalent and phenylacetylene.

    Kensuke Naka;Tomokazu Umeyama;Yoshiki Chujo

  • In-situ Iodination of Organoarsenic Homocycles: Facile Synthesis of 9-Arsafluorene

    Takuji Kato;Susumu Tanaka;Kensuke Naka

  • Synthesis of poly(N, N-dimethylacrylamide)/silica gel polymer hybrids by in situ polymerization method

    Ryo Tamaki;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Adsorption of Inorganic and Organic Arsenic Compounds by Aluminium‐loaded Coral Limestone

    Akira Ohki;Kaori Nakayachigo;Kensuke Naka;Shigeru Maeda

  • Arsole-Containing π-Conjugated Polymer by the Post-Element-Transformation Technique.

    Yoshimasa Matsumura;Makoto Ishidoshiro;Yasuyuki Irie;Hiroaki Imoto

  • Multi-modal 19F NMR probe using perfluorinated cubic silsesquioxane-coated silica nanoparticles for monitoring enzymatic activity

    Kazuo Tanaka;Narufumi Kitamura;Kensuke Naka;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Preparation and enzymic activity of poly[(N-acylimino)ethylene]-modified catalase

    Masatoshi Miyamoto;Kensuke Naka;Makoto Shiozaki;Yoshiki Chujo

  • Preparation, Optical Spectroscopy, and Electrochemical Studies of Novel π-Conjugated Polymer-Protected Stable PbS Colloidal Nanoparticles in a Nonaqueous Solution

    Yong Zhou;Hideaki Itoh;Takashi Uemura;Kensuke Naka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiki Chujo
Yoshiki Chujo Kyoto University
Takashi Uemura
Takashi Uemura University of Tokyo
Tomokazu Umeyama
Tomokazu Umeyama Kyoto University
Kazuo Tanaka
Kazuo Tanaka Kyoto University
Yasuhiro Morisaki
Yasuhiro Morisaki Kwansei Gakuin University
Takeo Saegusa
Takeo Saegusa Kyoto University
Meifang Zhu
Meifang Zhu Donghua University
Satoshi Wada
Satoshi Wada University of Yamanashi
Shin-ichi Yusa
Shin-ichi Yusa University of Hyogo
Yasuchika Hasegawa
Yasuchika Hasegawa Hokkaido University

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