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Kentaro Yamaguchi

Kentaro Yamaguchi

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
33964
World Ranking
1542
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kentaro Yamaguchi is affiliated with Tokushima Bunri University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in Materials Science and Chemistry. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics of Kentaro Yamaguchi's research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

The scientist's publication record shows frequent appearances in several academic venues. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CrystEngComm
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Kentaro Yamaguchi has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, notably Tadashi Hyodo, Masahide Tominaga, Masatoshi Kawahata, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada.

Some recent papers demonstrating the scope and diversity of their work are:

  • Real-time cholesterol sorting in Plasmodium falciparum-erythrocytes as revealed by 3D label-free imaging (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • One-Step Synthesis of Cyclophanes as Crystalline Sponge and Their [2]Catenanes through SNAr Reactions (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • Isolation and Reactions of Imidoyl Fluorides Generated from Oxime Using the Diethylaminosulfur Trifluoride/Tetrahydrofuran (DAST-THF) System (2023, Organic Letters)
  • Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Optical Properties of Benzene-Fused Tetracyclic and Pentacyclic Stiboles (2021, Molecules)
  • Synthesis and anticancer activity of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides: the copper-catalyzed tandem C-H selenation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with selenium (2020, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Self-assembly of ten molecules into nanometre-sized organic host frameworks

    Makoto Fujita;Daichi Oguro;Mayumi Miyazawa;Hiroko Oka

  • Self-Assembled M24L48 Polyhedra and Their Sharp Structural Switch upon Subtle Ligand Variation

    Qing Fu Sun;Junji Iwasa;Daichi Ogawa;Yoshitaka Ishido

  • Interpenetrating Molecular Ladders and Bricks

    Makoto Fujita;Yoon Jung Kwon;Osamu Sasaki;Kentaro Yamaguchi

  • Rewritable phosphorescent paper by the control of competing kinetic and thermodynamic self-assembling events.

    Akihiro Kishimura;Takashi Yamashita;Kentaro Yamaguchi;Takuzo Aida

  • Spontaneous assembly of ten components into two interlocked, identical coordination cages

    Makoto Fujita;Norifumi Fujita;Katsuyuki Ogura;Kentaro Yamaguchi

  • Finite, Spherical Coordination Networks that Self‐Organize from 36 Small Components

    Masahide Tominaga;Keisuke Suzuki;Masaki Kawano;Takahiro Kusukawa

  • A nanometre-sized hexahedral coordination capsule assembled from 24 components

    Nobuhiro Takeda;Kazuhiko Umemoto;Kentaro Yamaguchi;Makoto Fujita

  • Selective Inclusion of a Hetero-Guest Pair in a Molecular Host: Formation of Stable Charge-Transfer Complexes in Cucurbit[8]uril

    Hee-Joon Kim;Jungseok Heo;Woo Sung Jeon;Eunsung Lee

  • P-CHIRAL BIS(TRIALKYLPHOSPHINE) LIGANDS AND THEIR USE IN HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION REACTIONS

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Junko Watanabe;Yoshiyuki Wada;Hideki Masuda

  • On the structure of transition-metal-linked molecular squares

    Makoto Fujita;Osamu Sasaki;Takashi Mitsuhashi;Toshiyasu Fujita

  • A Cyclic Dimer of Metalloporphyrin Forms a Highly Stable Inclusion Complex with C60

    Kentaro Tashiro;Takuzo Aida;Jiang Yu Zheng;Kazushi Kinbara

  • Ship-in-a-Bottle Synthesis of Otherwise Labile Cyclic Trimers of Siloxanes in a Self-Assembled Coordination Cage

    Michito Yoshizawa;Takahiro Kusukawa;Makoto Fujita, ,†,§ and;Kentaro Yamaguchi

  • Novel molecular drug carrier: encapsulation of oxaliplatin in cucurbit[7]uril and its effects on stability and reactivity of the drug

    Young Jin Jeon;Soo-Young Kim;Young Ho Ko;Shigeru Sakamoto

  • Self-Assembly of Nanometer-Sized Macrotricyclic Complexes from Ten Small Component Molecules.

    Makoto Fujita;Shu-Yan Yu;Takahiro Kusukawa;Hidenori Funaki

  • Cold-spray ionization mass spectrometry: principle and applications.

    Kentaro Yamaguchi

  • Cucurbit[n]uril Derivatives Soluble in Water and Organic Solvents

    Jianzhang Zhao;Hee-Joon Kim;Jinho Oh;Soo-Young Kim

  • Cyclic Dimers of Metalloporphyrins as Tunable Hosts for Fullerenes: A Remarkable Effect of Rhodium(III)

    Jian Yu Zheng;Kentaro Tashiro;Yusuke Hirabayashi;Kazushi Kinbara

  • A Molecular Lock

    Makoto Fujita;Fumiaki Ibukuro;Kentaro Yamaguchi;Katsuyuki Ogura

  • Design and synthesis of an enzyme-cleavable sensor molecule for phosphodiesterase activity based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer

    Hideo Takakusa;Kazuya Kikuchi;Yasuteru Urano;Shigeru Sakamoto

  • Designed self-assembly of molecular necklaces using host-stabilized charge-transfer interactions.

    Young Ho Ko;Kyungpil Kim;Jin-Koo Kang;Hyungphil Chun

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeru Sakamoto
Shigeru Sakamoto Chiba University
Makoto Fujita
Makoto Fujita University of Tokyo
Koichi Shudo
Koichi Shudo University of Tokyo
Tsutomu Ishikawa
Tsutomu Ishikawa Chiba University
Hiroyuki Kagechika
Hiroyuki Kagechika Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Tsuneo Imamoto
Tsuneo Imamoto Chiba University
Tomohiko Ohwada
Tomohiko Ohwada University of Tokyo
Kimoon Kim
Kimoon Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki University of Tokyo
Yoichi Iitaka
Yoichi Iitaka University of Tokyo

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