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Overview

Kenzo Hiraoka is affiliated with the University of Yamanashi in Japan. The primary focus of their research lies in the field of Chemistry, with a particular emphasis on Engineering as a complementary area of study.

Their expertise encompasses several specialized subfields including:

  • Spectroscopy
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

The main topics featured in their scholarly work include:

  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Hiraoka has contributed to multiple recent publications, such as:

  • "On-site single pollen metabolomics reveals varietal differences in phosphatidylinositol synthesis under heat stress conditions in rice," published in 2020 in Scientific Reports
  • "Probe Electrospray Ionization (PESI) and Its Modified Versions: Dipping PESI (dPESI), Sheath-Flow PESI (sfPESI) and Adjustable sfPESI (ad-sfPESI)," published in 2020 in Mass Spectrometry
  • "Negative-mode mass spectrometric study on dc corona, ac corona and dielectric barrier discharge ionization in ambient air containing H2O2, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and 1,3,5-trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX)," published in 2020 in International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  • "Pulsed Nano-Electrospray Ionization with a High Voltage (4000 V) Pulse Applied to Solutions in the Range of 200 ns to 1 ms," published in 2020 in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • "Heat Pulse Desorption of Low-Volatility Compounds by a Heated N2 Gas Pulse with Mass Spectrometry," published in 2022 in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Frequent collaborators in Hiraoka's research include:

  • Satoshi Ninomiya
  • Stephanie Rankin-Turner
  • Dilshadbek T. Usmanov
  • Satoko Akashi
  • Haruo Shimada

Hiraoka's work has appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Analytical Biochemistry
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Best Publications

  • Development of probe electrospray using a solid needle.

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Kentaro Nishidate;Kunihiko Mori;Daiki Asakawa

  • Solvation of halide ions with water and acetonitrile in the gas phase

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Susumu Mizuse;Shinichi Yamabe

  • Microbe-surface interactions in biofouling and biocorrosion processes

    Iwona B Beech;Jan A Sunner;Kenzo Hiraoka

  • Formation of formaldehyde and methanol from the reactions of H atoms with solid CO at 10–20 K

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Nagayuki Ohashi;Yosihide Kihara;Kazuyosi Yamamoto

  • Stabilities and energetics of pentacoordinated carbonium ions. The isomeric protonated ethane ions and some higher analogs: protonated propane and protonated butane

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Paul Kebarle

  • Gas-Grain Processes for the Formation of CH4 and H2O: Reactions of H Atoms with C, O, and CO in the Solid Phase at 12 K

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Takashi Miyagoshi;Toshikazu Takayama;Kazuyoshi Yamamoto

  • Formation of Formaldehyde by the Tunneling Reaction of H with Solid CO at 10 K Revisited

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Tetsuya Sato;Shoji Sato;Norihito Sogoshi

  • A determination of the stabilities of H+3(H2)n with n=1–9 from measurements of the gas‐phase ion equilibria H+3(H2)n−1 +H2=H+3(H2)n

    Kenzo Hiraoka

  • High-symmetric structure of the gas-phase cluster ions X-.cntdot..cntdot..cntdot.C6F6 (X = Cl, Br, and I)

    Kenzo. Hiraoka;Susumu. Mizuse;Shinichi. Yamabe

  • A determination of the stabilities of O+2(O2)n and O−2(O2)n with n=1–8 from measurements of the gas‐phase ion equilibria

    Kenzo Hiraoka

  • Ambient imaging mass spectrometry by electrospray ionization using solid needle as sampling probe.

    Lee Chuin Chen;Kentaro Yoshimura;Zhan Yu;Zhan Yu;Rikiya Iwata

  • Prevention of the Reduction of CuO during X‐ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analysis

    Yoshitoki Iijima;Noriyasu Niimura;Kenzo Hiraoka

  • Fundamental aspects of electrospray droplet impact/SIMS

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Kunihiko Mori;Daiki Asakawa

  • Gas-phase stabilities of symmetric proton-held dimer cations

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Hajime Takimoto;Shinichi Yamabe

  • Formation and stabilities of cluster ions Ar+n

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Toshiharu Mori

  • Electrosprayed droplet impact/secondary ion mass spectrometry

    K. Hiraoka;D. Asakawa;S. Fujimaki;A. Takamizawa

  • Characteristics of Probe Electrospray Generated from a Solid Needle

    Lee Chuin Chen;Kentaro Nishidate;Yuta Saito;Kunihiko Mori

  • Study of the Reactions of H and D Atoms with Solid C2H2, C2H4, and C2H6 at Cryogenic Temperatures

    Kenzo Hiraoka;Toshikazu Takayama;Atsuko Euchi;Hiroko Handa

  • Single-Cell Metabolite Profiling of Stalk and Glandular Cells of Intact Trichomes with Internal Electrode Capillary Pressure Probe Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.

    Taiken Nakashima;Hiroshi Wada;Satoshi Morita;Rosa Erra-Balsells

  • Stability and structure of cluster ions in the gas phase: Carbon dioxide with Cl−, H3O+, HCO+2, and HCO+

    K. Hiraoka;T. Shoda;K. Morise;S. Yamabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Kebarle
Paul Kebarle University of Alberta
Yoshifumi Nishimura
Yoshifumi Nishimura Hiroshima University
Ahsan Habib
Ahsan Habib Massey University
Hideki Fujii
Hideki Fujii University of Yamanashi
Shigeyoshi Sakaki
Shigeyoshi Sakaki Kyoto University
Hisanori Shinohara
Hisanori Shinohara Nagoya University
Yahachi Saito
Yahachi Saito Nagoya University
Oscar E. Piro
Oscar E. Piro National University of La Plata

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