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Koji Morita is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with a particular concentration in materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, ceramics and composites, electrical and electronic engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to advanced ceramic materials synthesis, advanced materials and composites, luminescence properties of advanced materials, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, aluminum alloys composites properties, MXene and MAX phase materials, and nuclear materials and radiation effects.

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Koji Morita include:

  • Evolution of microstructure, mechanical, and optical properties of Y2O3-MgO nanocomposites fabricated by high pressure spark plasma sintering (2020), Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • Effect of volume ratio on optical and mechanical properties of Y2O3-MgO composites fabricated by spark-plasma-sintering process (2020), Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • Synthesis of highly-infrared transparent Y2O3-MgO nanocomposites by colloidal technique and SPS (2020), Ceramics International
  • Electric current dependence of plastic flow behavior with large tensile elongation in tetragonal zirconia polycrystal under a DC field (2020), Scripta Materialia
  • Influence of spark plasma sintering conditions on microstructure, carbon contamination, and transmittance of CaF2 ceramics (2021), Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Koji Morita include T. Suzuki, Byung-Nam Kim, Takahisa Yamamoto, Hidehiro Yoshida, and Ken-ichi Ikeda.

Koji Morita's work has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Journal of the European Ceramic Society (16 publications)
  • Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy (6 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • Ceramics International (5 publications)
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society (5 publications)

The research spans 124 documented publications in materials science and 117 in engineering, reflecting broad involvement across multiple disciplines within these fields. The subfield emphasis within their work highlights materials chemistry and ceramics-related topics, as well as mechanical and electrical engineering aspects.

Best Publications

  • Spark plasma sintering of transparent alumina

    Byung-Nam Kim;Keijiro Hiraga;Koji Morita;Hidehiro Yoshida

  • Fabrication of transparent MgAl2O4 spinel polycrystal by spark plasma sintering processing

    K. Morita;B.-N. Kim;K. Hiraga;H. Yoshida

  • Microstructure and optical properties of transparent alumina

    Byung-Nam Kim;Keijiro Hiraga;Koji Morita;Hidehiro Yoshida

  • Effects of heating rate on microstructure and transparency of spark-plasma-sintered alumina

    Byung-Nam Kim;Keijiro Hiraga;Koji Morita;Hidehiro Yoshida

  • Visible Light Photocatalysis with c-WO3–x/WO3×H2O Nanoheterostructures In Situ Formed in Mesoporous Polycarbosilane-Siloxane Polymer

    Mahdi Seifollahi Bazarjani;Mirabbos Hojamberdiev;Mirabbos Hojamberdiev;Koji Morita;Koji Morita;Gangqiang Zhu

  • Spark-Plasma-Sintering Condition Optimization for Producing Transparent MgAl2O4 Spinel Polycrystal

    Koji Morita;Byung-Nam Kim;Hidehiro Yoshida;Keijiro Hiraga

  • Characterization of commercially available PAN (polyacrylonitri1e)-based carbon fibers

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  • Processing route dramatically influencing the nanostructure of carbon-rich SiCN and SiBCN polymer-derived ceramics. Part I: Low temperature thermal transformation

    Yan Gao;Gabriela Mera;Hong Nguyen;Koji Morita;Koji Morita

  • Laser-assisted atom probe analysis of zirconia/spinel nanocomposite ceramics

    Y.M. Chen;T. Ohkubo;M. Kodzuka;K. Morita

  • Effect of alumina dopant on transparency of tetragonal zirconia

    Haibin Zhang;Zhipeng Li;Byung-Nam Kim;Koji Morita

  • Critical assessment of high-temperature deformation and deformed microstructure in high-purity tetragonal zirconia containing 3 mol.% yttria

    K Morita;K Hiraga

  • Spectroscopic study of the discoloration of transparent MgAl2O4 spinel fabricated by spark-plasma-sintering (SPS) processing

    Koji Morita;Byung-Nam Kim;Hidehiro Yoshida;Keijiro Hiraga;Keijiro Hiraga

  • Effect of sintering temperature on optical properties and microstructure of translucent zirconia prepared by high-pressure spark plasma sintering

    Haibin Zhang;Byung-Nam Kim;Koji Morita;Hidehiro Yoshida Keijiro Hiraga

  • Fabrication of Transparent Yttria by High-Pressure Spark Plasma Sintering

    Haibin Zhang;Byung-Nam Kim;Koji Morita;Hidehiro Yoshida

  • Reduction in sintering temperature for flash-sintering of yttria by nickel cation-doping

    Hidehiro Yoshida;Koji Morita;Byung-Nam Kim;Yoshio Sakka

  • Optical Properties and Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Cubic Zirconia Prepared by High‐Pressure Spark Plasma Sintering

    Haibin Zhang;Byung-Nam Kim;Koji Morita;Hidehiro Yoshida

  • Thermal decomposition of carbon-rich polymer-derived silicon carbonitrides leading to ceramics with high specific surface area and tunable micro- and mesoporosity

    Ravi Mohan Prasad;Gabriela Mera;Koji Morita;Koji Morita;Mathis Müller

  • Template-free synthesis of polymer-derived mesoporous SiOC/TiO2 and SiOC/N-doped TiO2 ceramic composites for application in the removal of organic dyes from contaminated water

    Mirabbos Hojamberdiev;Ravi Mohan Prasad;Koji Morita;Koji Morita;Yongfa Zhu

  • Fabrication of high-strength transparent MgAl2O4 spinel polycrystals by optimizing spark-plasma-sintering conditions

    Koji Morita;Byung-Nam Kim;Keijiro Hiraga;Hidehiro Yoshida

  • Enhanced superplasticity in a alumina-containing zirconia prepared by colloidal processing

    Tohru S Suzuki;Yoshio Sakka;Koji Morita;Keijiro Hiraga

  • Effects of Preheating of Powder Before Spark Plasma Sintering of Transparent MgAl2O4 Spinel

    Byung-Nam Kim;Koji Morita;Jae-Hyuk Lim;Keijiro Hiraga

  • Distribution of carbon contamination in oxide ceramics occurring during spark-plasma-sintering (SPS) processing: II - Effect of SPS and loading temperatures

    Koji Morita;Byung-Nam Kim;Hidehiro Yoshida;Keijiro Hiraga

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidehiro Yoshida
Hidehiro Yoshida University of Tokyo
Yoshio Sakka
Yoshio Sakka National Institute for Materials Science
Ralf Riedel
Ralf Riedel Technical University of Darmstadt
Takahisa Yamamoto
Takahisa Yamamoto Nagoya University
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev Technical University of Berlin
Toshiyuki Nishimura
Toshiyuki Nishimura National Institute for Materials Science
Aleksander Gurlo
Aleksander Gurlo Technical University of Berlin
Hans-Joachim Kleebe
Hans-Joachim Kleebe Technical University of Darmstadt
Yuichi Ikuhara
Yuichi Ikuhara University of Tokyo
Olivier Guillon
Olivier Guillon Forschungszentrum Jülich

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