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Materials Science

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51
Citations
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10017
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Chemistry

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Kotaro Satoh publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kotaro Satoh sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 201 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Kotaro Satoh D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kotaro Satoh sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kotaro Satoh is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research activity primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Molecular Biology.

Their scientific contributions center on topics such as Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, Photopolymerization techniques and applications, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Antimicrobial agents and applications.

Satoh has published extensively in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Macromolecules, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Journal of Polymer Science.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Satoh include:

  • "Cationic RAFT and DT polymerization," 2021, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "Stereospecific cationic RAFT polymerization of bulky vinyl ethers and stereoblock poly(vinyl alcohol) via mechanistic transformation to radical RAFT polymerization of vinyl acetate," 2021, Giant
  • "Radical-promoted single-unit monomer insertion (SUMI) [aka. reversible-deactivation radical addition (RDRA)]," 2023, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "Multifactor Control of Vinyl Monomer Sequence, Molecular Weight, and Tacticity via Iterative Radical Additions and Olefin Metathesis Reactions," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Synthesis and Degradation of Vinyl Polymers with Evenly Distributed Thioacetal Bonds in Main Chains: Cationic DT Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Cyclic Thioacetals," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

They have collaborated frequently with a range of researchers including Masami Kamigaito, Mineto Uchiyama, Tomohiro Kubo, Masato Miyajima, and Audrey Moores.

Best Publications

  • Stereospecific living radical polymerization: dual control of chain length and tacticity for precision polymer synthesis.

    Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Beyond Traditional RAFT: Alternative Activation of Thiocarbonylthio Compounds for Controlled Polymerization.

    Thomas G McKenzie;Qiang Fu;Mineto Uchiyama;Kotaro Satoh

  • AAB-Sequence Living Radical Chain Copolymerization of Naturally Occurring Limonene with Maleimide: An End-to-End Sequence-Regulated Copolymer

    Kotaro Satoh;Masaru Matsuda;Kanji Nagai;Masami Kamigaito

  • Xanthate-Mediated Radical Polymerization of N-Vinylpyrrolidone in Fluoroalcohols for Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity

    Decheng Wan;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Sequence-regulated vinyl copolymers by metal-catalysed step-growth radical polymerization

    Kotaro Satoh;Satoshi Ozawa;Masato Mizutani;Kanji Nagai

  • Cyclic Block Copolymers for Controlling Feature Sizes in Block Copolymer Lithography

    Justin E. Poelma;Kosuke Ono;Kosuke Ono;Daigo Miyajima;Daigo Miyajima;Takuzo Aida

  • Cationic RAFT Polymerization Using ppm Concentrations of Organic Acid

    Mineto Uchiyama;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Manganese-Based Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate, Methyl Acrylate, and Styrene: Highly Active, Versatile, and Photoresponsive Systems

    Kazuhiko Koumura;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Discrete and Stereospecific Oligomers Prepared by Sequential and Alternating Single Unit Monomer Insertion.

    Zixuan Huang;Benjamin B. Noble;Nathaniel Corrigan;Yingying Chu

  • Iodine Transfer Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate in Fluoroalcohols for Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight, Stereospecificity, and Regiospecificity

    Kazuhiko Koumura;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Bio-Based Functional Styrene Monomers Derived from Naturally Occurring Ferulic Acid for Poly(vinylcatechol) and Poly(vinylguaiacol) via Controlled Radical Polymerization

    Hisaaki Takeshima;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Controlled cationic polymerization of p-methoxystyrene in aqueous media with Yb(OTf)3

    Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Interconvertible Living Radical and Cationic Polymerization through Reversible Activation of Dormant Species with Dual Activity

    Hiroshi Aoshima;Mineto Uchiyama;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Design and Synthesis of Self-Degradable Antibacterial Polymers by Simultaneous Chain- and Step-Growth Radical Copolymerization

    Masato Mizutani;Edmund F. Palermo;Laura M. Thoma;Kotaro Satoh

  • Stereoregulation in Living Radical Polymerization

    Masami Kamigaito;Kotaro Satoh

  • Mn2(CO)10-Induced Controlled/Living Radical Copolymerization of Methyl Acrylate and 1-Hexene in Fluoroalcohol: High α-Olefin Content Copolymers with Controlled Molecular Weights

    Kazuhiko Koumura;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Precision Synthesis of Bio-Based Acrylic Thermoplastic Elastomer by RAFT Polymerization of Itaconic Acid Derivatives

    Kotaro Satoh;Dong-Hyung Lee;Kanji Nagai;Masami Kamigaito

  • A facile synthesis of clickable and acid-cleavable PEO for acid-degradable block copolymers

    Kotaro Satoh;Kotaro Satoh;Justin E. Poelma;Luis M. Campos;Brian Stahl

  • Main-Chain and Side-Chain Sequence-Regulated Vinyl Copolymers by Iterative Atom Transfer Radical Additions and 1:1 or 2:1 Alternating Radical Copolymerization

    Takamasa Soejima;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

  • Controlled/living polymerization of renewable vinyl monomers into bio-based polymers

    Kotaro Satoh;Kotaro Satoh

  • Biomass-derived heat-resistant alicyclic hydrocarbon polymers: poly(terpenes) and their hydrogenated derivatives

    Kotaro Satoh;Hiroko Sugiyama;Masami Kamigaito

  • In-Situ Direct Mechanistic Transformation from RAFT to Living Cationic Polymerization for (Meth)acrylate−Vinyl Ether Block Copolymers

    Shinya Kumagai;Kanji Nagai;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito

Frequent Co-Authors

Masami Kamigaito
Masami Kamigaito Nagoya University
Yoshio Okamoto
Yoshio Okamoto Nagoya University
Mitsuo Sawamoto
Mitsuo Sawamoto Chubu University
Greg G. Qiao
Greg G. Qiao University of Melbourne
Hiroshi Jinnai
Hiroshi Jinnai Tohoku University
Jiangtao Xu
Jiangtao Xu University of New South Wales
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu University of Technology Sydney
Cyrille Boyer
Cyrille Boyer University of New South Wales
Vincent Ladmiral
Vincent Ladmiral Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Craig J. Hawker
Craig J. Hawker University of California, Santa Barbara

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