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Kunio Arai is a researcher affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, with a focus on Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work includes studies in specialized subfields such as Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Neurology.

The scientist's main research topics involve diet and metabolism studies, the neuroscience of respiration and sleep, as well as issues related to alcoholism and thiamine deficiency.

Arai has contributed to publications in the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology.

  • Randomized, multicenter, active-controlled open-label study of NPC-25, zinc histidine hydrate, (non-inferiority to NOBELZIN™, zinc acetate dihydrate) for patients with hypozincemia, 2024, Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Collaborators frequently working with Arai include Daisuke Asaoka, Tomomi Ishihara, Sachiko Ezoe, Izumi Hamada, and Motohiro Kitamura.

Best Publications

  • Dissolution and Hydrolysis of Cellulose in Subcritical and Supercritical Water

    Mitsuru Sasaki;Zhen Fang;Yoshiko Fukushima;Tadafumi Adschiri

  • Cellulose hydrolysis in subcritical and supercritical water

    Mitsuru Sasaki;Bernard Kabyemela;Roberto Malaluan;Satoshi Hirose

  • Glucose and fructose decomposition in subcritical and supercritical water: Detailed reaction pathway, mechanisms, and kinetics

    Bernard M. Kabyemela;Tadafumi Adschiri;Roberto M. Malaluan;Kunio Arai

  • Rapid and Continuous Hydrothermal Crystallization of Metal Oxide Particles in Supercritical Water

    Tadafumi Adschiri;Katsuhito Kanazawa;Kunio Arai

  • Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Oxide Fine Particles at Supercritical Conditions

    Tadafumi Adschiri;Yukiya Hakuta;Kunio Arai

  • Kinetics of glucose epimerization and decomposition in subcritical and supercritical water

    Bernard M. Kabyemela;Tadafumi Adschiri;Roberto M. Malaluan;Kunio Arai

  • Reaction chemistry and phase behavior of lignin in high-temperature and supercritical water

    Zhen Fang;Takafumi Sato;Richard L. Smith;Hiroshi Inomata

  • Conversion of Lignin with Supercritical Water−Phenol Mixtures

    Motofumi Saisu;Takafumi Sato;Masaru Watanabe;Tadafumi Adschiri

  • Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles at Supercritical Conditions

    Tadafumi Adschiri;Yukiya Hakuta;Kiwamu Sue;Kunio Arai

  • Chemical Reactions of C1 Compounds in Near-Critical and Supercritical Water

    Masaru Watanabe;Takafumi Sato;Hiroshi Inomata;Richard Lee Smith

  • Dehydration Of D-glucose in high temperature water at pressures up to 80 MPa

    Taku Michael Aida;Yukiko Sato;Masaru Watanabe;Kiyohiko Tajima

  • Kinetics of cellulose conversion at 25 MPa in sub‐ and supercritical water

    Mitsuru Sasaki;Tadafumi Adschiri;Kunio Arai

  • Isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium data for binary systems at high pressures: carbon dioxide-methanol, carbon dioxide-ethanol, carbon dioxide-1-propanol, methane-ethanol, methane-1-propanol, ethane-ethanol, and ethane-1-propanol systems

    Kazuhiko Suzuki;Haruhusa Sue;Masahiro Itou;Richard Lee Jr. Smith

  • Catalytic hydrogen generation from biomass (glucose and cellulose) with ZrO2 in supercritical water

    Masaru Watanabe;Hiroshi Inomata;Kunio Arai

  • Low-Temperature Catalytic Gasification of Lignin and Cellulose with a Ruthenium Catalyst in Supercritical Water

    Mitsumasa Osada;Takafumi Sato;Masaru Watanabe;Tadafumi Adschiri

  • Rapid and Continuous Hydrothermal Synthesis of Boehmite Particles in Subcritical and Supercritical Water

    Tadafumi Adschiri;Katsuhito Kanazawa;Kunio Arai

  • Catalytic effects of NaOH and ZrO2 for partial oxidative gasification of n-hexadecane and lignin in supercritical water

    Masaru Watanabe;Hiroshi Inomata;Mitsumasa Osada;Takafumi Sato

  • Noncatalytic Conversion of Cellulose in Supercritical and Subcritical Water

    Tadafumi Adschiri;Satoru Hirose;Roberto Malaluan;Kunio Arai

  • Mechanism and Kinetics of Cellobiose Decomposition in Sub- and Supercritical Water

    B. M. Kabyemela;M. Takigawa;Tadafumi Adschiri;R. M. Malaluan

  • Fine particle formation using supercritical fluids

    Yukiya Hakuta;Hiromichi Hayashi;Kunio Arai

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadafumi Adschiri
Tadafumi Adschiri Tohoku University
Hiroshi Inomata
Hiroshi Inomata Tohoku University
Richard L. Smith
Richard L. Smith Tohoku University
Masaru Watanabe
Masaru Watanabe Tohoku University
Mitsuru Sasaki
Mitsuru Sasaki Kumamoto University
Hitoshi Kasai
Hitoshi Kasai Tohoku University
Zhen Fang
Zhen Fang Nanjing Agricultural University
Yutaka Ikushima
Yutaka Ikushima National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kiyoshi Kanamura
Kiyoshi Kanamura Tokyo Metropolitan University
Koji Takahashi
Koji Takahashi Kyushu University

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