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Masahiko Arai is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science, with additional focus on subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Process Chemistry and Technology, Materials Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics.

The primary topics of Masahiko Arai's work include Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, Polymer composites and self-healing, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, and Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Masahiko Arai, including Fengyu Zhao, Chao Zhang, Haiyang Cheng, Xinchao Wang, and Peixuan Wu.

Masahiko Arai has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Green Chemistry, Molecular Catalysis, Catalysis Science & Technology, and ACS Catalysis.

Notable recent papers by Masahiko Arai include:

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenolics - a review on the active sites of supported metal catalysts (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • A self-healing and recyclable polyurethane-urea Diels-Alder adduct synthesized from carbon dioxide and furfuryl amine (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • Chlorine-Modified Ru/TiO2 Catalyst for Selective Guaiacol Hydrodeoxygenation (2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
  • Selective N-Methylation of N-Methylaniline with CO2 and H2 over TiO2-Supported PdZn Catalyst (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over Pd/TiH2 catalyst (2021, Molecular Catalysis)

Best Publications

  • Development in the green synthesis of cyclic carbonate from carbon dioxide using ionic liquids

    Jianmin Sun;Shin-ichiro Fujita;Masahiko Arai

  • Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate and glycols from carbon dioxide, epoxides, and methanol using heterogeneous basic metal oxide catalysts with high activity and selectivity

    Bhalchandra M Bhanage;Shin-ichiro Fujita;Yutaka Ikushima;Masahiko Arai

  • Synthesis of styrene carbonate from styrene oxide and carbon dioxide in the presence of zinc bromide and ionic liquid under mild conditions

    Jianmin Sun;Shin-ichiro Fujita;Fengyu Zhao;Masahiko Arai

  • Hydrogen bond activation strategy for cyclic carbonates synthesis from epoxides and CO2: current state-of-the art of catalyst development and reaction analysis

    Mengshuai Liu;Xin Wang;Yichen Jiang;Jianmin Sun

  • Effect of Zn addition to supported Pd catalysts in the steam reforming of methanol

    Nobuhiro Iwasa;Tomoyuki Mayanagi;Wataru Nomura;Masahiko Arai

  • The leaching and re-deposition of metal species from and onto conventional supported palladium catalysts in the Heck reaction of iodobenzene and methyl acrylate in N-methylpyrrolidone

    Fengyu Zhao;Masayuki Shirai;Yutaka Ikushima;Masahiko Arai

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenolics – a review on the active sites of supported metal catalysts

    Xinchao Wang;Xinchao Wang;Masahiko Arai;Qifan Wu;Chao Zhang

  • Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate and glycols from carbon dioxide, epoxides and methanol using heterogeneous Mg containing smectite catalysts: effect of reaction variables on activity and selectivity performance

    Bhalchandra M. Bhanage;Shin-ichiro Fujita;Yutaka Ikushima;Kazuo Torii

  • AN IN SITU RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF SUBCRITICAL AND SUPERCRITICAL WATER: THE PECULIARITY OF HYDROGEN BONDING NEAR THE CRITICAL POINT

    Yutaka Ikushima;Kiyotaka Hatakeda;Norio Saito;Masahiko Arai

  • Nitrogen-Doped, Metal-Free Activated Carbon Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols

    Hiroyuki Watanabe;Sayaka Asano;Shin-ichiro Fujita;Hiroshi Yoshida

  • CATALYST PRODUCT SEPARATION TECHNIQUES IN HECK REACTION

    Bhalchandra M. Bhanage;Masahiko Arai

  • Acceleration of Synthetic Organic Reactions Using Supercritical Water: Noncatalytic Beckmann and Pinacol Rearrangements

    Yutaka Ikushima;Kiyotaka Hatakeda;Osamu Sato;and Toshirou Yokoyama

  • Photocatalytic hydrogen production from aqueous glycerol solution using NiO/TiO2 catalysts: Effects of preparation and reaction conditions

    Shin-ichiro Fujita;Hiroki Kawamori;Daisuke Honda;Hiroshi Yoshida

  • Selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline in dense phase carbon dioxide over Ni/γ-Al2O3: Significance of molecular interactions

    Xiangchun Meng;Xiangchun Meng;Haiyang Cheng;Yoshinari Akiyama;Yufen Hao

  • Recyclable Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems for Heck Reaction through Reversible Transfer of Palladium Species between Solvent and Support

    Fengyu Zhao;Kenji Murakami;Masayuki Shirai;Masahiko Arai

  • Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from carbon dioxide and methanol in the presence of methyl iodide and base catalysts under mild conditions: effect of reaction conditions and reaction mechanism

    Shin-ichiro Fujita;Bhalchandra M. Bhanage;Yutaka Ikushima;Masahiko Arai

  • Heterogeneous catalytic conversion of CO2 and epoxides to cyclic carbonates over multifunctional tri-s-triazine terminal-linked ionic liquids

    Mengshuai Liu;Jianwen Lan;Lin Liang;Jianmin Sun

  • A highly efficient catalyst system of ZnBr2/n-Bu4NI for the synthesis of styrene carbonate from styrene oxide and supercritical carbon dioxide

    Jianmin Sun;Shin-Ichiro Fujita;Fengyu Zhao;Masahiko Arai

  • Transesterification of urea and ethylene glycol to ethylene carbonate as an important step for urea based dimethyl carbonate synthesis

    Bhalchandra M. Bhanage;Shin-ichiro Fujita;Yutaka Ikushima;Masahiko Arai

  • Hydrogenation of nitrobenzene with supported platinum catalysts in supercritical carbon dioxide: effects of pressure, solvent, and metal particle size

    Fengyu Zhao;Fengyu Zhao;Yutaka Ikushima;Masahiko Arai

  • Supercritical carbon dioxide as reaction medium : examination of its solvent effects in the near-critical region

    Yutaka Ikushima;Norio Saito;Masahiko Arai

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-ichiro Fujita
Shin-ichiro Fujita Hokkaido University
Fengyu Zhao
Fengyu Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yutaka Ikushima
Yutaka Ikushima National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Bhalchandra M. Bhanage
Bhalchandra M. Bhanage Institute of Chemical Technology
Piyasan Praserthdam
Piyasan Praserthdam Chulalongkorn University
Qiang Liu
Qiang Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nobutsune Takezawa
Nobutsune Takezawa Hokkaido University
Osamu Sato
Osamu Sato Kyushu University
Rajendra Srivastava
Rajendra Srivastava Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Yan Li
Yan Li Sun Yat-sen University

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