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Materials Science

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61
Citations
11663
World Ranking
6863
National Ranking
364

Chemistry

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Masahiko Hara 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 Masahiko Hara sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 430 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masahiko Hara 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 Masahiko Hara sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masahiko Hara is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, and areas related to renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's research mainly focuses on catalytic processes in materials science with particular attention to nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalysis and oxidation reactions, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

Some of the recent papers authored by or closely connected to their research include:

  • Solid solution for catalytic ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen gases at 50 °C, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Template-Free Synthesis of Mesoporous β-MnO2 Nanoparticles: Structure, Formation Mechanism, and Catalytic Properties, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Folic acid-conjugated magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with quercetin: a theranostic approach for cancer management, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Low-Temperature Ammonia Synthesis on Iron Catalyst with an Electron Donor, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Effects of ruthenium hydride species on primary amine synthesis by direct amination of alcohols over a heterogeneous Ru catalyst, 2020, Chemical Science

Masahiko Hara's frequent coauthors are:

  • Keigo Kamata
  • Yusuke Kita
  • Masashi Hattori
  • Debraj Chandra
  • Asim Bhaumik

Their publications are frequently found in several prominent journals such as:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Communications
  • ACS Catalysis

The areas of expertise represented in Hara's work cover foundational and applied aspects of catalysis, especially related to nanomaterials and ammonia synthesis which have implications for sustainable chemical processes. Their combined focus on catalytic mechanisms, synthesis techniques, and materials characterization aligns well with evolving research priorities in materials chemistry and renewable energy applications.

Best Publications

  • Surface Phase Behavior of n-Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers Adsorbed on Au(111): An Atomic Force Microscope Study

    Kaoru Tamada;Masahiko Hara;Hiroyuki Sasabe;Wolfgang Knoll

  • High Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Measurements of Octadecanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)

    Takao Ishida;Masahiko Hara;Isao Kojima;Satoshi Tsuneda

  • Fabrication of honeycomb film of an amphiphilic copolymer at the air-water interface

    Takehiro Nishikawa;Ryusuke Ookura;Jin Nishida;Keiko Arai

  • Smart network solutions in an amoeboid organism.

    Toshiyuki Nakagaki;Hiroyasu Yamada;Masahiko Hara

  • Anchoring structure of smectic liquid-crystal layers on MoS 2 observed by scanning tunnelling microscopy

    M. Hara;Y. Iwakabe;K. Tochigi;H. Sasabe

  • Bio-template Synthesis of Uniform CdSe Nanoparticles Using Cage-shaped Protein, Apoferritin

    Ichiro Yamashita;Junko Hayashi;Masahiko Hara

  • High-resolution STM and XPS studies of thiophene self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

    Jaegeun Noh;Eisuke Ito;Ken Nakajima;Jinyeol Kim

  • Intense Fluorescence from Light-Driven Self-Assembled Aggregates of Nonionic Azobenzene Derivative

    Mina Han;Masahiko Hara

  • Oxygen substitution effects in Li10GeP2S12 solid electrolyte

    Yulong Sun;Kota Suzuki;Kosuke Hara;Satoshi Hori

  • Micropatterns Based on Deformation of a Viscoelastic Honeycomb Mesh

    Takehiro Nishikawa;Makiko Nonomura;Keiko Arai;Junko Hayashi

  • Epitaxial Growth of Organic Thin Films by Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy

    Masahiko Hara;Hiroyuki Sasabe;Akira Yamada;Anthony F. Garito

  • Optical Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles Capped with Polymers.

    Shingo Tachikawa;Atsushi Noguchi;Takeharu Tsuge;Masahiko Hara

  • Mechanical unfolding of a2‐macroglobulin molecules with atomic force microscope

    Keita Mitsui;Masahiko Hara;Atsushi Ikai

  • An HREELS Study of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)

    Hiroyuki S. Kato;Jaegeun Noh;Masahiko Hara;Maki Kawai

  • Uncaria rhynchophylla, a Chinese medicinal herb, has potent antiaggregation effects on Alzheimer's β-amyloid proteins

    Hironori Fujiwara;Koh Iwasaki;Katsutoshi Furukawa;Takashi Seki

  • Mechanism underlying specificity of proteins targeting inorganic materials.

    Tomohiro Hayashi;Ken-Ichi Sano;Kiyotaka Shiba;Yoshikazu Kumashiro

  • Electrochemistry and electrochromic behavior of Langmuir-Blodgett films of octakis-substituted rare-earth metal diphthalocyanines

    Yunqi Liu;Kiyotaka Shigehara;Masahiko Hara;Akira Yamada

  • A traditional medicinal herb Paeonia suffruticosa and its active constituent 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-β-D-glucopyranose have potent anti-aggregation effects on Alzheimer's amyloid β proteins in vitro and in vivo

    Hironori Fujiwara;Masahiro Tabuchi;Takuji Yamaguchi;Koh Iwasaki

  • Surface State Analysis of Photobrightening in CdSe Nanocrystal Thin Films

    Harumi Asami;Yoshimi Abe;Takeshi Ohtsu;Itaru Kamiya

  • Surface structure and interface dynamics of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111).

    Jaegeun Noh;Hiroyuki S. Kato;Maki Kawai;Masahiko Hara

  • Stimulus-Responsive Azobenzene Supramolecules: Fibers, Gels, and Hollow Spheres

    Sumi Lee;Seungwhan Oh;Joosub Lee;Yashwardhan Malpani

  • Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayer on Au(111)

    Naoki Nishida;Masahiko Hara;Hiroyuki Sasabe;Wolfgang Knoll

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
Hiroyuki Sasabe
Hiroyuki Sasabe Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
Ken Nakajima
Ken Nakajima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yukio Ouchi
Yukio Ouchi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hideo Takezoe
Hideo Takezoe Tokyo Institute of Technology
Atsuo Fukuda
Atsuo Fukuda Trinity College Dublin
Kazuyuki Aihara
Kazuyuki Aihara University of Tokyo
Masatsugu Shimomura
Masatsugu Shimomura Tohoku University
Toshiaki Enoki
Toshiaki Enoki Tokyo Institute of Technology

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