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Masahisa Wada

Masahisa Wada

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
17929
World Ranking
6157
National Ranking
390

Overview

Masahisa Wada is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, focusing on various aspects of materials science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research encompasses advanced cellulose studies, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, enzyme production and characterization, hydrogels synthesis and applications, biofuel production and bioconversion, as well as magnetic and electromagnetic effects and microplastics pollution.

They have contributed significantly to the following specific research topics:

  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Masahisa Wada's primary fields of study include Materials Science, with 25 publications, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 13 publications. Their subfield expertise spans biomaterials, plant science, biomedical engineering, spectroscopy, and biotechnology.

Key subfields addressed in their work are:

  • Biomaterials
  • Plant Science
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Biotechnology

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Cellulose (5 publications)
  • Carbohydrate Polymers (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Notable recent papers published by Masahisa Wada are:

  • Untangling the threads of cellulose mercerization, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Cellulose fiber biodegradation in natural waters: river water, brackish water, and seawater, 2022, Cellulose
  • Highly swellable hydrogel of regioselectively aminated (1→3)-α-d-glucan crosslinked with ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Time-Dependent Elastic Tensor of Cellulose Nanocrystal Probed by Hydrostatic Pressure and Uniaxial Stretching, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Moldable Crystalline α-Chitin Hydrogel with Toughness and Transparency toward Ocular Applications, 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Masahisa Wada has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Ryosuke Kusumi, Kayoko Kobayashi, Satoshi Kimura, Yangyang Zhang, and Ung-Jin Kim. The collaboration counts range from 5 to 17 joint works with these coauthors.

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional aqueous-derived biomaterial scaffolds from silk fibroin.

    Ung-Jin Kim;Jaehyung Park;Hyeon Joo Kim;Masahisa Wada

  • Flow properties of microcrystalline cellulose suspension prepared by acid treatment of native cellulose

    Jun Araki;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga;Takeshi Okano

  • Cellulose dissolution with polar ionic liquids under mild conditions: required factors for anions

    Yukinobu Fukaya;Kensaku Hayashi;Masahisa Wada;Hiroyuki Ohno

  • Periodate oxidation of crystalline cellulose.

    Ung Jin Kim;Shigenori Kuga;Masahisa Wada;Takeshi Okano

  • Traffic Jams Reduce Hydrolytic Efficiency of Cellulase on Cellulose Surface

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Takayuki Uchihashi;Anu Koivula;Masahisa Wada;Masahisa Wada

  • Cellulose–Silica Nanocomposite Aerogels by In Situ Formation of Silica in Cellulose Gel

    Jie Cai;Jie Cai;Shilin Liu;Jiao Feng;Satoshi Kimura

  • Nanoporous Cellulose as Metal Nanoparticles Support

    Jie Cai;Satoshi Kimura;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

  • Nanofibrillar cellulose aerogels

    Hao Jin;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

  • Thermal decomposition of native cellulose: Influence on crystallite size

    Ung-Jin Kim;Seok Hyun Eom;Masahisa Wada;Masahisa Wada

  • Cellulose Aerogels from Aqueous Alkali Hydroxide–Urea Solution

    Jie Cai;Satoshi Kimura;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

  • Bone tissue engineering with premineralized silk scaffolds.

    Hyeon Joo Kim;Ung-Jin Kim;Hyun Suk Kim;Chunmei Li

  • Cellulose IIII Crystal Structure and Hydrogen Bonding by Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction

    Masahisa Wada;Henri Chanzy;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Paul Langan

  • Polymorphism of Cellulose I Family: Reinvestigation of Cellulose IVI

    Masahisa Wada;Laurent Heux;Junji Sugiyama

  • High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Visualizes Processive Movement of Trichoderma reesei Cellobiohydrolase I on Crystalline Cellulose

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Anu Koivula;Masahisa Wada;Satoshi Kimura

  • Influence of surface charge on viscosity behavior of cellulose microcrystal suspension

    Jun Araki;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga;Takeshi Okano

  • Birefringent Glassy Phase of a Cellulose Microcrystal Suspension

    Jun Araki;Masahisa Wada;and Shigenori Kuga;Takeshi Okano

  • Surface acylation of cellulose whiskers by drying aqueous emulsion.

    Huihong Yuan;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

  • Revisit of alpha-chitin crystal structure using high resolution X-ray diffraction data.

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  • Solubilization of dialdehyde cellulose by hot water

    Ung-Jin Kim;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

  • Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose I is greatly accelerated via its conversion to the cellulose II hydrate form

    Masahisa Wada;Masakazu Ike;Ken Tokuyasu

  • Mechanical properties of Silk fibroin-microcrystalline cellulose composite films

    Yasutomo Noishiki;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigenori Kuga
Shigenori Kuga University of Tokyo
Yoshiharu Nishiyama
Yoshiharu Nishiyama Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Paul Langan
Paul Langan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Junji Sugiyama
Junji Sugiyama Kyoto University
Jie Cai
Jie Cai Wuhan University
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Motomitsu Kitaoka
Motomitsu Kitaoka Niigata University
Lina Zhang
Lina Zhang Wuhan University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
Keiichi Noguchi
Keiichi Noguchi Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

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