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Masami Kamigaito

Masami Kamigaito

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Materials Science
Japan
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
83
Citations
27669
World Ranking
2343
National Ranking
97

Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
27750
World Ranking
2911
National Ranking
165

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masami Kamigaito is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and specializes primarily in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their research prominently focuses on organic chemistry and the development of advanced polymer synthesis and characterization techniques.

The scientist's work covers several specialized subfields, including organic chemistry, biomaterials, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and process chemistry and technology. The range of main research topics includes:

  • Advanced polymer synthesis and characterization
  • Synthetic organic chemistry methods
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Photopolymerization techniques and applications
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Click chemistry and applications

Kamigaito has contributed to several scientific publications with a particular emphasis on polymer science and synthetic polymerization methods. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Progress and Perspectives Beyond Traditional RAFT Polymerization", 2020, Advanced Science
  • "Cationic RAFT and DT polymerization", 2021, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "Synergistic Advances in Living Cationic and Radical Polymerizations", 2020, Macromolecules
  • "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

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and Macromolecules. This reflects a consistent contribution to the polymer science community and organic chemistry literature.

Collaborative research is a significant aspect of Kamigaito's work. Frequent co-authors include Kotaro Satoh, Mineto Uchiyama, Cyrille Boyer, Greg G. Qiao, and Tae-Lim Choi, with collaboration counts ranging from 13 to 34 joint publications, indicating several long-term partnerships within the polymer and materials science research community.

Best Publications

  • Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with the Carbon Tetrachloride/Dichlorotris- (triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)/Methylaluminum Bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxide) Initiating System: Possibility of Living Radical Polymerization

    Mitsuru Kato;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization.

    Masami Kamigaito;Tsuyoshi Ando;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Iron(II) Chloride Complex for Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate1

    Tsuyoshi Ando;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Nickel-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate1

    Hiroko Uegaki;Yuzo Kotani;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with Ruthenium Complex: Formation of Polymers with Controlled Molecular Weights and Very Narrow Distributions1

    Tsuyoshi Ando;Mitsuru Kato;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • 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

  • Possibility of living radical polymerization of vinyl acetate catalyzed by iron(I) complex

    Masayuki Wakioka;Kyung-Youl Baek;Tsuyoshi Ando;Masami Kamigaito

  • 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

  • RAFT Polymerization of N-Isopropylacrylamide in the Absence and Presence of Y(OTf)3: Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity

    Biswajit Ray;Yutaka Isobe;Kozo Matsumoto;Shigeki Habaue

  • Re(V)-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Styrene:1 ReO2I(PPh3)2/R−I Initiating Systems

    Yuzo Kotani;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • NiBr2(Pn-Bu3)2-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates and Acrylates and Their Block or Random Copolymerizations1

    Hiroko Uegaki;Yuzo Kotani;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Star-Shaped Polymers by Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization. 1. Design of Ru(II)-Based Systems and Divinyl Linking Agents1

    Kyung-Youl Baek;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Calixarene-Core Multifunctional Initiators for the Ruthenium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates1

    Jiro Ueda;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • 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

  • Progress and Perspectives Beyond Traditional RAFT Polymerization

    Mitchell D Nothling;Qiang Fu;Amin Reyhani;Stephanie Allison-Logan

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

    Kotaro Satoh;Satoshi Ozawa;Masato Mizutani;Kanji Nagai

  • Synthesis of isotactic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) by RAFT polymerization in the presence of Lewis acid

    Biswajit Ray;Yutaka Isobe;Kohei Morioka;Shigeki Habaue

  • Living Radical Polymerization of Alkyl Methacrylates with Ruthenium Complex and Synthesis of Their Block Copolymers1

    Yuzo Kotani;Mitsuru Kato;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Effect of Tacticity of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) on the Phase Separation Temperature of Its Aqueous Solutions

    Biswajit Ray;Yoshio Okamoto;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

  • Multifunctional Initiators for the Ruthenium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate: Di- and Trifunctional Dichloroacetates for Synthesis of Multiarmed Polymers1

    Jiro Ueda;Mutsuhiro Matsuyama;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kotaro Satoh
Kotaro Satoh Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mitsuo Sawamoto
Mitsuo Sawamoto Chubu University
Yoshio Okamoto
Yoshio Okamoto Nagoya University
Toshinobu Higashimura
Toshinobu Higashimura The University of Shiga Prefecture
Greg G. Qiao
Greg G. Qiao University of Melbourne
Hiroshi Jinnai
Hiroshi Jinnai Tohoku University
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu University of Technology Sydney
Cyrille Boyer
Cyrille Boyer University of New South Wales
Jiangtao Xu
Jiangtao Xu University of New South Wales
Vincent Ladmiral
Vincent Ladmiral Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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