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Mitsutaka Okumura

Mitsutaka Okumura

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13530
World Ranking
9224
National Ranking
655

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mitsutaka Okumura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Okumura has published work in numerous scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Chemistry Letters
  • Chemical Physics Letters
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Journal of Catalysis
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Among the recent papers attributed to Okumura's collaborations and research are:

  • Pt/CeO2 with residual chloride as reusable soft Lewis acid catalysts: Application to highly efficient isomerization of allylic esters (2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)
  • Theoretical Study on Redox Potential Control of Iron-Sulfur Cluster by Hydrogen Bonds: A Possibility of Redox Potential Programming (2021, Molecules)
  • Estimation of spin contamination errors in DFT/plane-wave calculations of solid materials using approximate spin projection scheme (2020, Chemical Physics Letters)
  • Partial oxidation of propylene with H2 and O2 over Au supported on ZrO2 with different structural and surface properties (2021, Journal of Catalysis)
  • Excellent Catalytic Activity of a Pd-Promoted MnOx Catalyst for Purifying Automotive Exhaust Gases (2020, ChemCatChem)

Frequent co-authors associated with Okumura include:

  • Takashi Kawakami
  • Shusuke Yamanaka
  • Kohei Tada
  • Tamao Ishida
  • Kizashi Yamaguchi

Okumura was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Vital Role of Moisture in the Catalytic Activity of Supported Gold Nanoparticles

    Masakazu Daté;Mitsutaka Okumura;Susumu Tsubota;Masatake Haruta

  • Catalytically highly active top gold atom on palladium nanocluster

    Haijun Zhang;Tatsuya Watanabe;Mitsutaka Okumura;Masatake Haruta

  • Chemical vapor deposition of gold on Al2O3, SiO2, and TiO2 for the oxidation of CO and of H2

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Shyunichi Nakamura;Susumu Tsubota;Toshiko Nakamura

  • Hydrogen dissociation by gold clusters.

    Tadahiro Fujitani;Isao Nakamura;Tomoki Akita;Mitsutaka Okumura

  • A general algorithm for calculation of Heisenberg exchange integrals J in multispin systems

    M. Shoji;K. Koizumi;Y. Kitagawa;T. Kawakami

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis by Gold

    Takashi Takei;Tomoki Akita;Isao Nakamura;Tadahiro Fujitani

  • Hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene and of crotonaldehyde over highly dispersed Au catalysts

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Tomoki Akita;Masatake Haruta

  • The influence of the support on the activity and selectivity of Pd in CO hydrogenation

    Wen-Jie Shen;Mitsutaka Okumura;Yasuyuki Matsumura;Masatake Haruta

  • Preparation of supported gold catalysts by gas-phase grafting of gold acethylacetonate for low-temperature oxidation of CO and of H2

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Susumu Tsubota;Masatake Haruta

  • EHF theory of chemical reactions Part 4. UNO CASSCF, UNO CASPT2 and R(U)HF coupled-cluster (CC) wavefunctions

    S. Yamanaka;M. Okumura;M. Nakano;K. Yamaguchi

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles on MCM-41 and Their Catalytic Activities for the Low-temperature Oxidation of CO and of H2

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Susumu Tsubota;Masakazu Iwamoto;Masatake Haruta

  • The reactivities of dimethylgold(III)β-diketone on the surface of TiO2 : A novel preparation method for Au catalysts

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Koji Tanaka;Atsushi Ueda;Masatake Haruta

  • Effect of physical mixing of CsCl with Au/Ti-MCM-41 on the gas-phase epoxidation of propene using H2 and O2:: Drastic depression of H2 consumption

    B.S Uphade;M Okumura;S Tsubota;M Haruta

  • DFT studies of interaction between O 2 and Au clusters. The role of anionic surface Au atoms on Au clusters for catalyzed oxygenation

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Yasutaka Kitagawa;Masatake Haruta;Kizashi Yamaguchi

  • EPR Study of CO and O2 Interaction with Supported Au Catalysts

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Juan M. Coronado;Javier Soria;Masatake Haruta

  • Approximately spin-projected geometry optimization method and its application to di-chromium systems

    Yasutaka Kitagawa;Toru Saito;Masahide Ito;Mitsuo Shoji

  • Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Titanosilicates Prepared by Modified Sol−Gel Method: Ideal Gold Catalyst Supports for Enhanced Propene Epoxidation

    Sinha Ak;Seelan S;Okumura M;Akita T

  • Epoxidation of propylene over gold catalysts supported on non-porous silica

    Caixia Qi;T Akita;M Okumura;M Haruta

  • Direct Production of Hydrogen Peroxide from H2 and O2 over Highly Dispersed Au catalysts

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Yasutaka Kitagawa;Kizashi Yamagcuhi;Tomoki Akita

  • Mechanistic insights in charge-transfer-induced luminescence of 1,2-dioxetanones with a substituent of low oxidation potential.

    Hiroshi Isobe;Yu Takano;Mitsutaka Okumura;Seiki Kuramitsu

  • The interaction of neutral and charged Au clusters with O2, CO and H2

    Mitsutaka Okumura;Yasutaka Kitagawa;Masatake Haruta;Kizashi Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kizashi Yamaguchi
Kizashi Yamaguchi Osaka University
Masatake Haruta
Masatake Haruta Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tomoki Akita
Tomoki Akita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Susumu Tsubota
Susumu Tsubota National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Haruki Nakamura
Haruki Nakamura Osaka University
Kazuya Yamaguchi
Kazuya Yamaguchi University of Tokyo
Masayoshi Nakano
Masayoshi Nakano Osaka University
Makoto Tokunaga
Makoto Tokunaga Kyushu University
Naoki Toshima
Naoki Toshima Tokyo University of Science
Yasuyuki Matsumura
Yasuyuki Matsumura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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