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Overview

Motoo Yumura is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on materials science, engineering, and environmental science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to addressing key challenges in these fields.

Their main areas of study include materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering. These subfields enable a comprehensive exploration of both the fundamental and applied aspects of material properties and processes.

Motoo Yumura's research covers topics such as:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Recycling and waste management techniques

They have contributed to publications in recognized scientific venues, with recent work appearing in the journal Nanoscale Research Letters. Notably, one publication titled "Crystalline and Electrical Property Improvement of Filtrated, Exfoliated Graphite Sheets by an In-Plane Current and Heating Treatment" was published in 2020.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Naoyuki Matsumoto, Azusa Oshima, Kenji Hata, and Don N. Futaba. These collaborations indicate an active engagement with other researchers working in related areas of material science and engineering.

The research output by Motoo Yumura consistently addresses aspects related to the modification and improvement of material properties, with an emphasis on practical applications such as electrical performance and material recycling techniques.

Best Publications

  • Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Impurity-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Kenji Hata;Don N. Futaba;Kohei Mizuno;Tatsunori Namai

  • Shape-engineerable and highly densely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes and their application as super-capacitor electrodes

    Don N. Futaba;Kenji Hata;Takeo Yamada;Tatsuki Hiraoka

  • A black body absorber from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Kohei Mizuno;Juntaro Ishii;Hideo Kishida;Yuhei Hayamizu

  • Extracting the full potential of single-walled carbon nanotubes as durable supercapacitor electrodes operable at 4 V with high power and energy density.

    Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Satoshi Yasuda;Kazufumi Kobashi;Takeo Yamada

  • Polymer Composites of Carbon Nanotubes Aligned by a Magnetic Field

    Tohru Kimura;Hiroki Ago;Masayuki Tobita;Satoshi Ohshima

  • One hundred fold increase in current carrying capacity in a carbon nanotube–copper composite

    Chandramouli Subramaniam;Takeo Yamada;Kazufumi Kobashi;Atsuko Sekiguchi

  • Conical beams from open nanotubes

    Yahachi Saito;Koji Hamaguchi;Koichi Hata;Kunio Uchida

  • Size-selective growth of double-walled carbon nanotube forests from engineered iron catalysts.

    Takeo Yamada;Tatsunori Namai;Kenji Hata;Don N. Futaba

  • Kinetics of water-assisted single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis revealed by a time-evolution analysis.

    Don N. Futaba;Kenji Hata;Takeo Yamada;Kohei Mizuno

  • Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature-Invariant Viscoelasticity from –196° to 1000°C

    Ming Xu;Don N. Futaba;Takeo Yamada;Motoo Yumura

  • Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers

    Yuhei Hayamizu;Takeo Yamada;Kohei Mizuno;Robert C Davis

  • Selectivity of water-soluble proteins in single-walled carbon nanotube dispersions

    Koji Matsuura;Takeshi Saito;Toshiya Okazaki;Satoshi Ohshima

  • 84% catalyst activity of water-assisted growth of single walled carbon nanotube forest characterization by a statistical and macroscopic approach.

    Don N Futaba;Kenji Hata;Tatsunori Namai;Takeo Yamada

  • Elastomeric Thermal Interface Materials with High Through‐Plane Thermal Conductivity from Carbon Fiber Fillers Vertically Aligned by Electrostatic Flocking

    Kojiro Uetani;Seisuke Ata;Shigeki Tomonoh;Takeo Yamada

  • Selective diameter control of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the gas-phase synthesis.

    Takeshi Saito;Satoshi Ohshima;Toshiya Okazaki;Shigekazu Ohmori

  • Revealing the secret of water-assisted carbon nanotube synthesis by microscopic observation of the interaction of water on the catalysts.

    Takeo Yamada;Alan Maigne;Masako Yudasaka;Kouhei Mizuno

  • Field emission from multi-walled carbon nanotubes and its application to electron tubes

    Y. Saito;K. Hamaguchi;S. Uemura;K. Uchida

  • Synthesis of single- and double-walled carbon nanotube forests on conducting metal foils.

    Tatsuki Hiraoka;Takeo Yamada;Kenji Hata;Don N Futaba

  • Compact and Light Supercapacitor Electrodes from a Surface-Only Solid by Opened Carbon Nanotubes with 2 200 m2 g-1 Surface Area

    Tatsuki Hiraoka;Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Ali Izadi-Najafabadi;Takeo Yamada;Don N. Futaba

  • Dispersion of metal nanoparticles for aligned carbon nanotube arrays

    Hiroki Ago;Toshiki Komatsu;Satoshi Ohshima;Yasunori Kuriki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Hata
Kenji Hata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Don N. Futaba
Don N. Futaba National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Sumio Iijima
Sumio Iijima Meijo University
Takeo Yamada
Takeo Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hiroki Ago
Hiroki Ago Kyushu University
Yahachi Saito
Yahachi Saito Nagoya University
Toshiya Okazaki
Toshiya Okazaki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masako Yudasaka
Masako Yudasaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kiyoshi Yase
Kiyoshi Yase National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masaharu Tsuji
Masaharu Tsuji Kyushu University

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