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Naoto Hirosaki is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan and specializes in materials science, with a significant focus on materials chemistry. Their research output includes 85 publications in materials science broadly and 77 specifically in materials chemistry. Additional areas of study include electrical and electronic engineering, radiation, inorganic chemistry, and environmental sustainability related to renewable energy.

Hirosaki's main research topics encompass luminescence properties of advanced materials, perovskite materials, radiation detection, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, solid-state spectroscopy, and luminescent and fluorescent materials. These topics represent the primary themes and technological applications addressed throughout their published works.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hirosaki include Takashi Takeda, Shiro Funahashi, Rong-Jun Xie, Kohsei Takahashi, and Takayuki Nakanishi. These collaborations indicate ongoing research partnerships within the field of materials science and related interdisciplinary projects.

Hirosaki's publications have appeared repeatedly in prominent scientific venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. Notably, nine publications have been contributed to The Cambridge Structural Database.

The following recent papers demonstrate the range and focus of Hirosaki's research:

  • "Thermally Robust Orange-Red-Emitting Color Converters for Laser-Driven Warm White Light with High Overall Optical Properties" (2022), published in Laser & Photonics Review
  • "Unraveling the Luminescence Quenching of Phosphors under High-Power-Density Excitation" (2021), published in Acta Materialia
  • "Ternary solid solution phosphors Ca1--Li Al1--Si1++N3-O:Ce3+ with enhanced thermal stability for high-power laser lighting" (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Powder synthesis and luminescence of a novel yellow-emitting Ba5Si11Al7N25: Eu2+ phosphor discovered by a single-particle-diagnosis approach for warm w-LEDs" (2022), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Discovery of a Ce3+-activated red nitride phosphor for high-brightness solid-state lighting" (2020), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • Luminescence Properties of a Red Phosphor, CaAlSiN3 : Eu2 + , for White Light-Emitting Diodes

    Kyota Uheda;Naoto Hirosaki;Yoshinobu Yamamoto;Atsushi Naito

  • Silicon-based oxynitride and nitride phosphors for white LEDs—A review

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki

  • Characterization and properties of green-emitting β-SiAlON:Eu2+ powder phosphors for white light-emitting diodes

    Naoto Hirosaki;Rong-Jun Xie;Koji Kimoto;Takashi Sekiguchi

  • Eu2+-doped Ca-α-SiAlON: A yellow phosphor for white light-emitting diodes

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Ken Sakuma;Yoshinobu Yamamoto

  • Down-Conversion Nitride Materials for Solid State Lighting: Recent Advances and Perspectives.

    Le Wang;Rong-Jun Xie;Takayuki Suehiro;Takashi Takeda

  • A Simple, Efficient Synthetic Route to Sr2Si5N8:Eu2+-Based Red Phosphors for White Light-Emitting Diodes

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Takayuki Suehiro;Fang-Fang Xu

  • 2-phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes using oxynitride/nitride phosphors

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Naoki Kimura;Ken Sakuma

  • Yellow-Orange-Emitting CaAlSiN3:Ce3+ Phosphor: Structure, Photoluminescence, and Application in White LEDs

    Y. Q. Li;N. Hirosaki;R. J. Xie;T. Takeda

  • Ideal shear strain of metals and ceramics

    Shigenobu Ogata;Shigenobu Ogata;Ju Li;Naoto Hirosaki;Yoji Shibutani

  • Wavelength-tunable and thermally stable Li-α-sialon:Eu2+ oxynitride phosphors for white light-emitting diodes

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Mamoru Mitomo;Ken Sakuma

  • Color Conversion Materials for High-Brightness Laser-Driven Solid-State Lighting

    Shuxing Li;Le Wang;Naoto Hirosaki;Rong‐Jun Xie

  • Achieving High Quantum Efficiency Narrow-Band β-Sialon:Eu2+ Phosphors for High-Brightness LCD Backlights by Reducing the Eu3+ Luminescence Killer

    Shuxing Li;Shuxing Li;Le Wang;Daiming Tang;Yujin Cho

  • Rare-Earth Activated Nitride Phosphors: Synthesis, Luminescence and Applications

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Yuanqiang Li;Takashi Takeda

  • Extrahigh color rendering white light-emitting diode lamps using oxynitride and nitride phosphors excited by blue light-emitting diode

    Naoki Kimura;Ken Sakuma;Syunichiro Hirafune;Kenichiro Asano

  • Structure evolution and photoluminescence of Lu3(Al,Mg)2(Al,Si)3O12:Ce3+ phosphors: new yellow-color converters for blue LED-driven solid state lighting

    Haipeng Ji;Haipeng Ji;Le Wang;Maxim Molokeev;Naoto Hirosaki

  • Al2O3–YAG:Ce composite phosphor ceramic: a thermally robust and efficient color converter for solid state laser lighting

    Shuxing Li;Shuxing Li;Qiangqiang Zhu;Daiming Tang;Xuejian Liu

  • Optical Properties of Eu2+ in α-SiAlON

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Mamoru Mitomo;Yoshinobu Yamamoto

  • Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of β-sialon:Eu[sup 2+] (Si[sub 6−z]Al[sub z]O[sub z]N[sub 8−z]:Eu[sup 2+])

    R.-J. Xie;N. Hirosaki;H.-L. Li;Y. Q. Li

  • Highly efficient white-light-emitting diodes fabricated with short-wavelength yellow oxynitride phosphors

    Rong-Jun Xie;Naoto Hirosaki;Mamoru Mitomo;Kosei Takahashi

  • Unique Color Converter Architecture Enabling Phosphor-in-Glass (PiG) Films Suitable for High-Power and High-Luminance Laser-Driven White Lighting.

    Peng Zheng;Shuxing Li;Le Wang;Tian-Liang Zhou

  • Blue-emitting AlN:Eu2+ nitride phosphor for field emission displays

    N. Hirosaki;R.-J. Xie;K. Inoue;T. Sekiguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Rong-Jun Xie
Rong-Jun Xie Xiamen University
Takashi Takeda
Takashi Takeda National Institute for Materials Science
Toshiyuki Nishimura
Toshiyuki Nishimura National Institute for Materials Science
Yoshio Sakka
Yoshio Sakka National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Sekiguchi
Takashi Sekiguchi University of Tsukuba
Shigenobu Ogata
Shigenobu Ogata Osaka University
Toshio Ogasawara
Toshio Ogasawara Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Koji Kimoto
Koji Kimoto National Institute for Materials Science
Ji-Guang Li
Ji-Guang Li National Institute for Materials Science
Dai-Ming Tang
Dai-Ming Tang National Institute for Materials Science

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