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Nobuo Kimizuka

Nobuo Kimizuka

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14891
World Ranking
6960
National Ranking
450

Overview

Nobuo Kimizuka is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan, where their research focuses primarily on materials science and chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The research topics covered by Kimizuka include:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials

They have an extensive publication record with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Chemical Communications

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kimizuka are:

  • Thermocells Driven by Phase Transition of Hydrogel Nanoparticles, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Spin Statistics for Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion: Exchange Coupling, Intermolecular Orientation, and Reverse Intersystem Crossing, 2021, JACS Au
  • Discovery of Key TIPS-Naphthalene for Efficient Visible-to-UV Photon Upconversion under Sunlight and Room Light, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Leaping across the visible range: near-infrared-to-violet photon upconversion employing a silyl-substituted anthracene, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Stimuli-Responsive Molecular Photon Upconversion, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Kimizuka collaborates frequently with several researchers based on the count of joint publications. These frequent co-authors include Nobuhiro Yanai, Yōichi Sasaki, Masa-aki Morikawa, Saiya Fujiwara, and Kenichiro Tateishi.

Best Publications

  • Interfacial Synthesis of Hollow TiO2 Microspheres in Ionic Liquids

    Takuya Nakashima;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Nanoparticles of adaptive supramolecular networks self-assembled from nucleotides and lanthanide ions.

    Ryuhei Nishiyabu;Nozomi Hashimoto;Ten Cho;Kazuto Watanabe

  • Heat-set gel-like networks of lipophilic Co(II) triazole complexes in organic media and their thermochromic structural transitions.

    Keita Kuroiwa;Tomoko Shibata;Akihiko Takada;Norio Nemoto

  • New Triplet Sensitization Routes for Photon Upconversion: Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecules, Inorganic Nanocrystals, and Singlet-to-Triplet Absorption

    Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Photon upconversion in supramolecular gel matrixes: spontaneous accumulation of light-harvesting donor-acceptor arrays in nanofibers and acquired air stability.

    Pengfei Duan;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuhiro Yanai;Hisanori Nagatomi;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Photon upconverting liquids: matrix-free molecular upconversion systems functioning in air.

    Pengfei Duan;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Near-Infrared-to-Visible Photon Upconversion Sensitized by a Metal Complex with Spin-Forbidden yet Strong S0–T1 Absorption

    Shogo Amemori;Yoichi Sasaki;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Supramolecular Thermo-Electrochemical Cells: Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance by Host-Guest Complexation and Salt-Induced Crystallization

    Hongyao Zhou;Teppei Yamada;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Hierarchical self-assembly of chiral complementary hydrogen-bond networks in water: reconstitution of supramolecular membranes.

    Takayoshi Kawasaki;Maki Tokuhiro;Nobuo Kimizuka;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Tube-like Nanostructures Composed of Networks of Complementary Hydrogen Bonds

    Nobuo Kimizuka;Takayoshi Kawasaki;Kiyoko Hirata;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Controlled Formation of Smaller Gold Nanoparticles by the Use of Four-Chained Disulfide Stabilizer

    Tetsu Yonezawa;Kei Yasui;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Photoliquefiable Ionic Crystals: A Phase Crossover Approach for Photon Energy Storage Materials with Functional Multiplicity

    Keita Ishiba;Masa Aki Morikawa;Chie Chikara;Teppei Yamada

  • Highly Efficient Photon Upconversion in Self-Assembled Light-Harvesting Molecular Systems.

    Taku Ogawa;Nobuhiro Yanai;Angelo Monguzzi;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Triplet sensitization by perovskite nanocrystals for photon upconversion

    Kazuma Mase;Keisuke Okumura;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Light‐Harvesting Supramolecular Hydrogels Assembled from Short‐Legged Cationic L‐Glutamate Derivatives and Anionic Fluorophores

    Takuya Nakashima;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Self-organization of bilayer membranes from amphiphilic networks of complementary hydrogen bonds

    Nobuo Kimizuka;Takayoshi Kawasaki;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Recent emergence of photon upconversion based on triplet energy migration in molecular assemblies

    Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuhiro Yanai;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Artificial peptide-nanospheres self-assembled from three-way junctions of β-sheet-forming peptides

    Kazunori Matsuura;Kazuya Murasato;Nobuo Kimizuka

  • Thermodynamically controlled self-assembly of covalent nanoarchitectures in aqueous solution.

    Ryota Tanoue;Rintaro Higuchi;Nobuo Enoki;Yuya Miyasato

  • Supramolecular membranes. Spontaneous assembly of aqueous bilayer membrane via formation of hydrogen bonded pairs of melamine and cyanuric acid derivatives

    Nobuo Kimizuka;Takayoshi Kawasaki;Kiyoko Hirata;Toyoki Kunitake

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuhiro Yanai
Nobuhiro Yanai University of Tokyo
Toyoki Kunitake
Toyoki Kunitake Kyushu University
Teppei Yamada
Teppei Yamada University of Tokyo
James K. Gimzewski
James K. Gimzewski University of California, Los Angeles
Tetsu Yonezawa
Tetsu Yonezawa Hokkaido University
Takuya Nakashima
Takuya Nakashima Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko Kyushu University
Takeshi Endo
Takeshi Endo Kyushu Institute of Technology
Franz Grieser
Franz Grieser University of Melbourne
Naotoshi Nakashima
Naotoshi Nakashima Kyushu University

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