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Overview

Nobuo Otsuka is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research concentrates on materials science and engineering, particularly focusing on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, natural fiber reinforced composites, and additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

Their publication record includes work in the field of materials science with contributions to biomaterials, polymers and plastics, and automotive engineering as notable subfields of study.

Recent scholarly output by Nobuo Otsuka includes the paper titled Photo-activated chlorine dioxide-oxidized polylactic acid-washi paper composites: Fabrication and mechanical property analysis, published in 2025 in MRS Communications.

Frequent collaborators in Otsuka's research are:

  • Haruyasu Asahara
  • Keiki Maeno
  • Tsuyoshi INOUE

Their work is primarily published in the venue MRS Communications, reflecting a focus within materials science journals.

Main fields of study for Nobuo Otsuka include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Subfields of particular interest are:

  • Biomaterials
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Automotive Engineering

Their primary topics of research cover:

  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Best Publications

  • Gallium arsenide and other compound semiconductors on silicon

    S. F. Fang;K. Adomi;S. Iyer;H. Morkoç

  • Arsenic precipitates and the semi‐insulating properties of GaAs buffer layers grown by low‐temperature molecular beam epitaxy

    A. C. Warren;J. M. Woodall;J. L. Freeouf;D. Grischkowsky

  • Material properties of high‐quality GaAs epitaxial layers grown on Si substrates

    R. Fischer;H. Morkoç;D. A. Neumann;H. Zabel

  • Formation of arsenic precipitates in GaAs buffer layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy at low substrate temperatures

    M. R. Melloch;N. Otsuka;J. M. Woodall;A. C. Warren

  • Graded band gap ohmic contact to p‐ZnSe

    Y. Fan;J. Han;L. He;J. Saraie

  • Growth of cubic (zinc blende) CdSe by molecular beam epitaxy

    N. Samarth;H. Luo;J. K. Furdyna;S. B. Qadri

  • Carrier lifetime versus anneal in low temperature growth GaAs

    E. S. Harmon;M. R. Melloch;J. M. Woodall;D. D. Nolte

  • Dislocation reduction in epitaxial GaAs on Si(100)

    R. Fischer;D. Neuman;H. Zabel;H. Morkoç

  • Blue and green diode lasers in ZnSe‐based quantum wells

    H. Jeon;J. Ding;A. V. Nurmikko;W. Xie

  • Continuous-wave, room temperature, ridge waveguide green-blue diode laser

    A. Salokatve;H. Jeon;J. Ding;M. Hovinen

  • Subpicosecond, freely propagating electromagnetic pulse generation and detection using GaAs:As epilayers

    A. C. Warren;N. Katzenellenbogen;D. Grischkowsky;J. M. Woodall

  • Molecular beam epitaxy of Zn1−xCdxSe epilayers and ZnSe/Zn1−xCdxSe superlattices

    N. Samarth;H. Luo;J. K. Furdyna;R. G. Alonso

  • Effect of in situ and ex situ annealing on dislocations in GaAs on Si substrates

    C. Choi;N. Otsuka;G. Munns;R. Houdre

  • Microstructure study of a degraded pseudomorphic separate confinement heterostructure blue‐green laser diode

    G. C. Hua;N. Otsuka;D. C. Grillo;Y. Fan

  • Low-Temperature Grown III-V Materials

    M. R. Melloch;J. M. Woodall;E. S. Harmon;N. Otsuka

  • Ordering in GaAs1−xSbx grown by molecular beam epitaxy

    Yeong‐Eon Ihm;N. Otsuka;J. Klem;H. Morkoç

  • Molecular beam epitaxy of diluted magnetic semiconductor (Cd1−xMnxTe) superlattices

    L. A. Kolodziejski;T. C. Bonsett;R. L. Gunshor;S. Datta

  • High resolution electron microscopy of misfit dislocations in the GaAs/Si epitaxial interface

    N. Otsuka;C. Choi;Y. Nakamura;S. Nagakura

  • Zinc‐blende MnTe: Epilayers and quantum well structures

    S. M. Durbin;J. Han;Sungki O;M. Kobayashi

  • High resolution electron microscope study of epitaxial CdTe‐GaAs interfaces

    N. Otsuka;L. A. Kolodziejski;R. L. Gunshor;S. Datta

  • Nucleation and characterization of pseudomorphic ZnSe grown on molecular beam epitaxially grown GaAs epilayers

    R. L. Gunshor;L. A. Kolodziejski;M. R. Melloch;M. Vaziri

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Gunshor
Robert L. Gunshor Purdue University West Lafayette
Arto V. Nurmikko
Arto V. Nurmikko Brown University
Michael R. Melloch
Michael R. Melloch Purdue University West Lafayette
Jerry M. Woodall
Jerry M. Woodall University of California, Davis
Heonsu Jeon
Heonsu Jeon Seoul National University
Supriyo Datta
Supriyo Datta Purdue University West Lafayette
Hadis Morkoç
Hadis Morkoç Virginia Commonwealth University
J. F. Schetzina
J. F. Schetzina North Carolina State University
Jacek K. Furdyna
Jacek K. Furdyna University of Notre Dame
Nitin Samarth
Nitin Samarth Pennsylvania State University

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