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Nobuyuki Tamaoki

Nobuyuki Tamaoki

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8686
World Ranking
13214
National Ranking
1003

Nobuyuki Tamaoki publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nobuyuki Tamaoki sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 205 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Nobuyuki Tamaoki D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nobuyuki Tamaoki sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nobuyuki Tamaoki is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan, where their research focuses primarily on the field of Materials Science. Within this broad discipline, their work addresses several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research encompasses a variety of main topics. These include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Nobuyuki Tamaoki has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles published in respected journals and databases. Some of their recent papers are:

  • Mechanically Responsive Luminescent Polymers Based on Supramolecular Cyclophane Mechanophores, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Rotaxane-Based Dual Function Mechanophores Exhibiting Reversible and Irreversible Responses, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Phenylazothiazoles as Visible-Light Photoswitches, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Excited State Charge-Transfer Complexes Enable Fluorescence Color Changes in a Supramolecular Cyclophane Mechanophore, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Photoswitchable CENP-E Inhibitor Enabling the Dynamic Control of Chromosome Movement and Mitotic Progression, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scholar frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Coauthorship is a significant aspect of their research collaborations. Nobuyuki Tamaoki has worked with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Takayoshi Nakamura
  • Kiyonori Takahashi
  • P. K. Hashim
  • Yoshimitsu Sagara
  • Saugata Sahu

Best Publications

  • Cholesteric Liquid Crystals for Color Information Technology

    N. Tamaoki

  • Rotaxanes as Mechanochromic Fluorescent Force Transducers in Polymers

    Yoshimitsu Sagara;Marc Karman;Ester Verde-Sesto;Ester Verde-Sesto;Kazuya Matsuo

  • Single-Molecule Fluorescence Photoswitching of a Diarylethene−Perylenebisimide Dyad: Non-destructive Fluorescence Readout

    Tuyoshi Fukaminato;Takao Doi;Nobuyuki Tamaoki;Katsuki Okuno

  • Palladium-catalyzed C-H homocoupling of bromothiophene derivatives and synthetic application to well-defined oligothiophenes.

    Masabumi Takahashi;Kentaro Masui;Hiroki Sekiguchi;Nobuhiko Kobayashi

  • High Ambipolar Mobility in a Highly Ordered Smectic Phase of a Dialkylphenylterthiophene Derivative That Can Be Applied to Solution‐Processed Organic Field‐Effect Transistors

    Masahiro Funahashi;Fapei Zhang;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Design of chiral dimesogens containing cholesteryl groups; formation of new molecular organizations and their application to molecular photonics

    V. Ajay Mallia;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Light-driven molecular hinge: a new molecular machine showing a light-intensity-dependent photoresponse that utilizes the trans-cis isomerization of azobenzene.

    Yasuo Norikane;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Planar Chiral Azobenzenophanes as Chiroptic Switches for Photon Mode Reversible Reflection Color Control in Induced Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Manoj Mathews;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Rotaxane-Based Mechanophores Enable Polymers with Mechanically Switchable White Photoluminescence.

    Yoshimitsu Sagara;Marc Karman;Atsushi Seki;Mehboobali Pannipara;Mehboobali Pannipara

  • Rewritable full-color recording on a thin solid film of a cholesteric low-molecular-weight compound

    Nobuyuki Tamaoki;Alexander V. Parfenov;Atsushi Masaki;Hiro Matsuda

  • Reversible thermal and photochemical switching of liquid crystalline phases and luminescence in diphenylbutadiene-based mesogenic dimers.

    Shibu Abraham;V. Ajay Mallia;K. Vijayaraghavan Ratheesh;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Novel crystal structure, cis-trans isomerization, and host property of meta-substituted macrocyclic azobenzenes with the shortest linkers.

    Yasuo Norikane;Kogorou Kitamoto;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Photocontrolled Gel-to-Sol-to-Gel Phase Transitioning of meta-Substituted Azobenzene Bisurethanes through the Breaking and Reforming of Hydrogen Bonds

    Nagatoshi Koumura;Masabumi Kudo;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Rewritable Full‐Color Recording in a Photon Mode

    N. Tamaoki;S. Song;M. Moriyama;H. Matsuda

  • Mechanically Responsive Luminescent Polymers Based on Supramolecular Cyclophane Mechanophores.

    Yoshimitsu Sagara;Yoshimitsu Sagara;Hanna Traeger;Jie Li;Yuji Okado

  • Photochemical Phase Transition and Molecular Realignment of Glass-Forming Liquid Crystals Containing Cholesterol/Azobenzene Dimesogenic Compounds

    Nobuyuki Tamaoki;Yasuyuki Aoki;Masaya Moriyama;Masaya Moriyama;Masatoshi Kidowaki

  • Synthesis and Photoinduced Phase Transitions of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Derivative Functionalized with Terminal Azobenzene Units

    Haruhisa Akiyama;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Temperature-Dependent Mechanochromic Behavior of Mechanoresponsive Luminescent Compounds

    Yoshimitsu Sagara;Kazuya Kubo;Takayoshi Nakamura;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Rotaxane-Based Dual Function Mechanophores Exhibiting Reversible and Irreversible Responses.

    Tatsuya Muramatsu;Yuji Okado;Hanna Traeger;Stephen Schrettl

  • Oligomeric electrolyte as a multifunctional gelator.

    Masaru Yoshida;Nagatoshi Koumura;Yoshihiro Misawa;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • A light-controlled molecular brake with complete ON-OFF rotation.

    Meethale C. Basheer;Yoshimi Oka;Manoj Mathews;Nobuyuki Tamaoki;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

  • Glass‐Forming Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Oligomers for New Tunable Solid‐State Laser

    Seiichi Furumi;Nobuyuki Tamaoki;Nobuyuki Tamaoki

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Weder
Christoph Weder University of Fribourg
Takayoshi Nakamura
Takayoshi Nakamura Hokkaido University
Seiji Tsuzuki
Seiji Tsuzuki University of Tokyo
Nobuhiro Yanai
Nobuhiro Yanai University of Tokyo
Hajime Matsumoto
Hajime Matsumoto National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hideki Sakai
Hideki Sakai Tokyo University of Science
Masahiko Abe
Masahiko Abe Tokyo University of Science
Suresh Das
Suresh Das National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Nobuo Kimizuka
Nobuo Kimizuka Kyushu University
Masahiro Irie
Masahiro Irie Rikkyo University

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