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Seiji Yamazoe is affiliated with Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan and has made significant contributions to the fields of materials science and chemistry. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics primarily focused on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's work includes numerous studies on nanoclusters and advanced nanomaterials, with a particular emphasis on catalytic processes and crystallography. Their main topics of research include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Seiji Yamazoe has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

  • Single-atom Pt in intermetallics as an ultrastable and selective catalyst for propane dehydrogenation (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Creation of High-Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster (2021) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Surface-exposed silver nanoclusters inside molecular metal oxide cavities (2023) in Nature Chemistry
  • Active, Selective, and Durable Catalyst for Alkane Dehydrogenation Based on a Well-Designed Trimetallic Alloy (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • A Molecular Hybrid of an Atomically Precise Silver Nanocluster and Polyoxometalates for H2 Cleavage into Protons and Electrons (2021) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors working with Seiji Yamazoe include:

  • Soichi Kikkawa
  • Kazuya Yamaguchi
  • Kosuke Suzuki
  • Ryo Takahata
  • Kentaro Yonesato

The scientist's research has been published in a variety of venues, among which the most prominent are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Nanoscale

Seiji Yamazoe's body of work includes over 196 publications in materials science and 80 in chemistry. Their focus on divergent subfields such as materials chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, as well as sustainability-related topics, highlights a broad interdisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Nonscalable oxidation catalysis of gold clusters.

    Seiji Yamazoe;Kiichirou Koyasu;Tatsuya Tsukuda;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • A Critical Size for Emergence of Nonbulk Electronic and Geometric Structures in Dodecanethiolate-Protected Au Clusters

    Yuichi Negishi;Tafu Nakazaki;Sami Malola;Shinjiro Takano

  • Single-atom Pt in intermetallics as an ultrastable and selective catalyst for propane dehydrogenation.

    Yuki Nakaya;Jun Hirayama;Jun Hirayama;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Ken-ichi Shimizu;Ken-ichi Shimizu

  • XAFS Study of Tungsten L1- and L3-Edges: Structural Analysis of WO3 Species Loaded on TiO2 as a Catalyst for Photo-oxidation of NH3

    Seiji Yamazoe;Yutaka Hitomi;Tetsuya Shishido;Tsunehiro Tanaka

  • Binding motif of terminal alkynes on gold clusters.

    Prasenjit Maity;Shinjiro Takano;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Tomonari Wakabayashi

  • Thiolate-Mediated Selectivity Control in Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation by Porous Carbon-Supported Au25 Clusters

    Tatchamapan Yoskamtorn;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Ryo Takahata;Jun-ichi Nishigaki

  • A new binding motif of sterically demanding thiolates on a gold cluster.

    Jun Ichi Nishigaki;Risako Tsunoyama;Hironori Tsunoyama;Nobuyuki Ichikuni

  • Hierarchy of bond stiffnesses within icosahedral-based gold clusters protected by thiolates

    Seiji Yamazoe;Shinjiro Takano;Wataru Kurashige;Toshihiko Yokoyama

  • Surface-exposed silver nanoclusters inside molecular metal oxide cavities

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  • Preferential Location of Coinage Metal Dopants (M = Ag or Cu) in [Au25–xMx(SC2H4Ph)18]− (x ∼ 1) As Determined by Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and Density Functional Theory Calculations

    Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Wataru Kurashige;Katsuyuki Nobusada;Yuichi Negishi

  • Phototunable Diarylethene Microcrystalline Surfaces: Lotus and Petal Effects upon Wetting

    Kingo Uchida;Naoki Nishikawa;Norikazu Izumi;Seiji Yamazoe

  • Creation of High-Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster

    Tokuhisa Kawawaki;Yuki Kataoka;Momoko Hirata;Yuki Akinaga

  • Formation of a Pd@Au12 superatomic core in Au 24Pd1(SC12H25)18 probed by 197Au Mössbauer and Pd K-Edge EXAFS spectroscopy

    Yuichi Negishi;Wataru Kurashige;Yasuhiro Kobayashi;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe

  • Mechanism of Photo-Oxidation of NH3 over TiO2: Fourier Transform Infrared Study of the Intermediate Species

    Seiji Yamazoe;Taro Okumura;Yutaka Hitomi;Tetsuya Shishido

  • Selenolate-Protected Au38 Nanoclusters: Isolation and Structural Characterization

    Wataru Kurashige;Seiji Yamazoe;Keita Kanehira;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • Surface Plasmon Resonance in Gold Ultrathin Nanorods and Nanowires

    Ryo Takahata;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Kiichirou Koyasu;Kiichirou Koyasu;Tatsuya Tsukuda;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • Dendrimer-Encapsulated Copper Cluster as a Chemoselective and Regenerable Hydrogenation Catalyst

    Prasenjit Maity;Seiji Yamazoe;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • Slow-Reduction Synthesis of a Thiolate-Protected One-Dimensional Gold Cluster Showing an Intense Near-Infrared Absorption

    Shinjiro Takano;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Kiichirou Koyasu;Kiichirou Koyasu;Tatsuya Tsukuda;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • Active, Selective, and Durable Catalyst for Alkane Dehydrogenation Based on a Well-Designed Trimetallic Alloy

    Yuki Nakaya;Masayoshi Miyazaki;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Ken-Ichi Shimizu;Ken-Ichi Shimizu

  • Kinetic study of photo-SCR with NH3 over TiO2

    Kentaro Teramura;Tsunehiro Tanaka;Seiji Yamazoe;Kyoko Arakaki

  • Reversible Photocontrol of Surface Wettability between Hydrophilic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces on an Asymmetric Diarylethene Solid Surface

    Ayaka Uyama;Seiji Yamazoe;Satomi Shigematsu;Masakazu Morimoto

  • Au25 Clusters Containing Unoxidized Tellurolates in the Ligand Shell.

    Wataru Kurashige;Seiji Yamazoe;Seiji Yamazoe;Masaki Yamaguchi;Keisuke Nishido

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuya Tsukuda
Tatsuya Tsukuda University of Tokyo
Yuichi Negishi
Yuichi Negishi Tokyo University of Science
Tsunehiro Tanaka
Tsunehiro Tanaka Kyoto University
Tetsuya Shishido
Tetsuya Shishido Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kentaro Teramura
Kentaro Teramura Kyoto University
Kingo Uchida
Kingo Uchida Ryukoku University
Tomoo Mizugaki
Tomoo Mizugaki Osaka University
Kotohiro Nomura
Kotohiro Nomura Tokyo Metropolitan University
Jumras Limtrakul
Jumras Limtrakul Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology
Toshiharu Teranishi
Toshiharu Teranishi Kyoto University

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