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Susumu Kitagawa

Susumu Kitagawa

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
151
Citations
103913
World Ranking
125
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2013 - De Gennes Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Susumu Kitagawa is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has made substantial contributions in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research work spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Susumu Kitagawa has published extensively in several notable venues with a frequency distribution across these journals and databases:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (66 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (17 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (17 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (13 publications)
  • Faraday Discussions (6 publications)

Among their recent publications are:

  • Chemistry of Soft Porous Crystals: Structural Dynamics and Gas Adsorption Properties, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Perfluoroalkyl-Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks with Superhydrophobicity for Anhydrous Proton Conduction, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Separating water isotopologues using diffusion-regulatory porous materials, 2022, Nature
  • How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Host-Guest Interaction Modulation in Porous Coordination Polymers for Inverse Selective CO2/C2H2 Separation, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Ken-ichi Otake
  • Mohana Shivanna
  • Shogo Kawaguchi
  • Yifan Gu
  • Jia-Jia Zheng

Susumu Kitagawa was awarded the De Gennes Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2013, recognizing their scientific contributions within the broader field of chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Functional porous coordination polymers.

    Susumu Kitagawa;Ryo Kitaura;Ryo Kitaura;Shin-ichiro Noro

  • Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

    Hong-Cai “Joe” Zhou;Susumu Kitagawa

  • Soft porous crystals

    Satoshi Horike;Satoru Shimomura;Susumu Kitagawa

  • Three‐Dimensional Framework with Channeling Cavities for Small Molecules: {[M2(4, 4′‐bpy)3(NO3)4]·xH2O}n (M Co, Ni, Zn)

    Mitsuru Kondo;Tomomichi Yoshitomi;Hiroyuki Matsuzaka;Susumu Kitagawa

  • Highly controlled acetylene accommodation in a metal–organic microporous material

    Ryotaro Matsuda;Ryo Kitaura;Ryo Kitaura;Susumu Kitagawa;Yoshiki Kubota

  • Dynamic porous properties of coordination polymers inspired by hydrogen bonds

    Susumu Kitagawa;Kazuhiro Uemura

  • Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)

    Stuart Robert Batten;Neil R Champness;Xiao-Ming Chen;Javier Garcia-Martinez

  • A New, Methane Adsorbent, Porous Coordination Polymer [{CuSiF6(4,4′-bipyridine)2}n]

    Shin-ichiro Noro;Susumu Kitagawa;Mitsuru Kondo;Kenji Seki

  • Porous Coordination‐Polymer Crystals with Gated Channels Specific for Supercritical Gases

    Ryo Kitaura;Kenji Seki;George Akiyama;Susumu Kitagawa

  • Funktionale poröse Koordinationspolymere

    Susumu Kitagawa;Ryo Kitaura;Ryo Kitaura;Shin‐ichiro Noro

  • Chemistry of coordination space of porous coordination polymers

    Susumu Kitagawa;Ryotaro Matsuda

  • Three-dimensional porous coordination polymer functionalized with amide groups based on tridentate ligand: selective sorption and catalysis.

    Shinpei Hasegawa;Satoshi Horike;Ryotaro Matsuda;Shuhei Furukawa

  • Functional Micropore Chemistry of Crystalline Metal Complex-Assembled Compounds

    Susumu Kitagawa;Mitsuru Kondo

  • Structuring of metal–organic frameworks at the mesoscopic/macroscopic scale

    Shuhei Furukawa;Julien Reboul;Stéphane Diring;Kenji Sumida

  • Hybridization of MOFs and polymers

    Takashi Kitao;Yuanyuan Zhang;Susumu Kitagawa;Bo Wang

  • Ion conductivity and transport by porous coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks.

    Satoshi Horike;Daiki Umeyama;Susumu Kitagawa

  • A flexible interpenetrating coordination framework with a bimodal porous functionality.

    Tapas Kumar Maji;Ryotaro Matsuda;Ryotaro Matsuda;Susumu Kitagawa

  • Framework Engineering by Anions and Porous Functionalities of Cu(II)/4,4‘-bpy Coordination Polymers

    Shin Ichiro Noro;Ryo Kitaura;Mitsuru Kondo;Susumu Kitagawa

  • One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity.

    Sareeya Bureekaew;Satoshi Horike;Masakazu Higuchi;Motohiro Mizuno

  • Rational Synthesis of Stable Channel‐Like Cavities with Methane Gas Adsorption Properties: [{Cu2(pzdc)2(L)}n] (pzdc=pyrazine‐2,3‐dicarboxylate; L=a Pillar Ligand)

    Mitsuru Kondo;Takashi Okubo;Akiko Asami;Shin-ichiro Noro

  • Molecular decoding using luminescence from an entangled porous framework

    Yohei Takashima;Virginia Martínez Martínez;Shuhei Furukawa;Mio Kondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoshi Horike
Satoshi Horike Kyoto University
Ryotaro Matsuda
Ryotaro Matsuda Nagoya University
Shuhei Furukawa
Shuhei Furukawa Kyoto University
Takashi Uemura
Takashi Uemura University of Tokyo
Masaaki Ohba
Masaaki Ohba Kyushu University
Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Megumu Munakata
Megumu Munakata Kindai University
Ryo Kitaura
Ryo Kitaura Nagoya University
Yoshiki Kubota
Yoshiki Kubota Osaka Metropolitan University
Takafumi Ueno
Takafumi Ueno Tokyo Institute of Technology

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