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Takahiro Seki

Takahiro Seki

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
16161
World Ranking
4672
National Ranking
220

Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
16124
World Ranking
6226
National Ranking
399

Takahiro Seki publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takahiro Seki sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 422 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Takahiro Seki D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Takahiro Seki is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has focused their research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Polymers and Plastics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on novel material properties and polymer research, several examples include:

  • "Stimuli-Responsive Structural Colored Gel That Exhibits the Three Primary Colors of Light by Using Multiple Photonic Band Gaps Acquired from Photonic Balls," 2020, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Unconventional Approaches to Light-Promoted Dynamic Surface Morphing on Polymer Films," 2021, published in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Induction of Highly Ordered Smectic Phases in Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers by Means of Random Copolymerization," 2020, published in Macromolecules
  • "Composite Elastomer Exhibiting a Stress-Dependent Color Change and High Toughness Prepared by Self-Assembly of Silica Particles in a Polymer Network," 2020, published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • "Incorporation of tetracarboxylate ions into octacalcium phosphate for the development of next-generation biofriendly materials," 2021, published in Communications Chemistry

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Takahiro Seki include:

  • Mitsuo Hara
  • Yukikazu Takeoka
  • Shusaku Nagano
  • Taiki Hoshino
  • Fumio Asai

Repeated publication venues where Takahiro Seki's work appears include:

  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Langmuir
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Best Publications

  • Reversible change in alignment mode of nematic liquid crystals regulated photochemically by command surfaces modified with an azobenzene monolayer

    Kunihiro Ichimura;Yasuzo Suzuki;Takahiro Seki;Akira Hosoki

  • Extremely stretchable thermosensitive hydrogels by introducing slide-ring polyrotaxane cross-linkers and ionic groups into the polymer network.

    Abu Bin Imran;Kenta Esaki;Hiroaki Gotoh;Takahiro Seki

  • In Vitro Antiretroviral Properties of S/GSK1349572, a Next-Generation HIV Integrase Inhibitor

    Masanori Kobayashi;Tomokazu Yoshinaga;Takahiro Seki;Chiaki Wakasa-Morimoto

  • Command surfaces of Langmuir-Blodgett films. Photoregulations of liquid crystal alignment by molecularly tailored surface azobenzene layers

    Takahiro Seki;Masako Sakuragi;Yuji Kawanishi;Takashi Tamaki

  • Production of Colored Pigments with Amorphous Arrays of Black and White Colloidal Particles

    Yukikazu Takeoka;Shinya Yoshioka;Atsushi Takano;Shigeo Arai

  • Dolutegravir (S/GSK1349572) Exhibits Significantly Slower Dissociation than Raltegravir and Elvitegravir from Wild-Type and Integrase Inhibitor-Resistant HIV-1 Integrase-DNA Complexes

    Kendra E. Hightower;Ruolan Wang;Felix DeAnda;Brian A. Johns

  • Optical Alignment and Patterning of Nanoscale Microdomains in a Block Copolymer Thin Film

    Yuichi Morikawa;Shusaku Nagano;Kazuhito Watanabe;Kaori Kamata

  • Carbamoyl Pyridone HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors 3. A Diastereomeric Approach to Chiral Nonracemic Tricyclic Ring Systems and the Discovery of Dolutegravir (S/GSK1349572) and (S/GSK1265744)

    Brian A Johns;Takashi Kawasuji;Teruhiko Taishi

  • Thermoselective permeation from a polymer-grafted capsule membrane

    Yoshio Okahata;Hiroshi Noguchi;Takahiro Seki

  • Angle-independent structural color in colloidal amorphous arrays.

    Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid;Abu Bin Imran;Takahiro Seki;Masahiko Ishii

  • Bio-Inspired Bright Structurally Colored Colloidal Amorphous Array Enhanced by Controlling Thickness and Black Background.

    Masanori Iwata;Midori Teshima;Takahiro Seki;Shinya Yoshioka

  • New strategies and implications for the photoalignment of liquid crystalline polymers

    Takahiro Seki

  • Versatility of photoalignment techniques: From nematics to a wide range of functional materials

    Takahiro Seki;Shusaku Nagano;Mitsuo Hara

  • Surface Relief Gratings in Host–Guest Supramolecular Materials

    Takashi Ubukata;Takahiro Seki;Kunihiro Ichimura

  • Optically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley

    Hiroaki Gotoh;Chang Liu;Abu Bin Imran;Mitsuo Hara

  • New Frontiers in Photochromism

    Masahiro Irie;Yasushi Yokoyama;Takahiro Seki

  • Structural colored liquid membrane without angle dependence.

    Yukikazu Takeoka;Masaki Honda;Takahiro Seki;Masahiko Ishii

  • Recent advances in hydrogels in terms of fast stimuli responsiveness and superior mechanical performance

    Abu Bin Imran;Takahiro Seki;Yukikazu Takeoka

  • Light-melt adhesive based on dynamic carbon frameworks in a columnar liquid-crystal phase

    Shohei Saito;Shunpei Nobusue;Eri Tsuzaka;Chunxue Yuan

  • Free-surface molecular command systems for photoalignment of liquid crystalline materials

    Kei Fukuhara;Shusaku Nagano;Mitsuo Hara;Takahiro Seki

  • Photoinduced 3D Ordering and Patterning of Microphase-Separated Nanostructure in Polystyrene-Based Block Copolymer

    Yuichi Morikawa;Takeshi Kondo;Shusaku Nagano;Takahiro Seki

  • Selection of diverse and clinically relevant integrase inhibitor-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mutants.

    Masanori Kobayashi;Koichiro Nakahara;Takahiro Seki;Shigeru Miki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yukikazu Takeoka
Yukikazu Takeoka Nagoya University
Kunihiro Ichimura
Kunihiro Ichimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshio Okahata
Yoshio Okahata Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kohzo Ito
Kohzo Ito University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science
Sadaoki Furui
Sadaoki Furui Toyota Institute of Technology
Ryo Yoshida
Ryo Yoshida University of Tokyo
Takamasa Sakai
Takamasa Sakai University of Tokyo
Kotaro Satoh
Kotaro Satoh Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hiromitsu Maeda
Hiromitsu Maeda Ritsumeikan University

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