2026 Takahiro Seki: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	69	4674	4523	220	216	422	16161
Chemistry	69	6227	5654	399	374	413	16124

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

963
Citations
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

564
Citations
In Vitro Antiretroviral Properties of S/GSK1349572, a Next-Generation HIV Integrase Inhibitor

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

515
Citations
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

368
Citations
Production of Colored Pigments with Amorphous Arrays of Black and White Colloidal Particles

Yukikazu Takeoka;Shinya Yoshioka;Atsushi Takano;Shigeo Arai

328
Citations
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

314
Citations
Optical Alignment and Patterning of Nanoscale Microdomains in a Block Copolymer Thin Film

Yuichi Morikawa;Shusaku Nagano;Kazuhito Watanabe;Kaori Kamata

271
Citations
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

251
Citations
Thermoselective permeation from a polymer-grafted capsule membrane

Yoshio Okahata;Hiroshi Noguchi;Takahiro Seki

209
Citations
Angle-independent structural color in colloidal amorphous arrays.

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

201
Citations
Bio-Inspired Bright Structurally Colored Colloidal Amorphous Array Enhanced by Controlling Thickness and Black Background.

Masanori Iwata;Midori Teshima;Takahiro Seki;Shinya Yoshioka

192
Citations
New strategies and implications for the photoalignment of liquid crystalline polymers

Takahiro Seki

185
Citations
Versatility of photoalignment techniques: From nematics to a wide range of functional materials

Takahiro Seki;Shusaku Nagano;Mitsuo Hara

183
Citations
Surface Relief Gratings in Host–Guest Supramolecular Materials

Takashi Ubukata;Takahiro Seki;Kunihiro Ichimura

182
Citations
Optically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley

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

179
Citations
New Frontiers in Photochromism

Masahiro Irie;Yasushi Yokoyama;Takahiro Seki

164
Citations
Structural colored liquid membrane without angle dependence.

Yukikazu Takeoka;Masaki Honda;Takahiro Seki;Masahiko Ishii

163
Citations
Recent advances in hydrogels in terms of fast stimuli responsiveness and superior mechanical performance

Abu Bin Imran;Takahiro Seki;Yukikazu Takeoka

163
Citations
Light-melt adhesive based on dynamic carbon frameworks in a columnar liquid-crystal phase

Shohei Saito;Shunpei Nobusue;Eri Tsuzaka;Chunxue Yuan

156
Citations
Free-surface molecular command systems for photoalignment of liquid crystalline materials

Kei Fukuhara;Shusaku Nagano;Mitsuo Hara;Takahiro Seki

151
Citations
Photoinduced 3D Ordering and Patterning of Microphase-Separated Nanostructure in Polystyrene-Based Block Copolymer

Yuichi Morikawa;Takeshi Kondo;Shusaku Nagano;Takahiro Seki

149
Citations
Selection of diverse and clinically relevant integrase inhibitor-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mutants.

Masanori Kobayashi;Koichiro Nakahara;Takahiro Seki;Shigeru Miki

145
Citations