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Takayuki Kitamura

Takayuki Kitamura

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Engineering and Technology
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
20259
World Ranking
4379
National Ranking
202

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
69
Citations
19786
World Ranking
1118
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Takayuki Kitamura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and engineering. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Kitamura's research topics include:

  • Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • High-velocity impact and material behavior
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Intracranial aneurysms: treatment and complications

Their frequent coauthors consist of Takahiro Shimada, Jie Wang, Takashi Sumigawa, Tao Xu, and Hiroyuki Hirakata, indicating collaborative efforts in various research initiatives.

Kitamura's publications have appeared predominantly in several key journals, reflecting the thematic focus of their research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Physical Review B
  • Acta Materialia
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers by Takayuki Kitamura are:

  • Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding (2021), published in Advanced Materials
  • Atomistic investigation on the conversion of plastic work to heat in high-rate shear deformation (2021), published in International Journal of Plasticity
  • Ferroelectric control of magnetic skyrmions in multiferroic heterostructures (2020), published in Physical Review B
  • Linear-superelastic Ti-Nb nanocomposite alloys with ultralow modulus via high-throughput phase-field design and machine learning (2021), published in npj Computational Materials
  • Two-dimensional polar metal of a PbTe monolayer by electrostatic doping (2020), published in Nanoscale Horizons

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal synthesis of nanosized anatase and rutile TiO2 using amorphous phase TiO2

    Hengbo Yin;Yuji Wada;Takayuki Kitamura;Shingo Kambe

  • Quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells using room temperature molten salts and a low molecular weight gelator.

    Wataru Kubo;Takayuki Kitamura;Kenji Hanabusa;Yuji Wada

  • Photocurrent-determining processes in quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells using ionic gel electrolytes

    Wataru Kubo;Shingo Kambe;Shogo Nakade;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Influence of TiO2 Nanoparticle Size on Electron Diffusion and Recombination in Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cells

    S. Nakade;Y. Saito;W. Kubo;T. Kitamura

  • I−/I3− redox reaction behavior on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

    Yasuteru Saito;Wataru Kubo;Takayuki Kitamura;Yuji Wada

  • Phenyl-Conjugated Oligoene Sensitizers for TiO2 Solar Cells

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  • Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cells: Effective Charge Transport in Mesoporous Space Filled with Gel Electrolytes Containing Iodide and Iodine

    Wataru Kubo;Kei Murakoshi;Takayuki Kitamura;Shigeo Yoshida

  • Role of Electrolytes on Charge Recombination in Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cell (1): The Case of Solar Cells Using the I-/I3- Redox Couple

    Shogo Nakade;Taisuke Kanzaki;Wataru Kubo;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Dependence of TiO2 Nanoparticle Preparation Methods and Annealing Temperature on the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    S. Nakade;M. Matsuda;S. Kambe;Y. Saito

  • Dye-sensitized TiO2 nanotube solar cells: fabrication and electronic characterization

    Yoshinori Ohsaki;Naruhiko Masaki;Takayuki Kitamura;Yuji Wada

  • Application of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) to counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

    Yasuteru Saito;Takayuki Kitamura;Yuji Wada;Shozo Yanagida

  • Photoreductive Dehalogenation of Halogenated Benzene Derivatives Using ZnS or CdS Nanocrystallites as Photocatalysts

    Hengbo Yin;Yuji Wada;Takayuki Kitamura;Shozo Yanagida

  • Dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells using imidazolium-type ionic liquid crystal systems as effective electrolytes.

    Noriyo Yamanaka;Ryuji Kawano;Wataru Kubo;Naruhiko Masaki

  • Influence of the electrolytes on electron transport in mesoporous TiO2-Electrolyte systems

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  • Microwave-assisted size control of CdS nanocrystallites

    Yuji Wada;Hiromitsu Kuramoto;Jayashree Anand;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Ionic liquid crystal as a hole transport layer of dye-sensitized solar cells

    Noriyo Yamanaka;Ryuji Kawano;Wataru Kubo;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Solid state dye sensitized solar cells using in situ polymerized PEDOTs as hole conductor

    Yasuteru Saito;Norihiro Fukuri;Rohan Senadeera;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Effects of crystal structure, size, shape and surface structural differences on photo-induced electron transport in TiO2 mesoporous electrodes

    Shingo Kambe;Shogo Nakade;Yuji Wada;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding.

    Yizhi Zhuo;Zhijie Xia;Yuan Qi;Takashi Sumigawa

  • Novel synthesis of phase-pure nano-particulate anatase and rutile TiO2 using TiCl4 aqueous solutions

    Hengbo Yin;Yuji Wada;Takayuki Kitamura;Takayuki Sumida

  • Hierarchical chirality transfer in the growth of Towel Gourd tendrils.

    Jian-Shan Wang;Gang Wang;Xi-Qiao Feng;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Application of J-Integral to High-Temperature Crack Propagation: Part I—Creep Crack Propagation

    Shuji Taira;Ryuichi Ohtani;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Effect of residual stress on delamination from interface edge between nano-films

    Takayuki Kitamura;Hiroyuki Hirakata;Takashi Itsuji

  • Observation of neodymium electroluminescence

    Yuichiro Kawamura;Yuji Wada;Yasuchika Hasegawa;Mitsunori Iwamuro

  • Mesoporous electrodes having tight agglomeration of single-phase anatase TiO2 nanocrystallites: Application to dye-sensitized solar cells

    Shingo Kambe;Kei Murakoshi;Takayuki Kitamura;Yuji Wada

  • Improved solid-state dye solar cells with polypyrrole using a carbon-based counter electrode

    Takayuki Kitamura;Masato Maitani;Mizuho Matsuda;Yuji Wada

  • A review on the application of modified continuum models in modeling and simulation of nanostructures

    K. F. Wang;B. L. Wang;T. Kitamura

  • Stone-Wales transformations triggered by intrinsic localized modes in carbon nanotubes

    Takahiro Shimada;Daisuke Shirasaki;Takayuki Kitamura

  • Excitation of intrinsic localized modes in a graphene sheet

    Y. Yamayose;Y. Kinoshita;Y. Doi;A. Nakatani

  • Three-dimensional local stress analysis on grain boundaries in polycrystalline material

    Masayuki Kamaya;Yoshihiro Kawamura;Takayuki Kitamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Shozo Yanagida
Shozo Yanagida Osaka University
Yuji Wada
Yuji Wada Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akihiro Kushima
Akihiro Kushima University of Central Florida
Licheng Guo
Licheng Guo Harbin Institute of Technology
Tong-Yi Zhang
Tong-Yi Zhang Shanghai University
Tinh Quoc Bui
Tinh Quoc Bui Duy Tan University
Huaping Wu
Huaping Wu Zhejiang University of Technology
Tetsuya Shishido
Tetsuya Shishido Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kei Murakoshi
Kei Murakoshi Hokkaido University
Yasuchika Hasegawa
Yasuchika Hasegawa Hokkaido University

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