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Takehiko Yagi

Takehiko Yagi

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70
Citations
15997
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5922
National Ranking
371

Overview

Takehiko Yagi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and is active in the field of Materials Science, focusing particularly on Materials Chemistry. Their research encompasses several subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (13 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (1 publication)
  • The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology (1 publication)

Yagi's main research topics involve:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Yagi include:

  • "Pressure-Induced Collapse Transition in BaTi2Pn2O (Pn = As, Sb) with an Unusual Pn-Pn Bond Elongation", 2021, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Development of High Pressure Science and the History of the High Pressure Conference of Japan", 2020, The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology
  • "CSD 2035427: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination", 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • "CSD 2035420: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination", 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • "CSD 2035429: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination", 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yagi include Takafumi Yamamoto, Takeshi Yajima, Zhi Li, Takateru Kawakami, and Kousuke Nakano.

In addition to journal articles, Yagi has contributed to book publications with Cambridge University Press, including the book titled Static and Dynamic High Pressure Mineral Physics, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • New Phases of C60 Synthesized at High Pressure

    Y. Iwasa;T. Arima;R. M. Fleming;T. Siegrist

  • Metal-Insulator Transition in PrRu 4 P 12 with Skutterudite Structure

    C. Sekine;T. Uchiumi;I. Shirotani;T. Yagi

  • Superconductivity in compressed lithium at 20 K

    Katsuya Shimizu;Hiroto Ishikawa;Daigoroh Takao;Takehiko Yagi

  • High-pressure in situ x-ray-diffraction study of the phase transformation from graphite to hexagonal diamond at room temperature.

    Takehiko Yagi;Wataru Utsumi;Masa-aki Yamakata;Takumi Kikegawa

  • Thermoelastic properties of MgSiO3 perovskite determined by in situ X ray observations up to 30 GPa and 2000 K

    Nobumasa Funamori;Takehiko Yagi;Wataru Utsumi;Tadashi Kondo

  • Structure and crystal chemistry of perovskite-type MgSiO 3

    Takehiko Yagi;Ho-Kwang Mao;Peter M. Bell

  • A new, post-stishovite high-pressure polymorph of silica

    Yoshihiko Tsuchida;Takehiko Yagi

  • Superconductivity of filled skutterudites LaRu 4 As 12 and PrRu 4 As 12

    Ichimin Shirotani;Takanori Uchiumi;Katsushi Ohno;Chihiro Sekine

  • Properties of earth and planetary materials at high pressure and temperature

    Murli H. Manghnani;Takehiko Yagi

  • Static compression of wüstite (Fe0.98O) to 120 GPa

    Takehiko Yagi;Toshihiro Suzuki;Syun-Iti Akimoto

  • In situ observation of the olivine‐spinel phase transformation in Fe2SiO4 using synchrotron radiation

    Takehiko Yagi;Masaki Akaogi;Osamu Shimomura;Toshihiro Suzuki

  • Direct determination of coesite- stishovite transition by in-situ X-ray measurements

    Takehiko Yagi;Syun-Iti Akimoto

  • Light-Transparent Phase Formed by Room-Temperature Compression of Graphite

    Wataru Utsumi;Takehiko Yagi

  • Unquenchable high-pressure perovskite polymorphs of MnSnO3 and FeTiO3

    Kurt Leinenweber;Wataru Utsumi;Yoshihiko Tsuchida;Takehiko Yagi

  • Experimental determination of thermal expansivity of several alkali halides at high pressures

    Takehiko Yagi

  • New pressure-induced transformations of silica at room temperature

    Yoshihiko Tsuchida;Takehiko Yagi

  • In situ measurements of the phase transition boundary in Mg3Al2Si3O12: implications for the nature of the seismic discontinuities in the Earth’s mantle

    Kei Hirose;Yingwei Fei;Shigeaki Ono;Takehiko Yagi

  • Systematic study of formation and crystal structure of 3d-transition metal nitrides synthesized in a supercritical nitrogen fluid under 10 GPa and 1800 K using diamond anvil cell and YAG laser heating

    Masashi Hasegawa;Takehiko Yagi

  • High-pressure and high-temperature phase relations in CaSiO3 and CaMgSi2O6 and elasticity of perovskite-type CaSiO3

    Hiroshi Tamai;Takehiko Yagi

  • High-pressure structures of methane hydrate observed up to 8 GPa at room temperature

    H. Hirai;Y. Uchihara;H. Fujihisa;M. Sakashita

Frequent Co-Authors

Takumi Kikegawa
Takumi Kikegawa High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Hiroyuki Kagi
Hiroyuki Kagi University of Tokyo
Tetsuo Irifune
Tetsuo Irifune Ehime University
Yasuhiko Syono
Yasuhiko Syono Tohoku University
Masaki Akaogi
Masaki Akaogi Gakushuin University
Hiroshi Kageyama
Hiroshi Kageyama Kyoto University
Jun-Ichi Yamaura
Jun-Ichi Yamaura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Eiji Ohtani
Eiji Ohtani Tohoku University
Masaki Ichihara
Masaki Ichihara University of Tokyo
Takakazu Yamamoto
Takakazu Yamamoto Tokyo Institute of Technology

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