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D-Index
117
Citations
56183
World Ranking
558
National Ranking
20

Takuzo Aida publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takuzo Aida sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 549 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Takuzo Aida D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2020 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Takuzo Aida is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their primary field of study is Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields include Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, and Fuel Cells and Related Materials.

Aida has contributed to numerous publications, including these recent papers:

  • "Supramolecular Polymerization: A Conceptual Expansion for Innovative Materials," 2020, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "Supramolecular Polymers - we've Come Full Circle," 2020, Israel Journal of Chemistry
  • "Ultrafast water permeation through nanochannels with a densely fluorous interior surface," 2022, Science
  • "Ultralong Organic Phosphorescent Foams with High Mechanical Strength," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "An elastic metal-organic crystal with a densely catenated backbone," 2021, Nature

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Stephen Z. D. Cheng
  • Tae-Lim Choi
  • Craig J. Hawker
  • Herman Mark
  • Pinar Akcora

Aida's work has appeared in key publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

In 2020, Takuzo Aida was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Functional Supramolecular Polymers

    T. Aida;E. W. Meijer;S. I. Stupp

  • Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors

    Tsuyoshi Sekitani;Hiroyoshi Nakajima;Hiroki Maeda;Takanori Fukushima

  • High-water-content mouldable hydrogels by mixing clay and a dendritic molecular binder

    Qigang Wang;Justin Lee Mynar;Masaru Yoshida;Eunji Lee

  • Molecular Ordering of Organic Molten Salts Triggered by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Takanori Fukushima;Takanori Fukushima;Atsuko Kosaka;Atsuko Kosaka;Yoji Ishimura;Yoji Ishimura;Takashi Yamamoto;Takashi Yamamoto

  • Self-Assembled Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Graphitic Nanotube

    Jonathan P. Hill;Wusong Jin;Atsuko Kosaka;Takanori Fukushima

  • Mechanically robust, readily repairable polymers via tailored noncovalent cross-linking

    Yu Yanagisawa;Yiling Nan;Kou Okuro;Takuzo Aida

  • Toward intelligent molecular machines: directed motions of biological and artificial molecules and assemblies.

    Kazushi Kinbara;Takuzo Aida

  • Photoconductive coaxial nanotubes of molecularly connected electron donor and acceptor layers.

    Yohei Yamamoto;Takanori Fukushima;Yuki Suna;Noriyuki Ishii

  • Mechanical twisting of a guest by a photoresponsive host

    Takahiro Muraoka;Kazushi Kinbara;Kazushi Kinbara;Takuzo Aida

  • Fully Plastic Actuator through Layer-by-Layer Casting with Ionic-Liquid-Based Bucky Gel

    Takanori Fukushima;Kinji Asaka;Atsuko Kosaka;Takuzo Aida

  • Photoisomerization in dendrimers by harvesting of low-energy photons

    Dong-Lin Jiang;Takuzo Aida

  • Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel.

    Youn Soo Kim;Mingjie Liu;Yasuhiro Ishida;Yasuo Ebina

  • Ionic liquids for soft functional materials with carbon nanotubes.

    Takanori Fukushima;Takuzo Aida

  • A rational strategy for the realization of chain-growth supramolecular polymerization

    Jiheong Kang;Daigo Miyajima;Tadashi Mori;Yoshihisa Inoue

  • Rewritable phosphorescent paper by the control of competing kinetic and thermodynamic self-assembling events.

    Akihiro Kishimura;Takashi Yamashita;Kentaro Yamaguchi;Takuzo Aida

  • Extrusion Polymerization: Catalyzed Synthesis of Crystalline Linear Polyethylene Nanofibers Within a Mesoporous Silica

    Keisuke Kageyama;Jun-ichi Tamazawa;Takuzo Aida

  • An anisotropic hydrogel with electrostatic repulsion between cofacially aligned nanosheets

    Mingjie Liu;Yasuhiro Ishida;Yasuo Ebina;Takayoshi Sasaki

  • Bioinspired Molecular Design of Light‐Harvesting Multiporphyrin Arrays

    Myung-Seok Choi;Tomoko Yamazaki;Iwao Yamazaki;Takuzo Aida

  • Phosphorescent organogels via "metallophilic" interactions for reversible RGB-color switching.

    Akihiro Kishimura;Takashi Yamashita;Takuzo Aida

  • Metalloporphyrin hosts for supramolecular chemistry of fullerenes

    Kentaro Tashiro;Takuzo Aida

Frequent Co-Authors

Takanori Fukushima
Takanori Fukushima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shohei Inoue
Shohei Inoue Tokyo University of Science
Shu Seki
Shu Seki Kyoto University
Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Akinori Saeki
Akinori Saeki Osaka University
Donglin Jiang
Donglin Jiang National University of Singapore
Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University
Seiichi Tagawa
Seiichi Tagawa Osaka University
Yoshihiro Iwasa
Yoshihiro Iwasa University of Tokyo
Yasuo Ebina
Yasuo Ebina National Institute for Materials Science

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