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Tasuku Nakajima

Tasuku Nakajima

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Materials Science

D-Index
54
Citations
12831
World Ranking
8812
National Ranking
513

Overview

Tasuku Nakajima is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research fields intersecting engineering, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Their publication record encompasses a wide range of topics with a strong emphasis on hydrogels and advanced materials.

Nakajima's research primarily focuses on hydrogels synthesis, properties, and applications, a topic covered in 82 of their publications. Complementing this, they work extensively in advanced materials and mechanics, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and supramolecular self-assembly in materials. Other areas of interest include force microscopy techniques and applications, polymer surface interaction studies, and 3D printing in biomedical research.

Their scholarly output is spread across various frequent publication venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These venues include:

  • Macromolecules (10 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 publications)
  • Chemistry of Materials (3 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)

Notable recent papers by Nakajima include:

  • Force-triggered rapid microstructure growth on hydrogel surface for on-demand functions, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Azobenzene as a photoswitchable mechanophore, 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • Crack Tip Field of a Double-Network Gel: Visualization of Covalent Bond Scission through Mechanoradical Polymerization, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Preparation of Tough Double- and Triple-Network Supermacroporous Hydrogels through Repeated Cryogelation, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Azo-Crosslinked Double-Network Hydrogels Enabling Highly Efficient Mechanoradical Generation, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Tasuku Nakajima frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably:

  • Jian Ping Gong (45 collaborations)
  • Takayuki Kurokawa (15 collaborations)
  • Yong Zheng (10 collaborations)
  • Zhi Jian Wang (9 collaborations)
  • Takahiro Matsuda (8 collaborations)

The main fields of study represented in Nakajima's work are:

  • Engineering (52 publications)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (47 publications)
  • Materials Science (29 publications)

The subfields further specify their areas of expertise, including molecular medicine, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomaterials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics. This diverse portfolio underlines a multifaceted approach bridging fundamental molecular studies with applied materials science and biomedical engineering.

Best Publications

  • Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

    Tao Lin Sun;Takayuki Kurokawa;Shinya Kuroda;Abu Bin Ihsan

  • Mechanoresponsive self-growing hydrogels inspired by muscle training

    Takahiro Matsuda;Runa Kawakami;Ryo Namba;Tasuku Nakajima

  • Oppositely charged polyelectrolytes form tough, self-healing, and rebuildable hydrogels

    Feng Luo;Tao Lin Sun;Tasuku Nakajima;Takayuki Kurokawa

  • Tough Physical Double-Network Hydrogels Based on Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers.

    Hui Jie Zhang;Tao Lin Sun;Ao Kai Zhang;Yumihiko Ikura

  • A Facile Method to Fabricate Anisotropic Hydrogels with Perfectly Aligned Hierarchical Fibrous Structures

    Md. Tariful Islam Mredha;Yun Zhou Guo;Takayuki Nonoyama;Tasuku Nakajima

  • True Chemical Structure of Double Network Hydrogels

    Tasuku Nakajima;Hidemitsu Furukawa;Yoshimi Tanaka;Takayuki Kurokawa

  • Double-Network Hydrogels Strongly Bondable to Bones by Spontaneous Osteogenesis Penetration.

    Takayuki Nonoyama;Susumu Wada;Ryuji Kiyama;Nobuto Kitamura

  • Characterization of internal fracture process of double network hydrogels under uniaxial elongation

    Tasuku Nakajima;Takayuki Kurokawa;Saika Ahmed;Wen Li Wu

  • Mechano-actuated ultrafast full-colour switching in layered photonic hydrogels

    Youfeng Yue;Takayuki Kurokawa;Anamul Haque;Tasuku Nakajima

  • Self-Healing Behaviors of Tough Polyampholyte Hydrogels

    Abu Bin Ihsan;Tao Lin Sun;Takayuki Kurokawa;Sadia Nazneen Karobi

  • A Universal Molecular Stent Method to Toughen any Hydrogels Based on Double Network Concept

    Tasuku Nakajima;Hitomi Sato;Yu Zhao;Shinya Kawahara

  • Self‐Adjustable Adhesion of Polyampholyte Hydrogels

    Chanchal Kumar Roy;Hong Lei Guo;Tao Lin Sun;Abu Bin Ihsan

  • Phase-Separation-Induced Anomalous Stiffening, Toughening, and Self-Healing of Polyacrylamide Gels.

    Koshiro Sato;Tasuku Nakajima;Toshiyuki Hisamatsu;Takayuki Nonoyama

  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans improve toughness of biocompatible double network hydrogels.

    Yu Zhao;Tasuku Nakajima;Jing Jing Yang;Takayuki Kurokawa

  • Energy‐Dissipative Matrices Enable Synergistic Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Soft Composites

    Yiwan Huang;Daniel R. King;Tao Lin Sun;Takayuki Nonoyama

  • Importance of entanglement between first and second components in high-strength double network gels

    Mei Huang;Hidemitsu Furukawa;Yoshimi Tanaka;Tasuku Nakajima

  • Yielding Criteria of Double Network Hydrogels

    Takahiro Matsuda;Tasuku Nakajima;Yuki Fukuda;Wei Hong

  • Lamellar Hydrogels with High Toughness and Ternary Tunable Photonic Stop‐Band

    You Feng Yue;M. Anamul Haque;Takayuki Kurokawa;Tasuku Nakajima

  • Crack Blunting and Advancing Behaviors of Tough and Self-healing Polyampholyte Hydrogel

    Feng Luo;Tao Lin Sun;Tasuku Nakajima;Takayuki Kurokawa

  • Brittle–ductile transition of double network hydrogels: Mechanical balance of two networks as the key factor

    Saika Ahmed;Tasuku Nakajima;Takayuki Kurokawa;Md. Anamul Haque

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian Ping Gong
Jian Ping Gong Hokkaido University
Takayuki Kurokawa
Takayuki Kurokawa Hokkaido University
Wei Hong
Wei Hong Southern University of Science and Technology
Feng Luo
Feng Luo Sichuan University
Hidemitsu Furukawa
Hidemitsu Furukawa Yamagata University
Zi Liang Wu
Zi Liang Wu Zhejiang University
Dominique Hourdet
Dominique Hourdet Sorbonne University
Kazunori Yasuda
Kazunori Yasuda Hokkaido University
Takamasa Sakai
Takamasa Sakai University of Tokyo
Kenji Urayama
Kenji Urayama Kyoto Institute of Technology

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