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Tetsuo Asakura publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tetsuo Asakura sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 500 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Tetsuo Asakura D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tetsuo Asakura is affiliated with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with specific attention to biomaterials and related subfields.

The main fields of study that frame Asakura's work include:

  • Materials Science

Their subfields of study encompass:

  • Biomaterials
  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Microbiology

The key topics that characterize Asakura's research include:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Silkworms and Sericulture Research
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Phytochemical compounds biological activities
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Asakura has published research in several frequent venues, illustrating their active engagement in the biomaterials research community. Notable publication venues include:

  • Molecules
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • Polymers

Some of the recent papers by Tetsuo Asakura are:

  • Structure of Silk I (Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin before Spinning) -Type II β-Turn, Not α-Helix-, 2021, Molecules
  • Structure and Dynamics of Spider Silk Studied with Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Dynamics Simulation, 2020, Molecules
  • A review on the structure of Bombyx mori silk fibroin fiber studied using solid-state NMR: An antipolar lamella with an 8-residue repeat, 2023, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

In addition to their direct publications, they frequently collaborate with several co-authors, including:

  • Akira Naito
  • Takashi Tanaka
  • Ryou Tanaka
  • Hironori Matsuda
  • Asuna Hagiya

Best Publications

  • Conformational characterization of Bombyx mori silk fibroin in the solid state by high-frequency carbon-13 cross polarization-magic angle spinning NMR, x-ray diffraction, and infrared spectroscopy

    Tetsuo Asakura;Akio Kuzuhara;Ryoko Tabeta;Hazime Saito

  • Preparation of non-woven nanofibers of Bombyx mori silk, Samia cynthia ricini silk and recombinant hybrid silk with electrospinning method

    Kosuke Ohgo;Chenhua Zhao;Mitsuhiro Kobayashi;Tetsuo Asakura

  • Study of Protein Conformation and Orientation in Silkworm and Spider Silk Fibers Using Raman Microspectroscopy

    Marie-Eve Rousseau;Thierry Lefèvre;Lilyane Beaulieu;Tetsuo Asakura

  • A repeated β-turn structure in Poly(Ala-Gly) as a model for silk I of Bombyx mori silk fibroin studied with two-dimensional spin-diffusion NMR under off magic angle spinning and rotational echo double resonance

    Tetsuo Asakura;Jun Ashida;Tsutomu Yamane;Tsunenori Kameda

  • High-resolution carbon-13 NMR study of silk fibroin in the solid state by the cross-polarization-magic angle spinning method. Conformational characterization of silk I and silk II type forms of Bombyx mori fibroin by the conformation-dependent carbon-13 chemical shifts

    Hazime Saito;Ryoko Tabeta;Tetsuo Asakura;Yoshihiro Iwanaga

  • Long-term patency of small-diameter vascular graft made from fibroin, a silk-based biodegradable material

    Soichiro Enomoto;Makoto Sumi;Makoto Sumi;Kan Kajimoto;Yasumoto Nakazawa

  • Heterogeneous structure of silk fibers from Bombyx mori resolved by 13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

    Tetsuo Asakura;Juming Yao;Tsutomu Yamane;Kosuke Umemura

  • Solvent- and mechanical-treatment-induced conformational transition of silk fibroins studies by high-resolution solid-state carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy

    Mika Ishida;Tetsuo Asakura;Motoko Yokoi;Hazime Saito

  • Analysis of the Structure of Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin by NMR

    Tetsuo Asakura;Keiko Okushita;Mike P. Williamson

  • C alpha and C beta carbon-13 chemical shifts in proteins from an empirical database.

    Mitsuo Iwadate;Tetsuo Asakura;Michael P. Williamson

  • Carbon-13 NMR spectral assignment of five polyolefins determined from the chemical shift calculation and the polymerization mechanism

    Tetsuo Asakura;Makoto Demura;Yuko Nishiyama

  • Solid-state NMR determination of the secondary structure of Samia cynthia ricini silk

    J. D. van Beek;L. Beaulieu;H. Schäfer;M. Demura

  • Artificial Spinning and Characterization of Silk Fiber from Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin in Hexafluoroacetone Hydrate

    Juming Yao;Hiromi Masuda;Chenhua Zhao;Tetsuo Asakura

  • Some observations on the structure and function of the spinning apparatus in the silkworm Bombyx mori.

    Tetsuo Asakura;Kosuke Umemura;Yasumoto Nakazawa;Haruko Hirose

  • Empirical Comparisons of Models for Chemical-Shift Calculation in Proteins

    M.P. Williamson;T. Asakura

  • Immobilization of glucose oxidase with Bombyx mori silk fibroin by only stretching treatment and its application to glucose sensor.

    Makoto Demura;Tetsuo Asakura

  • Raman spectroscopic characterization of Bombyx mori silk fibroin: Raman spectrum of Silk I

    P. Monti;P. Taddei;G. Freddi;T. Asakura

  • NMR of silk fibroin. Carbon-13 NMR study of the chain dynamics and solution structure of Bombyx mori silk fibroin

    Tetsuo Asakura;Yasuo Watanabe;Akane Uchida;Hidenobu Minagawa

  • Structural characterization and artificial fiber formation of Bombyx mori silk fibroin in hexafluoro-iso-propanol solvent system

    Chenhua Zhao;Juming Yao;Hiromi Masuda;Raghuvansh Kishore

  • Very fast magic angle spinning 1H-14N 2D solid-state NMR: Sub-micro-liter sample data collection in a few minutes

    Yusuke Nishiyama;Yuki Endo;Takahiro Nemoto;Hiroaki Utsumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Williamson
Michael P. Williamson University of Sheffield
Juming Yao
Juming Yao Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Masataka Sata
Masataka Sata University of Tokushima
Isao Ando
Isao Ando Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hazime Saitô
Hazime Saitô University of Hyogo
Anne S. Ulrich
Anne S. Ulrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Akon Higuchi
Akon Higuchi National Central University
Kazuomi Suzuki
Kazuomi Suzuki Okayama University
Timothy A. Cross
Timothy A. Cross Florida State University

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