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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Materials Science D-index 67 Citations 14,362 414 World Ranking 2974 National Ranking 148
Chemistry D-index 67 Citations 14,730 437 World Ranking 4276 National Ranking 269

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Polymer

Tetsuo Asakura spends much of his time researching Fibroin, SILK, Polymer chemistry, Crystallography and Carbon-13 NMR. His Fibroin research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Biocompatibility, Chemical engineering, Polymer science, Immobilized enzyme and Membrane. His studies deal with areas such as Magic angle spinning, Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and Fiber, Natural fiber as well as SILK.

His Polymer chemistry study incorporates themes from Amino acid, Proton NMR, Random coil, Side chain and Aqueous solution. The various areas that Tetsuo Asakura examines in his Crystallography study include Characterization, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Hydrogen bond, Protein structure and Chemical shift. His Carbon-13 NMR research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Ziegler–Natta catalyst, Polymerization and Tacticity.

His most cited work include:

  • 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 (267 citations)
  • Preparation of non-woven nanofibers of Bombyx mori silk, Samia cynthia ricini silk and recombinant hybrid silk with electrospinning method (222 citations)
  • Study of Protein Conformation and Orientation in Silkworm and Spider Silk Fibers Using Raman Microspectroscopy (217 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Fibroin, SILK, Polymer chemistry, Crystallography and Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. His research in Fibroin tackles topics such as Membrane which are related to areas like Immobilized enzyme. His work focuses on many connections between SILK and other disciplines, such as Biomedical engineering, that overlap with his field of interest in Small diameter.

While the research belongs to areas of Polymer chemistry, Tetsuo Asakura spends his time largely on the problem of Copolymer, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Ethylene. His Crystallography study combines topics in areas such as Proton NMR, NMR spectra database, Magic angle spinning, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Chemical shift. His study on Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance also encompasses disciplines like

  • Stereochemistry which is related to area like Residue and Hydrogen bond,
  • Alanine and related Antiparallel.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Fibroin (51.02%)
  • SILK (44.02%)
  • Polymer chemistry (31.38%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Fibroin (51.02%)
  • SILK (44.02%)
  • Crystallography (30.70%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Tetsuo Asakura mostly deals with Fibroin, SILK, Crystallography, Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and Biomedical engineering. His Fibroin research incorporates elements of Anatomy, Polymer chemistry, Vascular graft and Small diameter. The Polymer chemistry study combines topics in areas such as Chemical engineering and Carbon-13 NMR.

Tetsuo Asakura combines subjects such as Random coil, Biochemistry, Peptide, Polymer science and Chemical shift with his study of SILK. His Crystallography research incorporates elements of Antiparallel, NMR spectra database, Magic angle spinning, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Beta sheet. His Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance research includes elements of Molecular dynamics, Sequence, Nephila clavipes, Alanine and Protein structure.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Analysis of the Structure of Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin by NMR (75 citations)
  • Colored Fluorescent Silk Made by Transgenic Silkworms (68 citations)
  • Silk structure studied with nuclear magnetic resonance. (52 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Polymer

His scientific interests lie mostly in Fibroin, SILK, Crystallography, Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and Polymer chemistry. Tetsuo Asakura incorporates Fibroin and Transgene in his research. His work in the fields of Silk fiber overlaps with other areas such as Sponge.

His Crystallography study combines topics in areas such as Proton NMR, Carbon-13 NMR, NMR spectra database, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Chemical shift. His work carried out in the field of Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance brings together such families of science as Antiparallel and Analytical chemistry. His Polymer chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Protein structure, Relaxation and Magic angle spinning.

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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.
Macromolecules (1985)

458 Citations

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.
Polymer (2003)

395 Citations

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

Marie-Eve Rousseau;Thierry Lefèvre;Lilyane Beaulieu;Tetsuo Asakura.
Biomacromolecules (2004)

320 Citations

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.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2001)

297 Citations

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.
Macromolecules (1984)

257 Citations

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.
Macromolecules (1990)

244 Citations

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

Tetsuo Asakura;Juming Yao;Tsutomu Yamane;Kosuke Umemura.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002)

238 Citations

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

Mitsuo Iwadate;Tetsuo Asakura;Michael P. Williamson.
Journal of Biomolecular NMR (1999)

234 Citations

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.
Journal of Vascular Surgery (2010)

228 Citations

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

Tetsuo Asakura;Makoto Demura;Yuko Nishiyama.
Macromolecules (1991)

211 Citations

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