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Tomiki Ikeda

Tomiki Ikeda

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
90
Citations
32391
World Ranking
1674
National Ranking
64

Chemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
32654
World Ranking
1952
National Ranking
104

Tomiki Ikeda 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 Tomiki Ikeda sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 507 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tomiki Ikeda 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 Tomiki Ikeda sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 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

Overview

Tomiki Ikeda is affiliated with Chuo University in Japan and has made contributions primarily in the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research interests focus extensively on advanced materials and mechanics as well as liquid crystal research advancements.

Ikeda's scholarly output includes significant publications across multiple topics, including photonic crystals and applications, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, polymer composites and self-healing technologies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and plant reproductive biology.

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Polymer Composites and Self-Healing
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Significant research papers authored or coauthored by Ikeda include:

  • Inkless Rewritable Photonic Crystals Paper Enabled by a Light-Driven Azobenzene Mesogen Switch, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Diffusionless Transformation of Soft Cubic Superstructure from Amorphous to Simple Cubic and Body-Centered Cubic Phases, 2021, Nature Communications
  • High-Resolution Erasable "Live" Patterns Based on Controllable Ink Diffusion on the 3D Blue-Phase Liquid Crystal Networks, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Liquid-Phase Super Photoactuator through the Synergetic Effects of a Janus Structure and Solvent/Thermal/Photo Responses, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Photoalignment in Polysiloxane Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks, 2021, Advanced Optical Materials

Frequent coauthors in Ikeda's research include:

  • Jingxia Wang
  • Lei Jiang
  • Toru Ube
  • Junchao Liu
  • Chenglin Zheng

The scientist has commonly published their work in venues such as:

  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Their research spans important subfields of study including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, mechanical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering. These subfields reflect the interdisciplinary nature of Ikeda's approach to materials science and engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Photomechanics: directed bending of a polymer film by light.

    Yanlei Yu;Makoto Nakano;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films

    Tomiki Ikeda;Osamu Tsutsumi

  • Photomechanics of liquid-crystalline elastomers and other polymers.

    Tomiki Ikeda;Jun-ichi Mamiya;Yanlei Yu

  • Photomobile polymer materials: towards light-driven plastic motors.

    Munenori Yamada;Mizuho Kondo;Jun-ichi Mamiya;Yanlei Yu

  • Photomodulation of liquid crystal orientations for photonic applications

    Tomiki Ikeda

  • Anisotropic Bending and Unbending Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid‐Crystalline Gels by Light Exposure

    Tomiki Ikeda;Makoto Nakano;Yanlei Yu;Osamu Tsutsumi

  • Photocontrollable liquid-crystalline actuators.

    Haifeng Yu;Tomiki Ikeda

  • .pi.-Conjugated Poly(pyridine-2,5-diyl), Poly(2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-diyl), and Their Alkyl Derivatives. Preparation, Linear Structure, Function as a Ligand to Form Their Transition Metal Complexes, Catalytic Reactions, n-Type Electrically Conducting Properties, Optical Properties, and Alignment on Substrates

    Takakazu Yamamoto;Tsukasa Maruyama;Zhen-Hua Zhou;Takayori Ito

  • Photo-mechanical effects in azobenzene-containing soft materials.

    Christopher J. Barrett;Jun-ichi Mamiya;Kevin G. Yager;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Smart light-responsive materials : azobenzene-containing polymers and liquid crystals

    Yue Zhao;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Smart Light-Responsive Materials

    Yue Zhao;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Photomobile polymer materials—various three-dimensional movements

    Munenori Yamada;Mizuho Kondo;Ryo Miyasato;Yumiko Naka

  • How Does the Initial Alignment of Mesogens Affect the Photoinduced Bending Behavior of Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers?

    Mizuho Kondo;Yanlei Yu;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Photochemical switching of polarization in ferroelectric liquid-crystal films

    Tomiki Ikeda;Takeo Sasaki;Kunihiro Ichimura

  • Soft Actuators Based on Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers

    Yanlei Yu;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Facile Synthesis of 2,5-Diarylthiazoles via Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem C−H Substitutions. Design of Tunable Light Emission and Liquid Crystalline Characteristics

    Atsunori Mori;Akitoshi Sekiguchi;Kentaro Masui;Tomohiro Shimada

  • Photoinduced alignment of nanocylinders by supramolecular cooperative motions.

    Haifeng Yu;Tomokazu Iyoda;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Photomobile Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks

    Toru Ube;Kyohei Kawasaki;Tomiki Ikeda;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Three-Dimensional Photomobility of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Fibers

    Taiki Yoshino;Mizuho Kondo;Jun-ichi Mamiya;Motoi Kinoshita

  • Effect of Cross-linking Density on Photoinduced Bending Behavior of Oriented Liquid-Crystalline Network Films Containing Azobenzene

    Yanlei Yu;Makoto Nakano;Atsushi Shishido;and Takeshi Shiono

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Shiono
Takeshi Shiono Hiroshima University
Akihiko Kanazawa
Akihiko Kanazawa Tokyo City University
Yanlei Yu
Yanlei Yu Fudan University
Haifeng Yu
Haifeng Yu Peking University
Takeshi Endo
Takeshi Endo Kyushu Institute of Technology
Kunihiro Ichimura
Kunihiro Ichimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tomokazu Iyoda
Tomokazu Iyoda Doshisha University
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingxia Wang
Jingxia Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yiliang Wu
Yiliang Wu TE Connectivity (China)

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