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Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

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Materials Science

D-Index
75
Citations
21643
World Ranking
3434
National Ranking
144

Chemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
21672
World Ranking
4413
National Ranking
246

Overview

Toshio Masuda is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their work engages with several specialized subfields including organic chemistry, biomaterials, molecular biology, and materials chemistry.

Their publication record features articles in prominent scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Remarkable Effects of Anions on the Chirality of Thermoresponsive Helical Dendronized Poly(phenylacetylene)s (2021, Macromolecules)
  • Supramolecular Chiral Assembly of Symmetric Molecules with an Extended Conjugated Core (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Amide transformation as an efficient postpolymerization modification approach for the synthesis of functional polyacetylenes (2020, Polymer Chemistry)

Masuda frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Jiatao Yan
  • Wen Li
  • Afang Zhang
  • Yuexin Cao
  • Liangxuan Ren

Their contributions have appeared in journals such as Macromolecules, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Polymer Chemistry. The primary topics of Masuda's work cover:

  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications

Overall, Masuda's research combines aspects of chemical synthesis, material properties, and supramolecular assembly to explore advanced functional materials.

Best Publications

  • Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] and related polymers: Synthesis, properties and functions

    Kazukiyo Nagai;Toshio Masuda;Tsutomu Nakagawa;Benny D. Freeman

  • Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne]: a new high polymer synthesized with transition-metal catalysts and characterized by extremely high gas permeability

    Toshio Masuda;Eiji Isobe;Toshinobu Higashimura;Koichi Takada

  • Synthesis of high polymers from substituted acetylenes: exploitation of molybdenum- and tungsten-based catalysts

    Toshio Masuda;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Polymerization of substituted acetylenes and features of the formed polymers

    Masashi Shiotsuki;Fumio Sanda;Toshio Masuda

  • Diffusion and solution of gases in substituted polyacetylene membranes

    Toshio Masuda;Yuichiro Iguchi;Ben-Zhong Tang;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Biomimetic stabilization of helical structure in a synthetic polymer by means of intramolecular hydrogen bonds.

    Ryoji Nomura;Junichi Tabei;Toshio Masuda

  • Gas permeability of polyacetylenes carrying substituents

    Koichi Takada;Hidehiko Matsuya;Toshio Masuda;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Polymerization of 1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne by halides of niobium(V) and tantalum(V) and polymer properties

    Toshio Masuda;Eiji Isobe;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Polymerization of silicon-containing diphenylacetylenes and high gas permeability of the product polymers

    Kenji Tsuchihara;Toshio Masuda;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Conformational Study of Helical Poly(propiolic esters) in Solution

    Ryoji Nomura;Yasunori Fukushima;Hideo Nakako;Toshio Masuda

  • Tractable silicon-containing poly(diphenylacetylenes): their synthesis and high gas permeability

    Kenji Tsuchihara;Toshio Masuda;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Helix inversion of poly(propiolic esters)

    Hideo Nakako;Ryoji Nomura;Toshio Masuda

  • Polymerization of Phenylacetylenes. I. Polymerization of Phenylacetylene Catalyzed by WCI6and MoCI5

    Toshio Masuda;Kan-ichi Hasegawa;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Synthesis and Properties of Amino Acid-Based Polyacetylenes

    Guangzheng Gao;Fumio Sanda;Toshio Masuda

  • Polymerization of Phenylacetylenes. III. Structure and Properties of Poly(phenylacetylene)s Obtained by WCL6or MoCl5

    Toshio Masuda;Noriaki Sasaki;Toshinobu Higashimura

  • Thermal degradation of polyacetylenes carrying substituents

    Toshio Masuda;Ben Zhong Tang;Toshinobu Higashimura;Hitoshi Yamaoka

  • Search for K_{L}→π^{0}νν[over ¯] and K_{L}→π^{0}X^{0} Decays at the J-PARC KOTO Experiment.

    J. K. Ahn;B. Beckford;J. Beechert;K. Bryant

  • Conformational Study of Poly(N-propargylamides) Having Bulky Pendant Groups

    Junichi Tabei;Ryoji Nomura;Toshio Masuda

  • Living Polymerization of Phenylacetylene by Novel Rhodium Catalysts. Quantitative Initiation and Introduction of Functional Groups at the Initiating Chain End

    Yoshihiko Misumi;Toshio Masuda

  • Poly(diphenylacetylene) Membranes with High Gas Permeability and Remarkable Chiral Memory

    Masahiro Teraguchi;Toshio Masuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshinobu Higashimura
Toshinobu Higashimura The University of Shiga Prefecture
Fumio Sanda
Fumio Sanda Kansai University
Katsumi Yoshino
Katsumi Yoshino Osaka University
Benny D. Freeman
Benny D. Freeman The University of Texas at Austin
Haichao Zhao
Haichao Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Akihiko Fujii
Akihiko Fujii Osaka Institute of Technology
Masanori Ozaki
Masanori Ozaki Osaka University
Michiya Fujiki
Michiya Fujiki Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Y. B. Hsiung
Y. B. Hsiung National Taiwan University
Mitsuo Sawamoto
Mitsuo Sawamoto Chubu University

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