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Toyoki Kunitake

Toyoki Kunitake

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
33612
World Ranking
1621
National Ranking
76

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

Toyoki Kunitake is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in engineering, with a particular focus on membrane separation and gas transport as well as carbon dioxide capture technologies. Their work spans multiple subfields including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, environmental engineering, and aspects of global and planetary change.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to membrane separation and gas transport, carbon dioxide capture technologies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, green IT and sustainability, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and membrane separation technologies.

Recent publications by Toyoki Kunitake include the following papers:

  • "A new strategy for membrane-based direct air capture" (2020), published in Polymer Journal
  • "Geological storage of CO2-N2-O2 mixtures produced by membrane-based direct air capture (DAC)" (2021), published in Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology
  • "Robust, Hyper-Permeable Nanomembrane Composites of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Cellulose Nanofibers" (2021), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Design of Highly Efficient Nanomembranes Toward Direct Air Capture. Essential Role of Nanolayer Interface" (2025), published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • "Correction: A new strategy for membrane-based direct air capture" (2020), published in Polymer Journal

The frequent co-authors of Toyoki Kunitake include:

  • Shigenori Fujikawa
  • Roman Selyanchyn
  • Miho Ariyoshi
  • Takeshi Tsuji
  • Masao Sorai

Key publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Polymer Journal
  • Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Seikei-Kakou

Best Publications

  • ASSEMBLY OF MULTICOMPONENT PROTEIN FILMS BY MEANS OF ELECTROSTATIC LAYER-BY-LAYER ADSORPTION

    Yuri Lvov;Katsuhiko Ariga;Izumi Ichinose;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Synthetic Bilayer Membranes: Molecular Design, Self‐Organization, and Application

    Toyoki Kunitake

  • Facile In Situ Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Porous Cellulose Fibers

    Junhui He;Toyoki Kunitake;Aiko Nakao

  • A totally synthetic bilayer membrane

    Toyoki Kunitake;Yoshio Okahata

  • Assembling Alternate Dye−Polyion Molecular Films by Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Adsorption

    Katsuhiko Ariga;Yuri Lvov;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Alternate Assembly of Ordered Multilayers of SiO2 and Other Nanoparticles and Polyions

    Yuri Lvov;Katsuhiko Ariga;Mitsuhiko Onda;Izumi Ichinose

  • Molecular Recognition at Air−Water and Related Interfaces: Complementary Hydrogen Bonding and Multisite Interaction

    Katsuhiko Ariga;Toyoki Kunitake

  • OPTICAL MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF HELICAL SUPERSTRUCTURES OF CHIRAL BILAYER MEMBRANES

    N. Nakashima;S. Asakuma;T. Kunitake

  • FORMATION OF STABLE BILAYER ASSEMBLIES IN WATER FROM SINGLE-CHAIN AMPHIPHILES. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AMPHIPHILE STRUCTURE AND THE AGGREGATE MORPHOLOGY

    T. Kunitake;Y. Okahata;M. Shimomura;S. Yasunami

  • Nano-Precision Replication of Natural Cellulosic Substances by Metal Oxides

    Jianguo Huang;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Characterization of Polyelectrolyte-Protein Multilayer Films by Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Fourier Transform Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy.

    Frank Caruso;D. Neil Furlong;Katsuhiko Ariga;and Izumi Ichinose

  • Formation of Ultrathin Multilayer and Hydrated Gel from Montmorillonite and Linear Polycations.

    Yuri Lvov;Katsuhiko Ariga;and Izumi Ichinose;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Robust free-standing nanomembranes of organic/inorganic interpenetrating networks

    Richard Vendamme;Shin Ya Onoue;Aiko Nakao;Toyoki Kunitake

  • A careful examination of the adsorption step in the alternate layer-by-layer assembly of linear polyanion and polycation

    Yuri Lvov;Katsuhiko Ariga;Mitsuhiko Onda;Izumi Ichinose

  • A Surface Sol−Gel Process of TiO2 and Other Metal Oxide Films with Molecular Precision

    Izumi Ichinose;Hiroyuki Senzu;Toyoki Kunitake

  • ORIENTATION AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AZOBENZENE CHROMOPHORE IN THE AMMONIUM BILAYER ASSEMBLY.

    Masatsugu Shimomura;R. Ando;T. Kunitake

  • Sequential actions of glucose oxidase and peroxidase in molecular films assembled by layer‐by‐layer alternate adsorption

    Mitsuhiko Onda;Yuri Lvov;Katsuhiko Ariga;Toyoki Kunitake

  • Nanotubular SnO2 Templated by Cellulose Fibers: Synthesis and Gas Sensing

    J. Huang;N. Matsunaga;K. Shimanoe;N. Yamazoe

  • Molecular Recognition of Nucleotides by the Guanidinium Unit at the Surface of Aqueous Micelles and Bilayers. A Comparison of Microscopic and Macroscopic Interfaces.

    Mitsuhiko Onda;Kanami Yoshihara;Hiroshi Koyano;Katsuhiko Ariga

  • Molecular recognition of mono- and di-saccharides by phenylboronic acids in solvent extraction and as a monolayer

    Seiji Shinkai;Kazuhiko Tsukagoshi;Yuichi Ishikawa;Toyoki Kunitake

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiji Shinkai
Seiji Shinkai Kyushu University
Nobuo Kimizuka
Nobuo Kimizuka Kyushu University
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science
Yoshio Okahata
Yoshio Okahata Tokyo Institute of Technology
Naotoshi Nakashima
Naotoshi Nakashima Kyushu University
Tisato Kajiyama
Tisato Kajiyama Kyushu University
Masatsugu Shimomura
Masatsugu Shimomura Tohoku University
Yuri Lvov
Yuri Lvov Louisiana Tech University
Junhui He
Junhui He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hirotaka Ihara
Hirotaka Ihara Kumamoto University

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