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Tsuguyuki Saito

Tsuguyuki Saito

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Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
32164
World Ranking
3358
National Ranking
196

Overview

Tsuguyuki Saito is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on areas within materials science and engineering, with a notable emphasis on biomaterials and related subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Subfields frequently addressed in their work encompass:

  • Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Plant Science
  • Spectroscopy

The core topics of their research cover a range of areas, including:

  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Aerogels and thermal insulation
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Saito has published recent papers with details as follows:

  • "Mechanically Strong, Scalable, Mesoporous Xerogels of Nanocellulose Featuring Light Permeability, Thermal Insulation, and Flame Self-Extinction" (2021) in ACS Nano
  • "Local Crystallinity in Twisted Cellulose Nanofibers" (2021) in ACS Nano
  • "Nanocellulose Film Properties Tunable by Controlling Degree of Fibrillation of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose" (2020) in Frontiers in Chemistry
  • "Colorless Transparent Melamine-Formaldehyde Aerogels for Thermal Insulation" (2020) in ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • "Influence of Chemical and Enzymatic TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation on Chemical Structure and Nanofibrillation of Lignocellulose" (2020) in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Among their frequent co-authors are:

  • Shuji Fujisawa
  • Kazuho Daicho
  • Noriyuki Isobe
  • Kayoko Kobayashi
  • Akira Isogai

Publication venues where Saito has contributed frequently include:

  • Biomacromolecules
  • Cellulose
  • ACS Nano
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Nano Letters

Best Publications

  • TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers

    Akira Isogai;Tsuguyuki Saito;Hayaka Fukuzumi

  • Cellulose nanofibers prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Satoshi Kimura;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Akira Isogai

  • Homogeneous suspensions of individualized microfibrils from TEMPO-catalyzed oxidation of native cellulose.

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Jean-Luc Putaux;Michel Vignon

  • TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose. The effect of oxidation conditions on chemical and crystal structures of the water-insoluble fractions.

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Transparent and high gas barrier films of cellulose nanofibers prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation.

    Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Tadahisa Iwata;Yoshiaki Kumamoto

  • Individualization of Nano-Sized Plant Cellulose Fibrils by Direct Surface Carboxylation Using TEMPO Catalyst under Neutral Conditions

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Masayuki Hirota;Naoyuki Tamura;Satoshi Kimura

  • Aerogels with 3D ordered nanofiber skeletons of liquid-crystalline nanocellulose derivatives as tough and transparent insulators.

    Yuri Kobayashi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • An Ultrastrong Nanofibrillar Biomaterial: The Strength of Single Cellulose Nanofibrils Revealed via Sonication-Induced Fragmentation

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Ryota Kuramae;Jakob Wohlert;Lars A Berglund

  • Relationship between Length and Degree of Polymerization of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils

    Ryuji Shinoda;Tsuguyuki Saito;Yusuke Okita;Akira Isogai

  • Preparation and characterization of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibril films with free carboxyl groups

    Shuji Fujisawa;Yusuke Okita;Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito

  • Entire Surface Oxidation of Various Cellulose Microfibrils by TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation

    Yusuke Okita;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Thermal stabilization of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose

    Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Yusuke Okita;Akira Isogai

  • Chitin nanocrystals prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of alpha-chitin.

    Yimin Fan;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Preparation of Chitin Nanofibers from Squid Pen β-Chitin by Simple Mechanical Treatment under Acid Conditions

    Yimin Fan;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Individual chitin nano-whiskers prepared from partially deacetylated α-chitin by fibril surface cationization

    Yimin Fan;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Self-aligned integration of native cellulose nanofibrils towards producing diverse bulk materials

    Tsuguyuki Saito;Takehiko Uematsu;Takehiko Uematsu;Satoshi Kimura;Toshiharu Enomae

  • Review: Catalytic oxidation of cellulose with nitroxyl radicals under aqueous conditions

    Akira Isogai;Tuomas Hänninen;Shuji Fujisawa;Tsuguyuki Saito

  • Ultrastrong and high gas-barrier nanocellulose/clay-layered composites.

    Chun-Nan Wu;Tsuguyuki Saito;Shuji Fujisawa;Hayaka Fukuzumi

  • Transparent Cellulose Films with High Gas Barrier Properties Fabricated from Aqueous Alkali/Urea Solutions

    Quanling Yang;Hayaka Fukuzumi;Tsuguyuki Saito;Akira Isogai

  • Transparent, conductive, and printable composites consisting of TEMPO-oxidized nanocellulose and carbon nanotube.

    Hirotaka Koga;Tsuguyuki Saito;Takuya Kitaoka;Masaya Nogi

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Lars Berglund
Lars Berglund Royal Institute of Technology
Yoshiharu Nishiyama
Yoshiharu Nishiyama Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Tadahisa Iwata
Tadahisa Iwata University of Tokyo
Junichiro Shiomi
Junichiro Shiomi University of Tokyo
Kazuyoshi Kanamori
Kazuyoshi Kanamori Kyoto University
Lennart Bergström
Lennart Bergström Stockholm University
Masaya Nogi
Masaya Nogi Osaka University
Gustav Nyström
Gustav Nyström Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Jean-Luc Putaux
Jean-Luc Putaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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