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Overview

Yo Tomota is affiliated with Ibaraki University in Japan and specializes in engineering disciplines with a focus on materials science and physics.

The scientist's research contributions span several interconnected fields, including engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Subfields of particular focus include mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, radiation, mechanics of materials, and metals and alloys.

Research topics addressed by Yo Tomota center primarily on the microstructure and mechanical properties of steels. Additional prominent topics include nuclear physics and applications, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, metal alloys wear and properties, magnetic properties and applications, metallurgy, and material forming.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yo Tomota include:

  • Stefanus Harjo
  • Wu Gong
  • Takahito Ohmura
  • T. Shinohara
  • Nagayasu Oshima

Among notable recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Mechanical response of dislocation interaction with grain boundary in ultrafine-grained interstitial-free steel" (2021, Acta Materialia)
  • "Continuous and discontinuous yielding behaviors in ferrite-cementite steels" (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • "Neutron Bragg-edge transmission imaging for microstructure and residual strain in induction hardened gears" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Lattice parameters of austenite and martensite during transformation for Fe-18Ni alloy investigated through in-situ neutron diffraction" (2023, Acta Materialia)
  • "Evidence supporting reversible martensitic transformation under cyclic loading on Fe-Mn-Si-Al alloys using in situ neutron diffraction" (2022, Acta Materialia)

Yo Tomota publishes predominantly in the journal Acta Materialia, with four papers in that venue, followed by contributions to ISIJ International, Quantum Beam Science, Tetsu-to-Hagane, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Tensile behavior of TRIP-aided multi-phase steels studied by in situ neutron diffraction

    Y. Tomota;H. Tokuda;Y. Adachi;M. Wakita

  • Microstructural dependence of Fe-high Mn tensile behavior

    Y. Tomota;M. Strum;J. W. Morris

  • Effect of prior martensite on bainite transformation in nanobainite steel

    W. Gong;Y. Tomota;S. Harjo;Y.H. Su

  • Effects of ausforming temperature on bainite transformation, microstructure and variant selection in nanobainite steel

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  • In situ neutron diffraction during tensile deformation of a ferrite-cementite steel

    Y. Tomota;P. Lukáš;D. Neov;S. Harjo

  • Recent advances in the LHD experiment

    O. Motojima;N. Ohyabu;A. Komori;O. Kaneko

  • IBARAKI materials design diffractometer (iMATERIA)—Versatile neutron diffractometer at J-PARC

    T. Ishigaki;A. Hoshikawa;M. Yonemura;T. Morishima

  • Effect of ferrite grain size on tensile deformation behavior of a ferrite-cementite low carbon steel

    N. Tsuchida;H. Masuda;Y. Harada;K. Fukaura

  • Effect of prior deformation of austenite on the γ → ε martensitic transformation in Fe-Mn alloys

    Kaneaki Tsuzaki;Shin ichi Fukasaku;Yo Tomota;Tadashi Maki

  • In situ neutron diffraction study of α–γ Fe–Cr–Ni alloys under tensile deformation

    S. Harjo;Y. Tomota;P. Lukáš;D. Neov

  • In situ neutron diffraction study of IF and ultra low carbon steels upon tensile deformation

    Y. Tomota;P. Lukas;S. Harjo;J.-H. Park

  • Effect of ausforming on nanobainite steel

    W. Gong;Y. Tomota;M.S. Koo;Y. Adachi

  • Mechanical response of dislocation interaction with grain boundary in ultrafine-grained interstitial-free steel

    Hongxing Li;Si Gao;Yo Tomota;Yo Tomota;Seiichiro

  • The relationship between toughness and microstructure in Fe-high Mn binary alloys

    Y. Tomota;M. Strum;J. W. Morris

  • Work hardening mechanism in high nitrogen austenitic steel studied by in situ neutron diffraction and in situ electron backscattering diffraction

    M. Ojima;Y. Adachi;Y. Tomota;K. Ikeda

  • PREDICTION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MULTI-PHASE STEELS BASED ON STRESS-STRAIN CURVES

    Yo Tomota;Minoru Umemoto;Nozomi Komatsubara;Akifumi Hiramatsu

  • A simple relationship between Lüders elongation and work-hardening rate at lower yield stress

    N. Tsuchida;Y. Tomota;K. Nagai;K. Fukaura

  • Work-hardening Behavior and Evolution of Dislocation-microstructures in High-nitrogen Bearing Austenitic Steels

    Satoru Kubota;Yu Xia;Yo Tomota

  • Effect of Thermal Cycling on the Martensitic Transformation in an Fe–24Mn–6Si Shape Memory Alloy

    K. Tsuzaki;M. Ikegami;Y. Tomota;Y. Kurokawa

  • Measurements of thermal residual elastic strains in ferrite–austenite Fe–Cr–Ni alloys by neutron and X-ray diffractions

    S. Harjo;Y. Tomota;M. Ono

  • Tensile Behavior of a TRIP-aided Ultra-fine Grained Steel Studied by Neutron Diffraction

    Kazuya Asoo;Yo Tomota;Stefanus Harjo;Yoshitaka Okitsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Kamiyama
Takashi Kamiyama High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Hiromichi Ohta
Hiromichi Ohta Hokkaido University
Minoru Umemoto
Minoru Umemoto Toyohashi University of Technology
Tamás Ungár
Tamás Ungár Eötvös Loránd University
Kozo Osamura
Kozo Osamura Kyoto University
Tadashi Maki
Tadashi Maki Kyoto University
Kaneaki Tsuzaki
Kaneaki Tsuzaki National Institute for Materials Science
Koichi Tsuchiya
Koichi Tsuchiya National Institute for Materials Science
John Morris
John Morris University of California, Berkeley
Fuxing Yin
Fuxing Yin Guangdong University of Technology

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