2026 Yoshikazu Homma: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	46	11385	11003	705	670	337	8938

Overview

Yoshikazu Homma is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, among which are:

Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Graphene Research and Applications
Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Photonic and Optical Devices
Photonic Crystals and Applications

They have published extensively in venues such as:

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Applied Physics
Physical Review A/Physical Review, A
Nanomaterials
arXiv (Cornell University)

Some recent papers include:

"Temperature dependence of photoluminescence spectra from a suspended single-walled carbon nanotube with water adsorption layer," 2021, Journal of Applied Physics
"Experimental and theoretical studies on the surface morphology variation of a Ni substrate by graphene growth," 2021, Journal of Applied Physics
"Probing the local density of states near the diffraction limit using nanowaveguide-collected cathode luminescence," 2021, Physical Review A/Physical Review, A
"Chirality Distributions for Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Determined by Photoluminescence Spectroscopy," 2021, Nanomaterials
"Structure and dynamics of adsorbed water on carbon nanotubes: a molecular dynamics simulation," 2024, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Yoshikazu Homma collaborates frequently with colleagues in their field, including:

Yusei Kioka
Masaru Irita
Yuki Maekawa
Kenji Sasaoka
Takahiro Yamamoto

Best Publications

Atomic-scale in-situ observation of carbon nanotube growth from solid state iron carbide nanoparticles.

Hideto Yoshida;Seiji Takeda;Tetsuya Uchiyama;Hideo Kohno

753
Citations
Single-walled carbon nanotube growth from highly activated metal nanoparticles.

Daisuke Takagi;Yoshikazu Homma;Hiroki Hibino;Satoru Suzuki

571
Citations
Role of Transition Metal Catalysts in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Growth in Chemical Vapor Deposition

Yoshikazu Homma;and Yoshiro Kobayashi;Toshio Ogino;Daisuke Takagi and

330
Citations
Bright Band Gap Photoluminescence from Unprocessed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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318
Citations
Carbon Nanotube Growth from Semiconductor Nanoparticles

Daisuke Takagi;Hiroki Hibino;Satoru Suzuki;Yoshihiro Kobayashi

301
Citations
Mechanism of Selective Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on SiO2/Si Patterns

Yung Joon Jung;Bingqing Wei;Robert Vajtai;Pulickel M. Ajayan

254
Citations
Carbon Nanotube Growth from Diamond

Daisuke Takagi;Yoshihiro Kobayashi;Yoshikazu Homma

221
Citations
Photoluminescence from an individual single-walled carbon nanotube

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182
Citations
Mechanism of bright selective imaging of single-walled carbon nanotubes on insulators by scanning electron microscopy

Yoshikazu Homma;Satoru Suzuki;Yoshihiro Kobayashi;Masao Nagase

168
Citations
DC-Resistive-Heating-Induced Step Bunching on Vicinal Si (111)

Yoshikazu Homma;Robert J. Mcclelland;Hiroki Hibino

161
Citations
Mechanism of gold-catalyzed carbon material growth.

Daisuke Takagi;Yoshihiro Kobayashi;Hiroki Hibino;Satoru Suzuki

147
Citations
Growth of suspended carbon nanotube networks on 100-nm-scale silicon pillars

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139
Citations
Work functions of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

Satoru Suzuki;Yoshio Watanabe;Yoshikazu Homma;Shin-ya Fukuba

132
Citations
Atomic-scale analysis on the role of molybdenum in iron-catalyzed carbon nanotube growth.

Hideto Yoshida;Takuma Shimizu;Tetsuya Uchiyama;Hideo Kohno

121
Citations
Photoluminescence Measurements and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water Adsorption on the Hydrophobic Surface of a Carbon Nanotube in Water Vapor

Yoshikazu Homma;Shohei Chiashi;Takahiro Yamamoto;Kaname Kono

121
Citations
Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Ceramic Particles by Alcohol Chemical Vapor Deposition

Huaping Liu;Daisuke Takagi;Hiroshi Ohno;Shohei Chiashi

118
Citations
Temperature-dependent photoluminescence from single-walled carbon nanotubes

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114
Citations
Growth of Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Alumina and Sapphire Substrates

Hiroshi Ohno;Daisuke Takagi;Kazuki Yamada;Shohei Chiashi

103
Citations
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Growth with Non-Iron- Group "Catalysts" by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Yoshikazu Homma;Huaping Liu;Daisuke Takagi;Yoshihiro Kobayashi

101
Citations
SUBLIMATION OF THE SI(111) SURFACE IN ULTRAHIGH VACUUM

Yoshikazu Homma;Hiroki Hibino;Toshio Ogino;Noriyuki Aizawa

95
Citations
In situ scanning electron microscopy of graphene growth on polycrystalline Ni substrate

Katsuhiro Takahashi;Kazuki Yamada;Hiroki Kato;Hiroki Hibino

84
Citations
An investigation of the properties of an epitaxial si layer on a substrate with a buried sio2 layer formed by oxygen-ion implantation

Yoshikazu Homma;Masaharu Oshima;Takayoshi Hayashi

70
Citations
The growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on a silica substrate without using a metal catalyst

Huaping Liu;Daisuke Takagi;Shohei Chiashi;Yoshikazu Homma

67
Citations
Straightening Suspended Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Ion Irradiation

Yung Joon Jung;Yoshikazu Homma;Robert Vajtai;Yoshihiro Kobayashi

65
Citations