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Yoshio Okamoto

Yoshio Okamoto

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
37907
World Ranking
1759
National Ranking
91

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

Yoshio Okamoto is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. The researcher's work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a substantial focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The research topics frequently explored include Rare-earth and actinide compounds, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity, Iron-based superconductors research, Multiferroics and related materials, and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials.

Selected recent publications highlight diverse contributions:

  • Structural phase transition and giant negative thermal expansion in pyrophosphate Zn2-xMgxP2O7, 2021, Applied Physics Letters
  • Magnetization process of the breathing pyrochlore magnet CuInCr4S8 in ultrahigh magnetic fields up to 150 T, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Sol-gel synthesis of doped Cu2V2O7 fine particles showing giant negative thermal expansion, 2020, AIP Advances
  • High-mobility carriers induced by chemical doping in the candidate nodal-line semimetal CaAgP, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Real spin and pseudospin topologies in the noncentrosymmetric topological nodal-line semimetal CaAgAs, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Okamoto has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • K. Takenaka (39 publications)
  • Naoyuki Katayama (17 publications)
  • Yasunori Yokoyama (13 publications)
  • Daigorou Hirai (12 publications)
  • Y. Kadowaki (8 publications)

The researcher has published prolifically in several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (12 publications)
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B (10 publications)
  • Applied Physics Letters (9 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (9 publications)
  • Applied Physics Express (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Synthetic helical polymers: conformation and function.

    Tamaki Nakano;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Polysaccharide Derivatives for Chromatographic Separation of Enantiomers.

    Yoshio Okamoto;Eiji Yashima

  • Memory of macromolecular helicity assisted by interaction with achiral small molecules

    Eiji Yashima;Katsuhiro Maeda;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Resolution by high-performance liquid chromatography using polysaccharide carbamates and benzoates as chiral stationary phases

    Yoshio Okamoto;Yuriko Kaida

  • Chiral HPLC for efficient resolution of enantiomers

    Yoshio Okamoto;Tomoyuki Ikai

  • Optically active poly(triphenylmethyl methacrylate) with one-handed helical conformation

    Yoshio Okamoto;Koichi Suzuki;Koji Ohta;Koichi Hatada

  • Efficient Separation of Enantiomers Using Stereoregular Chiral Polymers

    Jun Shen;Yoshio Okamoto;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Chirality Assignment of Amines and Amino Alcohols Based on Circular Dichroism Induced by Helix Formation of a Stereoregular Poly((4-carboxyphenyl)acetylene) through Acid−Base Complexation

    Eiji Yashima;Teruyuki Matsushima;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Structure control of polysaccharide derivatives for efficient separation of enantiomers by chromatography

    Tomoyuki Ikai;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Novel packing material for optical resolution: (+)-poly(triphenylmethyl methacrylate) coated on macroporous silica gel

    Yoshio Okamoto;Shiro Honda;Ichiro Okamoto;Heimei Yuki

  • Optically Active Polymers for Chiral Separation

    Chiyo Yamamoto;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Chiral Discrimination on Polysaccharides Derivatives

    Eiji Yashima;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Chromatographic resolution. 7. Useful chiral packing materials for high-performance liquid chromatographic resolution of enantiomers: phenylcarbamates of polysaccharides coated on silica gel

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  • Poly((4-carboxyphenyl)acetylene) as a Probe for Chirality Assignment of Amines by Circular Dichroism

    Eiji Yashima;Teruaki Matsushima;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Substituent Constants for Aromatic Substitution1-3

    Herbert C. Brown;Y. Okamoto

  • Resolution of racemic compounds by optically active poly(triphenylmethyl methacrylate)

    Heimei Yuki;Yoshio Okamoto;Ichiro Okamoto

  • Efficient Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Stereocontrolled Radical Polymerization of Acrylamides

    Yutaka Isobe;Daigo Fujioka;Shigeki Habaue;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Asymmetric polymerization of triphenylmethyl methacrylate leading to a one-handed helical polymer: mechanism of polymerization

    Tamaki Nakano;Yoshio Okamoto;Koichi Hatada

  • RAFT Polymerization of N-Isopropylacrylamide in the Absence and Presence of Y(OTf)3: Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity

    Biswajit Ray;Yutaka Isobe;Kozo Matsumoto;Shigeki Habaue

  • Living and Highly Isotactic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate by t-C4H9MgBr in Toluene

    Koichi Hatada;Koichi Ute;Katsuji Tanaka;Yoshio Okamoto

  • Xanthate-Mediated Radical Polymerization of N-Vinylpyrrolidone in Fluoroalcohols for Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity

    Decheng Wan;Kotaro Satoh;Masami Kamigaito;Yoshio Okamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiji Yashima
Eiji Yashima Nagoya University
Masami Kamigaito
Masami Kamigaito Nagoya University
Koichi Hatada
Koichi Hatada Osaka University
Kotaro Satoh
Kotaro Satoh Tokyo Institute of Technology
Bezhan Chankvetadze
Bezhan Chankvetadze Tbilisi State University
Katsuhiro Maeda
Katsuhiro Maeda Kanazawa University
Fritz Vögtle
Fritz Vögtle University of Bonn
Toshifumi Satoh
Toshifumi Satoh Hokkaido University
Gottfried Blaschke
Gottfried Blaschke University of Münster
Tatsuki Kitayama
Tatsuki Kitayama Osaka University

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