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Yoshitada Morikawa

Yoshitada Morikawa

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10983
World Ranking
11641
National Ranking
865

Overview

Yoshitada Morikawa is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and specializes in the field of Materials Science, with a substantial focus on Materials Chemistry. The scientist's research portfolio includes significant contributions across several subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Catalysis.

Their work addresses key topics like Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Graphene research and applications, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

Among recent papers authored by or associated with Morikawa are the following:

  • Density functional theory study on a nitrogen-rich carbon nitride material C3N5 as photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to C1 and C2 products, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Adsorption of toxic gases on borophene: surface deformation links to chemisorptions, 2021, RSC Advances
  • Dry Reforming of Methane on Cobalt Catalysts: DFT-Based Insights into Carbon Deposition Versus Removal, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Oxidative etching mechanism of the diamond (100) surface, 2020, Carbon
  • Chemical stability of hydrogen boride nanosheets in water, 2021, Communications Materials

Frequent co-authors in Morikawa's publications include:

  • Ikutaro Hamada
  • Yuji Hamamoto
  • Kouji Inagaki
  • Thanh Ngoc Pham
  • Harry Handoko Halim

Morikawa has published frequently in a range of scientific journals and venues. Notable publication venues and the number of publications there include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (11 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)
  • Physical Review Materials (5 publications)
  • Carbon (4 publications)
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • CO Chemisorption at Metal Surfaces and Overlayers

    B. Hammer;Y. Morikawa;J. K. Nørskov

  • Adsorption state of dimethyl disulfide on Au(111): Evidence for adsorption as thiolate at the bridge site

    Tomohiro Hayashi;Yoshitada Morikawa;Hisakazu Nozoye

  • Spin- and energy-dependent tunneling through a single molecule with intramolecular spatial resolution.

    Jens Brede;Nicolae Atodiresei;Nicolae Atodiresei;Stefan Kuck;Predrag Lazić

  • Theoretical study of hydrogenation process of formate on clean and Zn deposited Cu(1 1 1) surfaces

    Y. Morikawa;K. Iwata;K. Terakura

  • Jahn-Teller distortion and magnetic structures in LaMnO 3

    H. Sawada;Y. Morikawa;K. Terakura;N. Hamada

  • Theoretical study of n-alkane adsorption on metal surfaces

    Yoshitada Morikawa;Yoshitada Morikawa;Hisao Ishii;Kazuhiko Seki

  • State-selective dissociation of a single water molecule on an ultrathin MgO film

    Hyung-Joon Shin;Jaehoon Jung;Kenta Motobayashi;Susumu Yanagisawa

  • Electrode Dynamics from First Principles

    Minoru Otani;Ikutaro Hamada;Osamu Sugino;Yoshitada Morikawa;Yoshitada Morikawa

  • Density functional theory investigation of benzenethiol adsorption on Au(111)

    Jun Nara;Shin’ichi Higai;Yoshitada Morikawa;Takahisa Ohno

  • Optimized structures and electronic properties of alkali-metal (Na, K) -adsorbed Si(001) surfaces.

    K. Kobayashi;Y. Morikawa;K. Terakura;S. Blügel

  • Structure of the water/platinum interface––a first principles simulation under bias potential

    Minoru Otani;Ikutaro Hamada;Osamu Sugino;Yoshitada Morikawa;Yoshitada Morikawa

  • Density Functional Calculations of N2Adsorption and Dissociation on a Ru(0001) Surface

    Jens Jørgen Mortensen;Y. Morikawa;Bjørk Hammer;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Density functional theoretical study of pentacene/noble metal interfaces with van der Waals corrections: Vacuum level shifts and electronic structures

    Kenji Toyoda;Ikutaro Hamada;Kyuho Lee;Susumu Yanagisawa

  • Kinetic mechanism of methanol decomposition on Ni(111) surface: a theoretical study.

    Gui-Chang Wang;Yu-Hua Zhou;Yoshitada Morikawa;Junji Nakamura

  • Order-disorder phase transition on the Si(001) surface: Critical role of dimer defects.

    K Inoue;Y Morikawa;K Terakura;M Nakayama

  • Oxygen Vacancy Promoting Catalytic Dehydration of Formic Acid on TiO2(110) by in Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopic Observation

    Masaki Aizawa;Yoshitada Morikawa;Yoshimichi Namai;Harumo Morikawa

  • Origin of the stability of Ge(105) on si: a new structure model and surface strain relaxation.

    Y. Fujikawa;Y. Fujikawa;K. Akiyama;T. Nagao;T. Sakurai

  • Adsorption geometries and vibrational modes of C 2 H 2 on the Si(001) surface

    Yoshitada Morikawa

  • Direct observation of hydrogen-bond exchange within a single water dimer.

    T. Kumagai;M. Kaizu;S. Hatta;H. Okuyama

  • Electronic structures of Au on TiO 2 ( 110 ) by first-principles calculations

    K. Okazaki;Y. Morikawa;S. Tanaka;K. Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Masashi Yoshimura
Masashi Yoshimura Osaka University
Yusuke Mori
Yusuke Mori Osaka University
Kiyoyuki Terakura
Kiyoyuki Terakura National Institute for Materials Science
Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukui Osaka University
Max G. Lagally
Max G. Lagally University of Wisconsin–Madison
Junji Nakamura
Junji Nakamura University of Tsukuba
Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Yasuhiro Iwasawa University of Electro-Communications
Takehiko Sasaki
Takehiko Sasaki University of Tokyo
Jun Takeya
Jun Takeya University of Tokyo
Mizuki Tada
Mizuki Tada Nagoya University

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