2026 Yutaka Maeda: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	61	9469	8579	672	620	313	10344

Overview

Yutaka Maeda is affiliated with Tokyo Gakugei University in Japan and has contributed significantly to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, with additional engagement in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of Maeda's work include:

Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Graphene research and applications
Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Maeda's research output is published in noteworthy scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

Chemistry - A European Journal
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
The Cambridge Structural Database
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Among recent papers authored by Maeda are:

"Sonochemical reaction to control the near-infrared photoluminescence properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes," 2020, Nanoscale
"Helicity Sorting and Optical Resolution of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Optical Properties," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Other notable papers co-authored with frequent collaborator Michio Yamada include:

"Copper-Mediated Cascade Synthesis of Open-Cage Fullerenes," 2020, Organic Letters
"A Fullerene-Based Molecular Torsion Balance for Investigating Noncovalent Interactions at the C₆₀ Surface," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Understanding the Nature and Strength of Noncovalent Face-to-Face Arene-Fullerene Interactions," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators with whom Maeda has published extensively include:

Michio Yamada
Mitsuaki Suzuki
Yui Konno
Masahiro Ehara
Pei Zhao

Best Publications

Large-Scale Separation of Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Yutaka Maeda;Shin-Ichi Kimura;Makoto Kanda;Yuya Hirashima

419
Citations
Structural Determination of Metallofullerene Sc3C82 Revisited: A Surprising Finding

Yuko Iiduka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Tsukasa Nakahodo;Takahiro Tsuchiya

277
Citations
La@C82 Anion. An Unusually Stable Metallofullerene

Takeshi Akasaka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi

264
Citations
La@C72 having a non-IPR carbon cage

Takatsugu Wakahara;Hidefumi Nikawa;Takashi Kikuchi;Tsukasa Nakahodo

236
Citations
Charge Ordering with Lattice Distortions in a Conductive MMX-Chain Complex, Pt2(dta)4I (dta = CH3CS2-)

Hiroshi Kitagawa;Noriaki Onodera;Takuya Sonoyama;Masahiro Yamamoto

205
Citations
Selective interaction of large or charge-transfer aromatic molecules with metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes: critical role of the molecular size and orientation.

Jing Lu;Shigeru Nagase;Xinwei Zhang;Dan Wang

193
Citations
Isolation and characterization of a carbene derivative of La@C82.

Yutaka Maeda;Yoichiro Matsunaga;Takatsugu Wakahara;Satomi Takahashi

178
Citations
Missing metallofullerene La@C74.

Hidefumi Nikawa;Takashi Kikuchi;Takatsugu Wakahara;Tsukasa Nakahodo

173
Citations
Structural Determination of the La@C82 Isomer

Takeshi Akasaka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi

158
Citations
Chemical Reactivity of Sc3N@C80 and La2@C80

Yuko Iiduka;Ozora Ikenaga;Akihiro Sakuraba;Takatsugu Wakahara

152
Citations
Dispersion and separation of small-diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Yutaka Maeda;Makoto Kanda;Masahiro Hashimoto;Tadashi Hasegawa

151
Citations
Chemical understanding of a non-IPR metallofullerene: stabilization of encaged metals on fused-pentagon bonds in La2@C72.

Xing Lu;Hidefumi Nikawa;Tsukasa Nakahodo;Takahiro Tsuchiya

149
Citations
Experimental and theoretical studies of the scandium carbide endohedral metallofullerene Sc2C2@C82 and its carbene derivative.

Yuko Iiduka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Koji Nakajima;Tsukasa Nakahodo

143
Citations
Positional control of encapsulated atoms inside a fullerene cage by exohedral addition.

Michio Yamada;Tsukasa Nakahodo;Takatsugu Wakahara;Takahiro Tsuchiya

130
Citations
Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles in Nonaqueous Solution

Yutaka Maeda;Shin-Ichi Kimura;Yuya Hirashima;Makoto Kanda

129
Citations
13C NMR spectroscopic study of scandium dimetallofullerene, Sc2@C84vs. Sc2C2@C82

Yuko Iiduka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Koji Nakajima;Takahiro Tsuchiya

127
Citations
Synthesis and structural characterization of endohedral pyrrolidinodimetallofullerene: La2@C80(CH2)2NTrt.

Michio Yamada;Takatsugu Wakahara;Tsukasa Nakahodo;Takahiro Tsuchiya

123
Citations
Isolation and characterization of two Pr@C82 isomers

Takeshi Akasaka;Shingo Okubo;Masahiro Kondo;Yutaka Maeda

121
Citations
Isolation, Characterization, and Theoretical Study of La2@C78

Baopeng Cao;Takatsugu Wakahara;Takahiro Tsuchiya;Masahiro Kondo

116
Citations
Characterization of Ce@C82 and its anion.

Takatsugu Wakahara;Jun-Ichi Kobayashi;Michio Yamada;Yutaka Maeda

109
Citations
Missing Endohedral Metallofullerenes: La@C72 Having a Non-IPR Carbon Cage

T. Akasaka;Hidefumi Nikawa;Takashi Kikuchi;Takatsugu Wakahara

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Akasaka Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Shigeru Nagase Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry

Takatsugu Wakahara National Institute for Materials Science

Takahiro Tsuchiya Kitasato University

Naomi Mizorogi University of Tsukuba

Jing Lu Peking University

Tatsuhisa Kato Kyoto University

Xing Lu Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Alan L. Balch University of California, Davis

Marilyn M. Olmstead University of California, Davis

External Links

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