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Overview

Yutaka Tokiwa is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Geophysics, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses topics including Rare-earth and actinide compounds, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Iron-based superconductors research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Topological Materials and Phenomena, and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials.

Yutaka Tokiwa has published extensively in journals like Physical Review B / Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, and Physical Review Materials.

Some of the recent papers authored with collaborators include:

  • First Observation of the de Haas-van Alphen Effect and Fermi Surfaces in the Unconventional Superconductor UTe2, 2022, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
  • Single crystal growth of superconducting UTe2 by molten salt flux method, 2022, Physical Review Materials
  • Thermodynamic Perspective on Field-Induced Behavior of α−RuCl3, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Chiral superconductivity in UTe2 probed by anisotropic low-energy excitations, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Adiabatic demagnetization cooling well below the magnetic ordering temperature in the triangular antiferromagnet KBaGd(BO3)2, 2023, Physical Review B

Frequent co-authors of Yutaka Tokiwa include:

  • Yoshinori Haga
  • H. Sakai
  • Petr Opletal
  • Y. Tokunaga
  • S. Kambe

Best Publications

  • Hydrolysis of polyesters by lipases

    Yutaka Tokiwa;Tomoo Suzuki

  • Degradation of microbial polyesters

    Yutaka Tokiwa;Buenaventurada P Calabia

  • Distribution of poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(ε-caprolactone)aerobic degrading microorganisms in different environments

    Haruo Nishida;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Biodegradability and Biodegradation of Polyesters

    Yutaka Tokiwa;Buenaventurada P. Calabia

  • Polylactide Degradation by an Amycolatopsis sp

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  • Biodegradation of poly(L-lactide).

    Yutaka Tokiwa;Amnat Jarerat

  • Thermal degradation behaviour of poly(lactic acid) stereocomplex

    Yujiang Fan;Yujiang Fan;Haruo Nishida;Yoshihito Shirai;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Hydrolysis of polycaprolactone fibers by lipase: Effects of draw ratio on enzymatic degradation

    Masatsugu Mochizuki;Madoka Hirano;Yoshihiro Kanmuri;Kazushige Kudo

  • Three isolates of novel polyphosphate-accumulating gram-positive cocci, obtained from activated sludge, belong to a new genus, Tetrasphaera gen. nov., and description of two new species, Tetrasphaera japonica sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera australiensis sp. nov.

    A.M. Maszenan;R.J. Seviour;B.K.C. Patel;P. Schumann

  • Synthesis of copolyamide–esters and some aspects involved in their hydrolysis by lipase

    Y. Tokiwa;T. Suzuki;T. Ando

  • Pyrolysis kinetics of poly(l-lactide) with carboxyl and calcium salt end structures

    Yujiang Fan;Yujiang Fan;Haruo Nishida;Shinya Hoshihara;Yoshihito Shirai

  • Equilibrium Polymerization Behavior of 1,4-Dioxan-2-one in Bulk

    Haruo Nishida;Mitsuhiro Yamashita;Takeshi Endo;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Degradation of poly(L-lactide) by strains belonging to genus Amycolatopsis

    Hardaning Pranamuda;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Effects of higher-order structure of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) on its biodegradation. II. Effects of crystal structure on microbial degradation

    Haruo Nishida;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Photosynthetic accumulation of poly-(hydroxybutyrate) by cyanobacteria--the metabolism and potential for CO2 recycling.

    Yasuo Asada;Masato Miyake;Jun Miyake;Ryuichiro Kurane

  • Thermal decomposition of poly(1,4-dioxan-2-one)

    Haruo Nishida;Mitsuhiro Yamashita;Norikazu Hattori;Takeshi Endo

  • Efficient production of D-(-)-lactic acid from broken rice by Lactobacillus delbrueckii using Ca(OH)2 as a neutralizing agent.

    Shinta Nakano;Charles U. Ugwu;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Production of d-lactic acid from sugarcane molasses, sugarcane juice and sugar beet juice by Lactobacillus delbrueckii

    Buenaventurada P. Calabia;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Biotechnological production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid monomer.

    Yutaka Tokiwa;Charles U Ugwu

  • Poly(L‐lactide)‐Degrading Activity in Various Actinomycetes

    Amnat Jarerat;Hardaning Pranamuda;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Poly (L‐lactide)‐Degrading Enzyme Produced by Amycolatopsis sp.

    Hardaning Pranamuda;Akio Tsuchii;Yutaka Tokiwa

  • Degradation of polycaprolactone at 50 °C by a thermotolerant Aspergillus sp.

    James G. Sanchez;Akio Tsuchii;Yutaka Tokiwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruo Nishida
Haruo Nishida Kyushu Institute of Technology
Takeshi Endo
Takeshi Endo Kyushu Institute of Technology
Hideo Tanaka
Hideo Tanaka University of Tsukuba
Isao Yumoto
Isao Yumoto National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Shinichi Takaichi
Shinichi Takaichi Nippon Medical School
Jun Miyake
Jun Miyake Osaka University
Yoshihito Shirai
Yoshihito Shirai Kyushu Institute of Technology
Byung-Gee Kim
Byung-Gee Kim Seoul National University

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