Hiro Matsuda

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
269 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Hiro Matsuda is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiro Matsuda has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 111 papers in Organic Chemistry and 81 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hiro Matsuda's work include Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (87 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (70 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (53 papers). Hiro Matsuda is often cited by papers focused on Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (87 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (70 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (53 papers). Hiro Matsuda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Bulgaria and Romania. Hiro Matsuda's co-authors include Hachiro Nakanishi, Shuji Okada, Hidetoshi Oikawa, Takashi Fukuda, Hitoshi Kasai, Tatsumi Kimura, Masao Kato, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Tatsuya Yamaguchi and Takuzo Aida and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hiro Matsuda

257 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

A Novel Preparation Method of Organic Microcrystals 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Novel Preparation Method of Organic Microcrystals
    1992 547 citations Hitoshi Kasai, Hidetoshi Oikawa et al. profile →
  2. Extensive Studies on π-Stacking of Poly(3-alkylthiophene-2,5-diyl)s and Poly(4-alkylthiazole-2,5-diyl)s by Optical Spectroscopy, NMR Analysis, Light Scattering Analysis, and X-ray Crystallography
    1998 463 citations Takashi Fukuda, Hiro Matsuda et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hiro Matsuda Japan 34 2.6k 1.9k 1.6k 1.3k 914 269 5.5k
Hachiro Nakanishi Japan 43 3.4k 1.3× 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 976 1.1× 332 6.6k
Shuji Okada Japan 33 2.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 771 0.8× 293 4.6k
Hidetoshi Oikawa Japan 36 2.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 733 0.4× 969 0.8× 755 0.8× 240 4.9k
Hitoshi Kasai Japan 36 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 784 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 753 0.8× 232 4.8k
Richard J. Bushby United Kingdom 46 2.2k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 3.3k 2.0× 1.7k 1.3× 541 0.6× 235 7.1k
Kenneth D. Singer United States 35 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 3.0k 1.8× 1.7k 1.3× 546 0.6× 172 5.9k
Nobuyuki Tamaoki Japan 45 4.3k 1.7× 3.1k 1.6× 2.1k 1.3× 787 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 191 6.9k
Graeme Cooke United Kingdom 35 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 912 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 498 0.5× 175 4.2k
Benoı̂t Heinrich France 39 3.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.3× 2.5k 1.5× 1.8k 1.4× 723 0.8× 232 6.2k
Kunihiro Ichimura Japan 43 4.4k 1.7× 2.1k 1.1× 4.3k 2.6× 2.0k 1.6× 580 0.6× 275 9.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yamaguchi, Tatsuya, Masako Kimura, Hiro Matsuda, & Takuzo Aida. (2004). Macroscopic Spinning Chirality Memorized in Spin‐Coated Films of Spatially Designed Dendritic Zinc Porphyrin J‐Aggregates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(46). 6350–6355. 184 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Takashi, et al.. (2002). <title>Simple and effective technique for the evaluation of optical field emitted from a SNOM probe tip</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4642. 138–147. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Jun Young, Tae Ho Kim, Tatsumi Kimura, Takashi Fukuda, & Hiro Matsuda. (2002). Surface relief grating and liquid crystal alignment on azobenzene functionalized polymers. Optical Materials. 21(1-3). 627–631. 11 indexed citations
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Bakarezos, Makis, I.J. Blewett, A. K. Kar, et al.. (1999). Ultrafast nonlinear refraction inintegrated Fabry-Perot etalon containingpolydiacetylene. Electronics Letters. 35(13). 1078–1079. 10 indexed citations
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Okada, Shuji, Hachiro Nakanishi, Hiroshi Matsuzawa, et al.. (1999). <title>Improved third-order nonlinear optical properties of polydiacetylene derivatives</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3796. 76–87. 9 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Abhijit, Shuji Okada, Hachiro Nakanishi, & Hiro Matsuda. (1999). A Convenient Synthesis of Aromatic-Ring-Substituted Diacetylenes. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 82(1). 138–141. 8 indexed citations
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Keuren, Edward Van, Vladimir N. Belov, Hiro Matsuda, et al.. (1998). Nonlinear Optical Properties of a Novel Polythiophene Derivative Determined by Third Harmonic Generation, Z-scan and Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 315(1). 71–82. 3 indexed citations
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Okada, Shuji, et al.. (1998). Solid-State Polymerization of Some Diacetylenic Nylon Salts. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 315(1). 59–64. 4 indexed citations
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Kasai, Hitoshi, Hideyuki Katagi, Shuji Okada, et al.. (1997). Preparation of Polydiacetylene Microcrystals and Their Properties.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 309–317. 4 indexed citations
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Katagi, Hideyuki, Hitoshi Kasai, Shuji Okada, et al.. (1997). Preparation and Characterization of Poly-Diacetylene Microcrystals. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A. 34(10). 2013–2024. 55 indexed citations
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Matsuzawa, Hiroshi, Shuji Okada, Hiro Matsuda, & Hachiro Nakanishi. (1996). Synthesis and optical properties of polydiacetylenes from dodecahexayne derivatives. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2851. 14–14. 13 indexed citations
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Kato, Masao, et al.. (1996). Synthesis of polymers bearing azo-dye chromophore with photocrosslinkable moiety for nonlinear optics. Polymer Bulletin. 36(4). 407–414. 7 indexed citations
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Kato, Masao, et al.. (1996). Preparation of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Methacrylate Copolymer Bearing Azo-dye Chromophores and Their Nonlinear Optical Properties.. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 9(1). 87–92.
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Duan, Xuan-Ming, Shuji Okada, Hidetoshi Oikawa, Hiro Matsuda, & Hachiro Nakanishi. (1995). Second-Order Hyperpolarizabilities of Organic Ionic Species. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 267(1). 89–94. 26 indexed citations
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Matsuda, Hiro, Shuji Okada, & Hachiro Nakanishi. (1992). Molecular and Crystal Engineering of Polydiacetylenes for Enlarged Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 217(1). 43–46. 6 indexed citations
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Matsuda, Hiro, Rihito Kuroda, K. Takimoto, et al.. (1992). Barrier-height imaging of fatty acid Langmuir-Blodgett films. Ultramicroscopy. 42-44. 1067–1072. 15 indexed citations
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Matsuda, Hiro. (1991). Polymeric materials for nonlinear optics.. Kobunshi. 40(5). 342–345. 1 indexed citations
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Okada, Shuji, Hiro Matsuda, Atsushi Masaki, Hachiro Nakanishi, & Kikuko Hayamizu. (1991). Novel linear and ladder polymers from tetraynes for nonlinear optics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1560. 25–25. 12 indexed citations
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Okada, Shuji, Hiro Matsuda, Hachiro Nakanishi, Masao Kato, & Masaaki Otsuka. (1989). New amphiphilic diacetylene compounds for non-linear optics. Thin Solid Films. 179(1-2). 423–427. 12 indexed citations
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Matsuda, Hiro, et al.. (1984). Preparation and utilization of esterified woods bearing carboxyl groups, 2: Esterification of wood with dicarboxylic acid anhydrides in the absence of solvent.. Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society. 4 indexed citations

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