Keitaro Nakatani

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
168 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Keitaro Nakatani is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Keitaro Nakatani has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Materials Chemistry, 100 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 47 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Keitaro Nakatani's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (72 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (67 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (40 papers). Keitaro Nakatani is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (72 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (67 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (40 papers). Keitaro Nakatani collaborates with scholars based in France, Japan and Mexico. Keitaro Nakatani's co-authors include Jacques A. Delaire, Pascal G. Lacroix, Pei Yu, Rémi Métivier, Isabelle Malfant, Olivier Kahn, René Clément, Isabelle Ledoux, Éléna Ishow and Jorunn Sletten and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Keitaro Nakatani

167 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Photochromic M... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750 1000
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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. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Photochromic Molecules and Materials
    2000 1.1k citations Jacques A. Delaire, Keitaro Nakatani profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keitaro Nakatani France 49 4.8k 3.7k 2.3k 1.3k 1.1k 168 7.9k
David J. Williams United Kingdom 40 3.2k 0.7× 3.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 168 8.2k
Inge Asselberghs Belgium 48 4.3k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 563 0.4× 868 0.8× 220 7.6k
Benjamin J. Coe United Kingdom 42 2.8k 0.6× 3.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 881 0.8× 127 5.9k
Hubert Le Bozec France 40 2.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.9× 925 0.7× 536 0.5× 140 5.2k
Yi Liao China 45 3.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 588 0.4× 629 0.6× 184 6.8k
Yasuchika Hasegawa Japan 54 8.9k 1.9× 4.1k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.8× 486 0.4× 313 10.3k
Jean‐Pierre Launay France 42 2.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 2.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 748 0.7× 103 5.6k
Concepció Rovira Spain 59 5.1k 1.1× 6.1k 1.6× 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 385 13.0k
Elena Cariati Italy 36 3.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.6× 745 0.7× 121 6.1k
Tomoyuki Akutagawa Japan 50 5.0k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 2.4k 1.8× 1.6k 1.4× 393 9.1k

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All Works

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Sethy, Ramarani, Jatish Kumar, Rémi Métivier, et al.. (2017). Enantioselective Light Harvesting with Perylenediimide Guests on Self‐Assembled Chiral Naphthalenediimide Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie. 129(47). 15249–15253. 33 indexed citations
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Sethy, Ramarani, Jatish Kumar, Rémi Métivier, et al.. (2017). Enantioselective Light Harvesting with Perylenediimide Guests on Self‐Assembled Chiral Naphthalenediimide Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(47). 15053–15057. 130 indexed citations
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Fukaminato, Tuyoshi, Tsunenobu Onodera, Hidetoshi Oikawa, et al.. (2016). Giant Amplification of Photoswitching by a Few Photons in Fluorescent Photochromic Organic Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(11). 3662–3666. 107 indexed citations
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Chevreux, Sylviane, Clémence Allain, Keitaro Nakatani, et al.. (2015). Solvent-tuned dual emission: a structural and electronic interplay highlighting a novel planar ICT (OPICT). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(12). 7639–7642. 18 indexed citations
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Yasukuni, Ryohei, Pei Yu, Guillaume Laurent, et al.. (2014). Photochromic–fluorescent–plasmonic nanomaterials: towards integrated three-component photoactive hybrid nanosystems. Chemical Communications. 50(55). 7299–7302. 20 indexed citations
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Nakatani, Keitaro, et al.. (2010). Refractive Index Measurement by Using an Optoelectronic Oscillator. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 22(12). 857–859. 57 indexed citations
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Plażuk, Damian, Janusz Zakrzewski, & Keitaro Nakatani. (2009). New Ferrocenylpyridinium Salts with Bulk Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties. Polish Journal of Chemistry. 83(12). 2105–2111. 1 indexed citations
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Santillán, Rosa, Mario Rodríguez, Margarita Romero, et al.. (2008). Synthesis, crystal structure and non-linear optical properties of boronates derivatives of salicylideniminophenols. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 693(7). 1321–1334. 36 indexed citations
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Sliwa, Michel, Sylvie Létard, Isabelle Malfant, et al.. (2005). Design, Synthesis, Structural and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Photochromic Crystals:  Toward Reversible Molecular Switches. Chemistry of Materials. 17(18). 4727–4735. 219 indexed citations
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Reyes, Horacio, José María Rivera, Norberto Farfán, et al.. (2005). Synthesis and quadratic molecular hyperpolarizabilities of two new chiral boronates: Computational and experimental study. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 690(16). 3737–3745. 12 indexed citations
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Reyes, Horacio, Norberto Farfán, Rosa Santillán, et al.. (2004). Syntheses, crystal structures, and quadratic nonlinear optical properties in four “push–pull” diorganotin derivatives. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 689(14). 2303–2310. 58 indexed citations
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Bella, Santo Di, Ignazio L. Fragalà, Annalisa Guerri, Paolo Dapporto, & Keitaro Nakatani. (2003). Synthesis, crystal structure, and second-order nonlinear optical properties of [N,N′-bis(1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene)-1,2-benzenediaminato]nickel(II) Schiff base complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 357(4). 1161–1167. 29 indexed citations
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Lacroix, Pascal G., Isabelle Malfant, Gabriel Iftime, et al.. (2000). Azo-Azulene Derivatives as Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(14). 2599–2608. 92 indexed citations
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Andreu, Raquel, Isabelle Malfant, Pascal Lacroix, Heinz Gornitzka, & Keitaro Nakatani. (1999). Chiral Stilbazolium Chromophores:  An Approach toward Multiproperty Materials Combining Conductivity and Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities. Chemistry of Materials. 11(3). 840–848. 35 indexed citations
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Atassi, Yomen, et al.. (1998). Photoinduced manipulations of photochromes in polymers: Anisotropy, modulation of the NLO properties and creation of surface gratings. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 70(11). 2157–2166. 62 indexed citations
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Delaire, Jacques A., et al.. (1996). Hyperpolarisability of (donor)2-acceptor‐type molecules determined by EFISHG. Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics. 6(56). 233–238. 23 indexed citations
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Nakatani, Keitaro, et al.. (1993). Photoisomerization and second harmonic generation in disperse red one-doped and -functionalized poly(methyl methacrylate) films. Chemistry of Materials. 5(2). 229–236. 214 indexed citations
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Codjovi, Épiphane, Pierre Bergerat, Keitaro Nakatani, Pei Yu, & Olivier Kahn. (1992). Molecular-based magnets studied with an ultrasensitive SQUID magnetometer. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 104-107. 2103–2104. 1 indexed citations
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Journaux, Yves, Petra J. van Koningsbruggen, Francesc Lloret, et al.. (1988). CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF MOLECULAR BASED FERROMAGNETS. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 49(C8). C8–851. 3 indexed citations

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