Nobuyuki Tamaoki

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Nobuyuki Tamaoki is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyuki Tamaoki has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Materials Chemistry, 80 papers in Organic Chemistry and 64 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Nobuyuki Tamaoki's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (100 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (62 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (42 papers). Nobuyuki Tamaoki is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (100 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (62 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (42 papers). Nobuyuki Tamaoki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and India. Nobuyuki Tamaoki's co-authors include Yoshimitsu Sagara, Christoph Weder, Yasuo Norikane, V. Ajay Mallia, Masahiro Funahashi, Yuna Kim, Haruhisa Akiyama, Manoj Mathews, Hiro Matsuda and Tuyoshi Fukaminato and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyuki Tamaoki

186 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rotaxanes as Mechanochromic Fluorescent Force Transducers in Polymers

2018 344 citations Yoshimitsu Sagara, Kazuya Matsuo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nobuyuki Tamaoki Japan	45	4.3k	3.1k	2.1k	1.1k	955	191	6.9k
Nathalie Katsonis Netherlands	37	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	520 0.5×	83	6.1k
Nagatoshi Koumura Japan	35	4.5k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	644 0.3×	654 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	90	8.3k
Rafał Klajn Israel	50	7.0k 1.6×	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.6k 2.3×	795 0.8×	94	10.9k
Keitaro Nakatani France	49	4.8k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.8×	292 0.3×	527 0.6×	168	7.9k
Hiro Matsuda Japan	34	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	914 0.8×	412 0.4×	269	5.5k
Rienk Eelkema Netherlands	45	2.6k 0.6×	3.3k 1.1×	787 0.4×	3.1k 2.8×	754 0.8×	135	7.9k
Kazuo Akagi Japan	43	3.4k 0.8×	4.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	995 0.9×	832 0.9×	228	7.1k
Emilio M. Pérez Spain	40	3.9k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	604 0.3×	707 0.6×	903 0.9×	136	6.2k
Michiya Fujiki Japan	58	5.8k 1.3×	8.3k 2.7×	853 0.4×	2.0k 1.8×	1.9k 2.0×	351	11.5k
Seiya Kobatake Japan	51	10.5k 2.4×	5.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	686 0.7×	219	12.4k

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Hashim, P. K., et al.. (2025). Near‐Neutral pH Sensing by Azoheteroarene Dyes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(21). e202403897–e202403897. 3 indexed citations

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Sahu, Saugata, et al.. (2025). Controlling Protein Functionalities With Temporal and Cellular/Subcellular Dimensions of Spatial Resolution With Molecular Photoswitches. Medicinal Research Reviews. 45(4). 1142–1162. 3 indexed citations

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Kim, Yuna, Ken‐ichi Iimura, & Nobuyuki Tamaoki. (2024). Mechanoresponsive diacetylenes and polydiacetylenes: novel polymerization and chromatic functions. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 97(4). 19 indexed citations

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Hashim, P. K., Saugata Sahu, Kiyonori Takahashi, et al.. (2024). Azophotoswitches containing thiazole, isothiazole, thiadiazole, and isothiadiazole. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(1). 207–212. 2 indexed citations

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Hashim, P. K., Ken’ya Furuta, Kazuhiro Oiwa, et al.. (2022). Dynamic Control of Microbial Movement by Photoswitchable ATP Antagonists. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(30). e202200807–e202200807. 2 indexed citations

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Sagara, Yoshimitsu, et al.. (2019). Rotaxane-Based Mechanophores Enable Polymers with Mechanically Switchable White Photoluminescence. ACS Central Science. 5(5). 874–881. 133 indexed citations

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Sagara, Yoshimitsu, et al.. (2019). Mechano‐ and Photoresponsive Behavior of a Bis(cyanostyryl)benzene Fluorophore. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(24). 6162–6169. 20 indexed citations

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Matsuo, Kazuya, Masayuki Takahashi, Hidehiko Nakagawa, et al.. (2018). Substrate selectivity and its mechanistic insight of the photo-responsive non-nucleoside triphosphate for myosin and kinesin. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(1). 53–65. 5 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Yōichi, Yoshimitsu Sagara, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, et al.. (2018). Stimuli‐Responsive Dual‐Color Photon Upconversion: A Singlet‐to‐Triplet Absorption Sensitizer in a Soft Luminescent Cyclophane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(11). 2806–2810. 34 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Yōichi, Yoshimitsu Sagara, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, et al.. (2018). Stimuli‐Responsive Dual‐Color Photon Upconversion: A Singlet‐to‐Triplet Absorption Sensitizer in a Soft Luminescent Cyclophane. Angewandte Chemie. 130(11). 2856–2860. 11 indexed citations

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Han, Minsu, Haijin Shin, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, et al.. (2017). Programmable dual electrochromism in azine linked conjugated polymer. Optical Materials Express. 7(6). 2117–2117. 8 indexed citations

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Ebrahimi, Morteza, et al.. (2012). Supramolecular self-assembly of a novel hydrogen-bonded cholesteric liquid crystal exhibiting macromolecular behaviour. Liquid Crystals. 40(3). 314–320. 30 indexed citations

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Hashim, P. K. & Nobuyuki Tamaoki. (2011). Induction of Point Chirality by E/Z Photoisomerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(49). 11729–11730. 15 indexed citations

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Fukaminato, Tuyoshi, Doi T, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, et al.. (2010). Fluorescence photoswitching of a diarylethene-perylenebisimide dyad based on intramolecular electron transfer. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 9(2). 181–187. 41 indexed citations

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Mathews, Manoj & Nobuyuki Tamaoki. (2009). Reversibly tunable helicity induction and inversion in liquid crystal self-assembly by a planar chiroptic trigger molecule. Chemical Communications. 3609–3609. 42 indexed citations

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Tamaoki, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2006). Modulation of Unconventional Fluorescence of Novel Photochromic Perimidine Spirodimers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(2). 626–631. 19 indexed citations

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Nagamani, S. Anitha, Yasuo Norikane, & Nobuyuki Tamaoki. (2005). Photoinduced Hinge-Like Molecular Motion: Studies on Xanthene-Based Cyclic Azobenzene Dimers. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 70(23). 9304–9313. 66 indexed citations

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Norikane, Yasuo & Nobuyuki Tamaoki. (2004). Light-Driven Molecular Hinge: A New Molecular Machine Showing a Light-Intensity-Dependent Photoresponse that Utilizes the Trans−Cis Isomerization of Azobenzene. Organic Letters. 6(15). 2595–2598. 137 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Atsushi, V. Ajay Mallia, & Nobuyuki Tamaoki. (2003). Novel supramolecular hydrogen-bonded cholesteric mesogens: liquid crystalline, thermoptical and glass-forming properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 13(7). 1582–1582. 27 indexed citations

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Tamaoki, Nobuyuki, Satoru Shimada, Chris M. Hartshorn, et al.. (1997). Synthesis of Rotaxanes with Functional Groups.. Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry. 51. 1138–1140. 4 indexed citations

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