Norio Kitadai

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Norio Kitadai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Norio Kitadai has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Norio Kitadai's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (24 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Norio Kitadai is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (24 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Norio Kitadai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Norio Kitadai's co-authors include Shigenori Maruyama, Satοru Nakashima, Tadashi Yokoyama, Ryuhei Nakamura, Keisuke Fukushi, Y. Oono, Ken Takai, Yamei Li, Masahiro Yamamoto and Osamu Hisatomi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Norio Kitadai

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Origins of building blocks of life: A review

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Marta Ruiz‐Bermejo Spain

Thomas Georgelin France

Omer Markovitch Israel

Anurag Sharma United States

César Menor‐Salván Spain

A. Negrón-Mendoza Mexico

Eva Mateo‐Martí Spain

Frances C. Hill United States

Gözen Ertem United States

Hatten S. Yoder United States

Marta Ruiz‐Bermejo Spain

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Lee, Ji‐Eun, et al.. (2024). An empirical approach-based analysis for the exploration of ternary metal sulfide as an active and selective CO2 reduction electrocatalyst. Materials Science and Engineering R Reports. 161. 100832–100832. 2 indexed citations

Kitadai, Norio, et al.. (2024). Supercritical carbon dioxide likely served as a prebiotic source of methanethiol in primordial ocean hydrothermal systems. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Li, Yamei, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Yasuhito Sekine, et al.. (2023). Aqueous breakdown of aspartate and glutamate to n-ω-amino acids on the parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites and asteroid Ryugu. Science Advances. 9(50). eadh7845–eadh7845. 8 indexed citations

Li, Ailong, Kiyohiro Adachi, Shuang Kong, et al.. (2023). Hydrothermal electrochemical flow reactor to independently control temperature, pressure, and potential for manganese oxide electrodeposition. Ceramics International. 50(4). 5992–6000. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yamei, et al.. (2022). Geoelectrochemistry-driven alteration of amino acids to derivative organics in carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4893–4893. 8 indexed citations

Kitadai, Norio, Ryuhei Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, et al.. (2021). Thioester synthesis through geoelectrochemical CO2 fixation on Ni sulfides. Communications Chemistry. 4(1). 37–37. 27 indexed citations

Szilágyi, Róbert K., Yamei Li, Norio Kitadai, et al.. (2021). Electrochemically induced metal- vs. ligand-based redox changes in mackinawite: identification of a Fe³⁺- and polysulfide-containing intermediate. Dalton Transactions. 50(34). 11763–11774. 10 indexed citations

Kitadai, Norio, Ryuhei Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, et al.. (2019). Metals likely promoted protometabolism in early ocean alkaline hydrothermal systems. Science Advances. 5(6). eaav7848–eaav7848. 72 indexed citations

Kitadai, Norio, et al.. (2019). Thermodynamic Impact of Mineral Surfaces on Amino Acid Polymerization: Aspartate Dimerization on Goethite. Astrobiology. 19(11). 1363–1376. 14 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio, et al.. (2018). Geoelectrochemical CO production: Implications for the autotrophic origin of life. Science Advances. 4(4). eaao7265–eaao7265. 2 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio, et al.. (2017). Amorphous Silica-Promoted Lysine Dimerization: a Thermodynamic Prediction. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 48(1). 23–34. 11 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio, et al.. (2016). Glycine Polymerization on Oxide Minerals. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 47(2). 123–143. 41 indexed citations

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Aono, Masashi, Norio Kitadai, & Y. Oono. (2015). A Principled Approach to the Origin Problem. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 45(3). 327–338. 6 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio. (2015). Predicting Thermodynamic Behaviors of Non-Protein Amino Acids as a Function of Temperature and pH. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 46(1). 3–18. 12 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio. (2015). Energetics of Amino Acid Synthesis in Alkaline Hydrothermal Environments. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 45(4). 377–409. 26 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio. (2014). Thermodynamic Prediction of Glycine Polymerization as a Function of Temperature and pH Consistent with Experimentally Obtained Results. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 78(3-4). 171–187. 32 indexed citations

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Kataoka, Yuki, Norio Kitadai, Osamu Hisatomi, & Satοru Nakashima. (2011). Nature of Hydrogen Bonding of Water Molecules in Aqueous Solutions of Glycerol by Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Infrared Spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy. 65(4). 436–441. 56 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio, Tadashi Yokoyama, & Satοru Nakashima. (2010). Temperature dependence of molecular structure of dissolved glycine as revealed by ATR-IR spectroscopy. Journal of Molecular Structure. 981(1-3). 179–186. 7 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio, Tadashi Yokoyama, & Satοru Nakashima. (2009). In situ ATR-IR investigation of L-lysine adsorption on montmorillonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 338(2). 395–401. 74 indexed citations

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Kitadai, Norio, Tadashi Yokoyama, & Satοru Nakashima. (2008). ATR-IR spectroscopic study of L-lysine adsorption on amorphous silica. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 329(1). 31–37. 95 indexed citations

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