Shintaro Sasaki

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Shintaro Sasaki is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Shintaro Sasaki has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Shintaro Sasaki's work include Conducting polymers and applications (27 papers), Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications (24 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (23 papers). Shintaro Sasaki is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (27 papers), Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications (24 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (23 papers). Shintaro Sasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Shintaro Sasaki's co-authors include Takakazu Yamamoto, Tadashi Asakura, Kenji Kubota, Takashi Fukuda, Nobuhiko Yui, Tsukasa Maruyama, Tooru Ooya, Minoru Arai, Kang Moo Huh and Shuichi Nojima and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Shintaro Sasaki

102 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

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 Takakazu Yamamoto, Bang‐Lin Lee et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Preparation of π-conjugated poly(thiophene-2,5-diyl), poly(p-phenylene), and related polymers using zerovalent nickel complexes. Linear structure and properties of the π-conjugated polymers

1992 370 citations Takakazu Yamamoto, Atsushi Morita et al. Macromolecules profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shintaro Sasaki Japan	33	2.4k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	979	104	4.3k
M. Jayakannan India	37	1.6k 0.7×	964 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	114	3.6k
Matthias Rehahn Germany	38	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.8×	1.8k 1.5×	577 0.6×	139	5.2k
Robert B. Grubbs United States	34	2.2k 0.9×	605 0.4×	3.2k 2.3×	1.2k 0.9×	689 0.7×	62	4.9k
Kiyotaka Shigehara Japan	31	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	525 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	342 0.3×	145	3.4k
Toshiki Koyama Japan	32	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 1.3×	604 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	432 0.4×	122	3.6k
Tadatomi Nishikubo Japan	30	1.9k 0.8×	691 0.4×	2.7k 2.0×	1.2k 1.0×	572 0.6×	315	4.3k
Yeong‐Soon Gal South Korea	33	2.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.8×	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	240 0.2×	368	5.3k
Cyril Brochon France	34	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	308 0.3×	112	3.2k
Jung‐Il Jin South Korea	32	1.2k 0.5×	859 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	877 0.7×	326 0.3×	176	3.0k
Zesheng An China	47	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	4.7k 3.5×	2.7k 2.2×	1.5k 1.5×	121	7.5k

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Fukai, Ryota, Yuki Masuda, Daiki Yamamoto, et al.. (2025). The bright-field grinding tomography of coarse-grained calcium‑aluminum-rich inclusions in the Allende meteorite. Icarus. 439. 116648–116648.

Bagautdinov, B., et al.. (2011). New insights into the polymerization and structural mechanisms of the polydiacetylene DCHD: an X-ray/MEM study. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 67(a1). C27–C28. 1 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Takakazu, Takayuki Iijima, Yoshiki Ozawa, et al.. (2006). Poly(p‐phenylene)‐type polymer composed of an (R,R)‐C₂‐symmetric chiral recurring unit: Solution behavior, packing structure, and large circular dichroism observed with a film of the polymer. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 45(3). 548–552. 7 indexed citations

Lei, Yong, et al.. (2005). Highly electrically conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) prepared via high-concentration emulsion polymerization. Synthetic Metals. 149(2-3). 211–217. 51 indexed citations

Sasaki, Shintaro, et al.. (2004). Chain Distortion ofm-Linked Aromatic Polymers: Poly(m-phenylene) and Poly(m-pyridine). Macromolecules. 37(21). 7986–7991. 30 indexed citations

Choi, Hak Soo, Tooru Ooya, Shintaro Sasaki, & Nobuhiko Yui. (2003). Control of Rapid Phase Transition Induced by Supramolecular Complexation of β-Cyclodextrin-Conjugated Poly(ε-lysine) with a Specific Guest. Macromolecules. 36(14). 5342–5347. 51 indexed citations

Kimura, Hiroshi, et al.. (1999). Production of Polyester Blend of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) and Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) with Saturated and Unsaturated Monomers from 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid by Chromobacterium sp.. Chemistry Letters. 28(8). 737–738. 12 indexed citations

Nojima, Shuichi, et al.. (1998). The effect of glass transition temperature on the crystallization of ε-caprolactone-styrene diblock copolymers. Polymer. 39(8-9). 1727–1734. 49 indexed citations

Nojima, Shuichi, Masahiro Kuroda, & Shintaro Sasaki. (1997). Morphological Study on Binary Blends of Poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-Polybutadiene and Poly(ε-caprolactone). Polymer Journal. 29(8). 642–648. 13 indexed citations

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Nojima, Shuichi, et al.. (1997). Crystallization of ε-caprolactone blocks within a crosslinked microdomain structure of poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-polybutadiene. Polymer. 38(11). 2711–2718. 100 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Takakazu, Zhenhua Zhou, Takaki Kanbara, et al.. (1996). π-Conjugated Donor−Acceptor Copolymers Constituted of π-Excessive and π-Deficient Arylene Units. Optical and Electrochemical Properties in Relation to CT Structure of the Polymer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(43). 10389–10399. 295 indexed citations

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Inomata, Katsuhiro & Shintaro Sasaki. (1996). Crystal structure and conformational disorder of poly(hexamethylene terephthalate). Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 34(1). 83–92. 10 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Shintaro & Shigeo S. Kimura. (1992). Crystal Structure of the ω-Helical Form of Poly[β-(p-methylbenzyl) L-aspartate]. Polymer Journal. 24(11). 1251–1258. 2 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Takakazu, Atsushi Morita, Yuichi Miyazaki, et al.. (1992). Preparation of π-conjugated poly(thiophene-2,5-diyl), poly(p-phenylene), and related polymers using zerovalent nickel complexes. Linear structure and properties of the π-conjugated polymers. Macromolecules. 25(4). 1214–1223. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sasaki, Shintaro, et al.. (1990). Helix assembly in synthetic polypeptides. 1. Poly(.gamma.-methyl L-glutamate) film retaining cholesteric twisted structure. Macromolecules. 23(23). 4939–4943. 4 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Shintaro, et al.. (1986). Lattice expansion by water absorption and side‐chain interactions in synthetic polypeptides having a urethane group in the side chains. Die Makromolekulare Chemie. 187(5). 1263–1271. 2 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Shintaro & Taketoshi Uzawa. (1986). Phase behavior of the ternary system solvent: poly(?-benzyl L-glutemate) and polystyrene. Polymer Bulletin. 15(6). 517–524. 6 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Shintaro. (1986). Packing polymorphism of α-helices in a synthetic polypeptide. Polymer. 27(6). 849–855. 3 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Shintaro, et al.. (1982). Molecular Aggregation and Gelation in Poly(y-benzyl L-glutamate) Solutions. Polymer Journal. 14(3). 205–213. 37 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Shintaro, Takao Nakamura, & Ichitaro Uematsu. (1979). A crystal transition in poly(γ‐n‐alkyl L‐glutamate)s. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 17(5). 825–835. 11 indexed citations

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