Sumio Iijima

112.5k citations
597 papers · 89.6k indexed · 17 hit papers · h-index 99

Impact in

    • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
    • Graphene research and applications
    • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
    • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research

Papers in

    • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites 389
    • Graphene research and applications 284
    • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research 114
    • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research 28

Sumio Iijima

594 papers receiving 86.8k citations

Hit Papers

Extracting the Full Potential of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Durable Supercapacitor Electrodes Operable at 4 V with High Power and Energy Density 2010 · 551 citations
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Sumio Iijima
Comparison fields: 5 of 186
  • Materials Chemistry 69.8k
  • Structural Biology 1.2k
  • Polymers and Plastics 9.2k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10.2k
  • Biomedical Engineering 23.1k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1
Time-dependent degradation of carbon nanotubes correlates with decreased reactive oxygen species generation in macrophages
20191
2 201937
3 201737
4 201610
5
Argon Adsorption on Open Carbon Nanohorns
20151
6 201316
7 201015
8 20081
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Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Impurity-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-``Super-Growth''
20051
10 200579
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Fullerene Incorporation into SWNTs in Liquid-Phase at Room Temperature
20041
12 20025
13 2000420
14
Stacking disorder in clinochlore chlorite
198425
15
Electron microscopy of a muscovite–biotite interface
198234
16 197824
17
High resolution electron microscopy of enstatite I: Twinning, polymorphism, and polytypism
197549
18
High resolution electron microscopy of enstatite. II: Geological application
197544
19
High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Silicates
197461
20
Structural study by high-resolution electron microscopy: Tetragonal tungsten bronze-type structures in the system Nb2O5-WO3
19746

About Sumio Iijima

Sumio Iijima is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Structural Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 597 papers that have together received 89.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (389 papers), Graphene research and applications (284 papers), Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (150 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (114 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (42 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (40 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (28 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (69.8k citations), Structural Biology (1.2k citations), Polymers and Plastics (9.2k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (10.2k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (23.1k citations). Sumio Iijima has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Toshinari Ichihashi, Masako Yudasaka, Kazu Suenaga, Motoo Yumura, Kenji Hata, Shunji Bandow, Don N. Futaba, T. Ichihashi, Kaori Hirahara and Yuegang Zhang. Their work appears in journals such as Chemical Physics Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and Carbon.

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