Takahiro Ichikawa

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Takahiro Ichikawa is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Catalysis and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Takahiro Ichikawa has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 28 papers in Catalysis and 27 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Takahiro Ichikawa's work include Ionic liquids properties and applications (28 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (26 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (22 papers). Takahiro Ichikawa is often cited by papers focused on Ionic liquids properties and applications (28 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (26 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (22 papers). Takahiro Ichikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Takahiro Ichikawa's co-authors include Takashi Kato, Hiroyuki Ohno, Masafumi Yoshio, Bartolomé Soberats, Junya Uchida, Takeshi Sakamoto, Atsushi Hamasaki, Masahiro Funahashi, Tomohiro Mukai and Satomi Taguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Takahiro Ichikawa

82 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Functional Liquid Crystal... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Functional Liquid Crystals towards the Next Generation of Materials
    2018 428 citations Takashi Kato, Junya Uchida et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Transport of ions and electrons in nanostructured liquid crystals
    2017 387 citations Takashi Kato, Masafumi Yoshio et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Takahiro Ichikawa Japan 26 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 815 811 85 3.4k
Tiehong Chen China 45 544 0.4× 3.0k 2.4× 1.1k 1.0× 461 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 175 5.4k
Yonggang Yang China 36 1.1k 0.8× 2.4k 1.9× 1.4k 1.3× 355 0.4× 976 1.2× 269 4.5k
Louis A. Madsen United States 32 907 0.6× 763 0.6× 579 0.5× 342 0.4× 1.6k 2.0× 96 3.4k
Chuanbo Gao China 43 1.9k 1.3× 3.8k 3.1× 957 0.9× 352 0.4× 1.3k 1.6× 93 6.3k
C. Géraldine Bazuin Canada 31 893 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 119 0.1× 394 0.5× 112 2.8k
Masato Sone Japan 29 779 0.5× 2.0k 1.7× 517 0.5× 190 0.2× 1.5k 1.9× 268 4.1k
Anatoli Serghei France 36 481 0.3× 1.8k 1.5× 826 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 682 0.8× 106 4.2k
Teruyuki Nakato Japan 29 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 486 0.4× 169 0.2× 1.2k 1.5× 123 3.6k
Moon Jeong Park South Korea 41 507 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 983 0.9× 428 0.5× 3.6k 4.4× 117 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Takahiro Ichikawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Takahiro Ichikawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takahiro Ichikawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Takahiro Ichikawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Takahiro Ichikawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Takahiro Ichikawa. Takahiro Ichikawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ichikawa, Takahiro, et al.. (2024). Surface proton hopping conduction mechanism dominant polymer electrolytes created by self-assembly of bicontinuous cubic liquid crystals. Chemical Science. 15(19). 7034–7040. 4 indexed citations
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Kato, Kenichi, Shixin Fa, Takahiro Ichikawa, et al.. (2021). Thermally Responsive Poly(ethylene oxide)‐Based Polyrotaxanes Bearing Hydrogen‐Bonding Pillar[5]arene Rings**. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(21). 6435–6439. 19 indexed citations
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Kato, Kenichi, Shixin Fa, Takahiro Ichikawa, et al.. (2021). Thermally Responsive Poly(ethylene oxide)‐Based Polyrotaxanes Bearing Hydrogen‐Bonding Pillar[5]arene Rings. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(21). 6358–6358. 1 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Tsubasa, Shintaro Yoshida, Karel Goossens, et al.. (2020). Double‐Gyroid Nanostructure Formation by Aggregation‐Induced Atropisomerization and Co‐Assembly of Ionic Liquid‐Crystalline Amphiphiles. Angewandte Chemie. 132(22). 8523–8528. 2 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Tsubasa, et al.. (2020). Correction: Gyroid structured aqua-sheets with sub-nanometer thickness enabling 3D fast proton relay conduction. Chemical Science. 11(35). 9713–9713. 1 indexed citations
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Soberats, Bartolomé, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, et al.. (2019). Switching of ionic conductivities in columnar liquid-crystalline anilinium salts: effects of alkyl chains, ammonium cations and counter anions on thermal properties and switching temperatures. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 4(2). 342–347. 15 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Lena Rakers, Benoı̂t Heinrich, et al.. (2019). Anisotropic, Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal Mesophases from Persubstituted Imidazolium Pentacyanocyclopentadienide Salts. Chemistry of Materials. 31(23). 9593–9603. 23 indexed citations
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Yamada, Shigeyuki, Masato Morita, Tomohiro Agou, et al.. (2018). Thermoresponsive luminescence properties of polyfluorinated bistolane-type light-emitting liquid crystals. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(31). 5609–5617. 23 indexed citations
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Kato, Takashi, Junya Uchida, Takahiro Ichikawa, & Takeshi Sakamoto. (2018). Functional Liquid Crystals towards the Next Generation of Materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(16). 4355–4371. 428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kobayashi, Tsubasa, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, & Hiroyuki Ohno. (2016). Development of Glassy Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystals for Solid Proton‐Conductive Materials. Advanced Materials. 29(4). 59 indexed citations
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Takeuchi, Hiroaki, Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Takashi Kato, & Hiroyuki Ohno. (2016). Induction of bicontinuous cubic liquid-crystalline assemblies for polymerizable amphiphiles via tailor-made design of ionic liquids. Chemical Communications. 52(96). 13861–13864. 14 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Takahiro, et al.. (2013). Designer lyotropic liquid-crystalline systems containing amino acid ionic liquids as self-organisation media of amphiphiles. Chemical Communications. 49(100). 11746–11746. 38 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Takahiro, Masafumi Yoshio, Atsushi Hamasaki, et al.. (2012). Induction of Thermotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Phases in Liquid-Crystalline Ammonium and Phosphonium Salts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(5). 2634–2643. 145 indexed citations
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Taguchi, Satomi, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, & Hiroyuki Ohno. (2012). Nano-biphasic ionic liquid systems composed of hydrophobic phosphonium salts and a hydrophilic ammonium salt. Chemical Communications. 48(43). 5271–5271. 19 indexed citations
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Yamauchi, Yoshihiro, Michito Yoshizawa, Munetaka Akita, et al.. (2010). m × n Stacks of Discrete Aromatic Stacks in Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(28). 9555–9557. 61 indexed citations
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Yoshio, Masafumi, Takahiro Ichikawa, Harutoki Shimura, et al.. (2007). Columnar Liquid-Crystalline Imidazolium Salts. Effects of Anions and Cations on Mesomorphic Properties and Ionic Conductivities. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 80(9). 1836–1841. 95 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Takahiro & Yoshito Asano. (2005). EXAMINATION OF SIMPLIFIED MEASUREMENT OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS. Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu. 2005(797). 797_95–797_100. 1 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Takahiro, et al.. (2001). Examination of easily mea-suring of inorganic ammonium using indophenol blue method. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology. 27(4). 623–626. 4 indexed citations

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