Yoshimitsu Sagara

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
88 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Yoshimitsu Sagara is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshimitsu Sagara has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Organic Chemistry and 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Yoshimitsu Sagara's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (57 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (24 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (19 papers). Yoshimitsu Sagara is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (57 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (24 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (19 papers). Yoshimitsu Sagara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and United States. Yoshimitsu Sagara's co-authors include Takashi Kato, Christoph Weder, Shogo Yamane, Koji Araki, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Toshiki Mutai, Isao Yoshikawa, Masato Mitani, Stephen Schrettl and Yoan C. Simon 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

Yoshimitsu Sagara

84 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanically induced luminescence changes in molecular as... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2009 2015 2007 2018 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Mechanically induced luminescence changes in molecular assemblies
    2009 1.1k citations Yoshimitsu Sagara, Takashi Kato profile →
  2. Mechanoresponsive Luminescent Molecular Assemblies: An Emerging Class of Materials
    2015 803 citations Yoshimitsu Sagara, Shogo Yamane et al. profile →
  3. Material Design for Piezochromic Luminescence:  Hydrogen-Bond-Directed Assemblies of a Pyrene Derivative
    2007 577 citations Yoshimitsu Sagara et al. profile →
  4. Rotaxanes as Mechanochromic Fluorescent Force Transducers in Polymers
    2018 344 citations Yoshimitsu Sagara, Nobuyuki Tamaoki 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
Yoshimitsu Sagara Japan 34 5.4k 2.6k 1.8k 1.5k 773 88 6.4k
Nobuyuki Tamaoki Japan 45 4.3k 0.8× 3.1k 1.2× 955 0.5× 787 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 191 6.9k
Fréderic Fagès France 37 3.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.8× 153 5.3k
Chiara Botta Italy 40 4.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 856 0.5× 3.4k 2.2× 319 0.4× 255 6.3k
Jye‐Shane Yang Taiwan 38 3.8k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 249 0.3× 125 5.6k
Matthias Stolte Germany 42 3.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 522 0.3× 3.0k 2.0× 667 0.9× 122 5.9k
Carson J. Bruns United States 27 1.8k 0.3× 2.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 850 0.6× 759 1.0× 57 4.0k
Byeong‐Kwan An South Korea 31 5.4k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 63 6.5k
Hui Tong China 35 3.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 253 0.3× 166 5.7k
Alexander D. Q. Li United States 33 3.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 520 0.3× 808 0.5× 860 1.1× 71 4.7k
Yilei Wu United States 41 3.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 610 0.3× 3.4k 2.2× 380 0.5× 82 6.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sagara, Yoshimitsu, et al.. (2025). Rotaxane‐Based Mechanochromic Mechanophore Enabled by Amide Bond Formation. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 20(10). e202401826–e202401826. 1 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Shohei, Jess M. Clough, Christoph Weder, & Yoshimitsu Sagara. (2025). Hinge‐Like Mechanochromic Mechanophores Based on [2.2]Paracyclophane. Angewandte Chemie. 137(37).
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Shimizu, Shohei, Jess M. Clough, Christoph Weder, & Yoshimitsu Sagara. (2025). Hinge‐Like Mechanochromic Mechanophores Based on [2.2]Paracyclophane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(37). e202510114–e202510114. 2 indexed citations
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Sakai, Hayato, et al.. (2024). Tetracene cyclophanes showing controlled intramolecular singlet fission by through-space orientations. Chemical Communications. 60(30). 4084–4087. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Qiming, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Akinori Saeki, et al.. (2024). Water-dispersible donor–acceptor–donor π-conjugated bolaamphiphiles enabling a humidity-responsive luminescence color change. Chemical Communications. 60(27). 3653–3656. 4 indexed citations
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Sagara, Yoshimitsu, et al.. (2024). A rotaxane-based supramolecular mechanophore featuring a pyridine group in the luminophore. Chemistry Letters. 53(1). 3 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Shohei, et al.. (2024). Ring-size dependent ratiometric photoluminescence of cyclophane mechanophores. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(17). 6170–6176. 9 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Shohei, Hiroaki Yoshida, Koichi Mayumi, Hiroharu Ajiro, & Yoshimitsu Sagara. (2023). Mechanochromic luminescence of phase-separated hydrogels that contain cyclophane mechanophores. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 7(18). 4073–4079. 16 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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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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Sagara, Yoshimitsu, Toru Komatsu, Takuya Terai, et al.. (2014). Thermal or Mechanical Stimuli‐Induced Photoluminescence Color Change of a Molecular Assembly Composed of an Amphiphilic Anthracene Derivative in Water. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(33). 10397–10403. 33 indexed citations
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Yamane, Shogo, Yoshimitsu Sagara, & Takashi Kato. (2013). Steric effects on excimer formation for photoluminescent smectic liquid-crystalline materials. Chemical Communications. 49(37). 3839–3839. 30 indexed citations
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Yamane, Shogo, Kana Tanabe, Yoshimitsu Sagara, & Takashi Kato. (2011). Stimuli-Responsive Photoluminescent Liquid Crystals. Topics in current chemistry. 318. 395–405. 39 indexed citations
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Sagara, Yoshimitsu. (2009). . Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi. 56(6). 317–325. 5 indexed citations
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Yamane, Shogo, Yoshimitsu Sagara, & Takashi Kato. (2009). A thermoresponsive photoluminescent smectic liquid crystal: change of photoluminescent color on the smectic–smectic phase transition. Chemical Communications. 3597–3597. 52 indexed citations
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Sagara, Yoshimitsu & Takashi Kato. (2008). Stimuli‐Responsive Luminescent Liquid Crystals: Change of Photoluminescent Colors Triggered by a Shear‐Induced Phase Transition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(28). 5175–5178. 373 indexed citations

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