Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita

Prof. Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita

Sophia University
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 February 2005 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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KFKenta Fukumoto
Kenta Fukumoto
Masahiro Yoshizawa-FujitaMasahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
HOHiroyuki Ohno
Hiroyuki Ohno

21 November 2003 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Masahiro Yoshizawa-FujitaMasahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Wu XuWu Xu
Wu Xu
CAC. Austen Angell
C. Austen Angell

2 March 2001 in Journal of Materials Chemistry
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Masahiro Yoshizawa-FujitaMasahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
MHMichiko Hirao
Michiko Hirao
KIKaori Ito-Akita
Kaori Ito-Akita
HOHiroyuki Ohno
Hiroyuki Ohno
We synthesized a series of imidazolium cations containing covalently-bound anionic sites, such as sulfonate or sulfonamide groups. These zwitterionic imidazolium salts were found to form molten salts just like ordinary imidazolium salts. However, regardless of the high ion density, these ions cannot migrate along potential gradients induced in the bulk. This is a new and unique characteristic in molten salts. When other salts were added to this, the ions generated from the newly added salts were able to behave as carrier ions. The ionic conductivity of a pure molten salt was 10−9 S cm−1 at 25 °C, but jumped to 10−5 S cm−1 by adding an equimolar amount of lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) at 50 °C. The zwitterionic salt having a sulfonamide group instead of sulfonate had an ionic conductivity of 10−4 S cm−1 at 50 °C after adding an equimolar amount of LiTFSI. These zwitterionic imidazolium salts having vinyl groups were synthesized and polymerized. In spite of their rubber-like properties they showed excellent ionic conductivities of around 10−5 S cm−1 at 50 °C following the addition of an equimolar amount of LiTFSI to the imidazolium cation unit.

20 June 2007 in Biomacromolecules
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KFKyoko Fujita
Kyoko Fujita
DMDouglas R. MacFarlane
Douglas R. MacFarlane
Maria ForsythMaria Forsyth
Maria Forsyth
Masahiro Yoshizawa-FujitaMasahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
KMKenichi Murata
Kenichi Murata
HOHiroyuki Ohno
Hiroyuki Ohno

1 November 2004 in Electrochimica Acta
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HOHiroyuki Ohno
Hiroyuki Ohno
Masahiro Yoshizawa-FujitaMasahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
WOWataru Ogihara
Wataru Ogihara

1 December 2002 in Solid State Ionics
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HOHiroyuki Ohno
Hiroyuki Ohno
Masahiro Yoshizawa-FujitaMasahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita