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Masafumi Shirai

Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
Verified email at tohoku.ac.jp
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Photoacid and photobase generators: chemistry and applications to polymeric materials

M Shirai, M Tsunooka - Progress in polymer science, 1996 - Elsevier
2.2. Non-ionic photoacid generators 2.2. 1. Nitrobenzyl esters 2.2. 2. Sulfones 2.2. 3.
Phosphates 2.2. 4. N-Hydroxyimide sulfonates 2.2. 5. Sulfonic acid esters of phenol 2.2. 6. …

Catalytic gasification of wood biomass in subcritical and supercritical water

M Osada, T Sato, M Watanabe, M Shirai… - … Science and Technology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Research in biomass gasification with subcritical and supercritical water is reviewed. Catalytic
conversion of biomass in sub- and supercritical water is a low-temperature gasification …

Photobase generators: Recent progress and application trend in polymer systems

K Suyama, M Shirai - Progress in Polymer Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent progress in photochemical generation of organic bases and its applications to polymer
science and technologies are reviewed. Although photobase generators (PBGs) have …

Atomic disorder effects on half-metallicity of the full-Heusler alloys A first-principles study

Y Miura, K Nagao, M Shirai - Physical Review B, 2004 - APS
We investigate the atomic disorder effects on the half-metallicity of the full-Heusler alloy Co
2 (Cr 1− x Fe x) Al from first principles by using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method with the …

Epidemiology of erectile dysfunction in four countries: cross-national study of the prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction

A Nicolosi, ED Moreira Jr, M Shirai, MIBM Tambi… - Urology, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To measure the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in community-based
populations in Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Malaysia and to study its association with the …

Molecular mimicry by Helicobacter pylori CagA protein may be involved in the pathogenesis of H. pylori‐associated chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

…, R Nawata, Y Oka, M Shirai… - British journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The eradication of Helicobacter pylori often leads to platelet recovery in patients with chronic
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (cITP). Although this clinical observation suggests the …

Material design of half-metallic zinc-blende CrAs and the synthesis by molecular-beam epitaxy

H Akinaga, T Manago, M Shirai - Japanese Journal of Applied …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
A new class of half-metallic ferromagnets has been found in the zinc-blende crystal structure.
The previously nonexistent zinc-blende CrAs thin films have been synthesized on GaAs (…

Heck reactions of iodobenzene and methyl acrylate with conventional supported palladium catalysts in the presence of organic and/and inorganic bases without …

…, BM Bhanage, M Shirai, M Arai - Chemistry–A European …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The vinylation of iodobenzene with methyl acrylate has been studied with several supported
palladium catalysts in N‐methylpyrrolidone in the presence of triethylamine and/and sodium …

Gold nanoparticles stabilized on nanocrystalline magnesium oxide as an active catalyst for reduction of nitroarenes in aqueous medium at room temperature

K Layek, ML Kantam, M Shirai, D Nishio-Hamane… - Green chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles deposited on nanocrystalline magnesium oxide is a very efficient
catalyst for the reduction of nitroarenes in aqueous medium at room temperature. Sodium …

Helminth infection results in decreased virus-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell and Th1 cytokine responses as well as delayed virus clearance.

JK Actor, M Shirai, MC Kullberg… - Proceedings of the …, 1993 - National Acad Sciences
During the time of egg deposition, schistosome-infected mice exhibit a downregulation in
interleukin 2 and interferon gamma production toward parasite antigens, mitogens, and foreign …