Tooru Kitagawa

Morphological study on poly-p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber

Tooru Kitagawa, Hiroki Murase, Kazuyuki Yabuki · Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics · 1998 · 191 citations

Optical Materials, Engineering, Fiber Spinning +16

An analysis of deformation process on poly-p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole fiber and a structural study of the new high-modulus type PBO HM+ fiber

Tooru Kitagawa, Michio Ishitobi, Kazuyuki Yabuki · Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics · 2000 · 95 citations

Materials Science, Fiber Reinforcement, Engineering +14

Crystal Structure and Packing Disorder of Poly(<i>p</i>-phenylenebenzobisoxazole):  Structural Analysis by an Organized Combination of X-ray Imaging Plate System and Computer Simulation Technique

Kohji Tashiro, J. Yoshino, Tooru Kitagawa et al. · Macromolecules · 1998 · 84 citations

X-ray Crystallography, Materials Science, Crystal Structure +15

Stress distribution in poly‐<i>p</i>‐phenylenebenzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber as viewed from vibrational spectroscopic measurement under tension. I. Stress‐induced frequency shifts of Raman bands and molecular deformation mechanism

Tooru Kitagawa, Kohji Tashiro, Kazuyuki Yabuki · Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics · 2002 · 44 citations

Engineering, Polymers, Polymer Material +16

Morphological studies of poly-p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole (PBO) fibers on the process that determines the direction of the crystal a-axis along the radius direction during the formation of fiber structures

Tooru Kitagawa, Kenichi Funaki · Polymer · 2015 · 30 citations

Materials Science, Polymer Chemistry, Engineering +9