• Kaishi Matsunaga, Jin Araki, Yuki Nakashima, Manabu Fukushima, Kiyoshi Hirao, Norimitsu Murayama, Wataru Nakao, “Electric field enhancement of ceramics including microdefects“, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108 (2025) e20690.
• Wataru Nakao, “Reuse Technology of Ceramic Materials Using Self-healing Function”, TAIKABUTSU, 76 (2024) 582-585. [commentary]
• Yuki Tamagawa, Kazuto Okayasu and Wataru Nakao, “The effect of TiSi₂ healing improver in self-healing ability of ceramics“, Smart Materials and Structures, 33 (2024) 085021. [scientific paper]
• Nobuhide Sekine, Yasushi Nakajima, Takahiro Kamo, Masahiro Ito and Wataru Nakao, “Advanced Ceramics with Dual Functions of Healing and Decomposition“, Materials, 17 (2024) 647. [scientific paper]
• JangWon Lee, Yuki Akutsu, Wataru Nakao, “Mechanical properties due to competition behavior between damage and recovery of self‐healing fiber‐reinforced ceramics“, International Journal of  Applied Cramic Technology (2024) 14669. [scientific paper]
• Nobuhide Sekine, Wataru NAKAO, “Advanced Self-Healing Ceramics with Controlled Degradation and Repair by Chemical Reaction“, Materials, 16 (2023) 6368. [scientific paper]
• Wataru NAKAO, Fumiya ISHIBASHI, Yutaka NEISHI, Shoichi SUZUKI, Naoto MATSUI, Takashi IWAMOTO, YoshiyaFUJITA,Fudamitsu AMANO, Takuhiro EGUCHI, Masaharu MIYATA, Nobuhiro SHIBUYA and Morimichi KAI, “Kinetic Analysis on decarburizing of Spring Steel”, Transactions of Japan Society of Spring Engineers, 66 (2021) 97-106. [scientific paper]
• Wataru Nakao, “Current Status and Future Plan of Self-healing Ceramics which enable to Heal Cracks Completely”, Journal of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 73 No. 11 (2019) 24-29. [commentary]
• Natsuko KIMURA and Wataru NAKAO, “Useless of Al₄SiC₄ for Self-healing Agent”, Journal of the Technical Association of Refractories, Japan, 39 (2019) 210-215. [translated paper]
• Natsuko Kimura, Takashi Fujii, Keiichiro Kashimura and Wataru Nakao, “Joining of Al₂O₃ Rods Using Miscowaves and Employing SiC Particles as Adhesive“, Processes 2019,7,750. [scientific paper]
• Natsuko Kimura, Takashi Fujii, Keiichiro Kashimura, Wataru Nakao, “Microwave Heating Behavior of Al4SiC4 in 2.45 GHz band“, Journal of the Japan Society of Electromagnetic Wave Energy Applications 3 (2019) 40-45. [scientific paper]
• Kyohei Takeo, Yuya Aoki, Toshio Osada, Wataru Nakao, Shingo Ozaki, “Finite Element Analysis of the Size Effect on Ceramic Strength“, Materials 12 (2019) 2885. [scientific paper]
• H. Ueshima, W. Nakao, “Investigation on Effectiveness and Shape Recovery Ratio of Shape Recovery Self-Healing Plastic“, Key Engineering Materials, 810 (2019) 125-130. [International Conference Proceedings]2019.07.02 Online
• W. Nakao, T. Hayakawa, T. Yanaseko, S. Ozaki, “Advanced Fiber Reinforced Self-Healing Ceramics for Middle Range Temperature“, Key Engineering Materials, 810 (2019) 119-124. [International Conference Proceedings] 2019.07.02 Online
• T. Yamazaki, Y. Furuya, W. Nakao, “Experimental evaluation of domain wall dynamics by Barkhausen noise analysis in Fe₃₀Co₇₀ magnetostrictive alloy wire”, Journal of Magnetic Materials and Magnetism, 475 (2019) 240-248. [scientific paper]
• Wataru NAKAO, “Development of Ceramics with Self-Healing Ability“, Journal of Japanese Society of Tribologists, 63 (2018) 812-817.[commentary]
• N. Kimura and W. Nakao, “Usefulness of Al₄SiC₄ for Self-healing Agent“, TAIKABUTSU, 70 (2018) 203-208. [scientific paper]
• T. Yamazaki, T. Yamamoto, Y. Furuya, and W. Nakao, “Magnetic and magnetostrictive properties in heat-treated Fe-Co wire for smart material/ device“, Mechanical Engineering Journal, 5 (2018)17-00569. [scientific paper]

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