RESEARCH INTERESTS
The research interests in our group are mainly focus on exploring phase equilibria and phase transitions between liquids and solids, dynamics and structure of liquids, properties of crystalline and amorphous solids, and surface phenomena, with statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and computer simulation as the "instrument". An infrastructure consists of hundreds of processors are running every second to support our exploration.
Topics which have been studied so far are:
- Structure and dynamics of water and aqueous solutions
- Thermodynamic stability of hydrogen-bonded network systems such as clathrate hydrate.
- Phase transitions and critical phenomena
- Bulk and inhomogeneous fluids
- Nucleation, crystallization, and fusion of water and in the aqueous solutions
- Fluids and solids in confined geometry
- Surface tension
- Hydrophobic effect.
CONFERENCES.
- 2016/9/13-15 第10回分子科学討論会 (神戸)
NEWS
- Molecular dynamics study of kinetic hydrate inhibitors: The optimal inhibitor size and effect of guest species
Last update: January 29, 2019
Kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs) are water soluble polymers that bind to the hydrate surface and ratard crystal growth. Experimental studies have shown that small oligomres inhibit hydrate growth efficiently ... - Phase diagram of ice polymorphs under negative pressure considering the limits of mechanical stability
Last update: January 29, 2019
Although the most stable phase in the negative pressure region (in a stretched state) is a gas phase, the crystal can also exist as a metastable state. Regarding water, crystal ice XVI with lower density ... - On the phase behaviors of hydrocarbon and noble gas clathrate hydrates
Last update: August 19, 2018
Tanaka, H., Yagasaki, T. & Matsumoto, M. On the phase behaviors of hydrocarbon and noble gas clathrate hydrates: Dissociation pressures, phase diagram, occupancies, and equilibrium with aqueous solution ... - Phase Diagrams of TIP4P/2005, SPC/E, and TIP5P Water at High Pressure
Last update: August 9, 2018
Normal ice has a hexagonal crystal structure with low density and floats on liquid water. However, at high pressures above 2000 atmospheres, the crystal structure changes and its density is higher than ... - Adsorption of Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitors on Growing Surfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Last update: June 14, 2018
Our paper has been published. Yagasaki, T.; Matsumoto, M.; Tanaka, H., Adsorption of Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitors on Growing Surfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Study. J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, 1 ...
EVENTS
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Last update: March 8, 2016
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