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Akira Onuki

Akira Onuki

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
48
Citations
9823
World Ranking
4525
National Ranking
70

Overview

Akira Onuki is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed to various fields within physics, chemistry, and engineering. Their research spans topics primarily related to spectroscopy, thermodynamic properties of mixtures, electrostatics, phase equilibria, and material dynamics.

Their publication record includes papers focused on the behavior of materials and fluids under different physical conditions. Notable recent papers are:

  • "Acoustic resonance in periodically sheared glass: damping due to plastic events" (2020, Soft Matter)
  • "Long-range correlations of polarization and number densities in dilute electrolytes" (2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • "Ions and dipoles in electric field: nonlinear polarization and field-dependent chemical reaction" (2024, The European Physical Journal E)
  • "Extension of Kirkwood-Buff Theory: Partial Enthalpies, Fluctuations of Energy Density, Temperature, and Pressure, and Solute-Induced Effects in a Mixture Solvent" (2024, Journal of Statistical Physics)
  • "Theory of sphere motions in viscous fluids including elasticity and compressibility" (2022, Physics of Fluids)

Onuki frequently publishes in venues such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, arXiv (Cornell University), Soft Matter, The European Physical Journal E, and Journal of Statistical Physics.

The scientist collaborates with peers including Takeshi Kawasaki, David Andelman, Helmut R. Brand, and Takao Ohta.

The primary fields of study where Onuki has made contributions include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering

Within these areas, subfields of particular focus are:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry

The main research topics encompass:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Thermodynamic properties of mixtures
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of highly supercooled liquids: Heterogeneity, rheology, and diffusion

    Ryoichi Yamamoto;Akira Onuki

  • Dynamic coupling between stress and composition in polymer solutions and blends

    Masao Doi;Akira Onuki

  • Phase transitions of fluids in shear flow

    Akira Onuki

  • Heterogeneous Diffusion in Highly Supercooled Liquids

    Ryoichi Yamamoto;Akira Onuki

  • Phase Transition Dynamics

    Akira Onuki

  • Fast adiabatic equilibration in a single-component fluid near the liquid-vapor critical point.

    Akira Onuki;Hong Hao;Richard A. Ferrell

  • String phase in phase-separating fluids under shear flow.

    Takeji Hashimoto;Katsuo Matsuzaka;Elisha Moses;Akira Onuki

  • Pattern formation in phase-separating alloys with cubic symmetry.

    Hiraku Nishimori;Akira Onuki

  • Nonequilibrium steady state of critical fluids under shear flow: A renormalization group approach

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  • Elastic effects in the phase transition of polymer solutions under shear flow.

    Akira Onuki

  • Viscosity enhancement by domains in phase-separating fluids near the critical point: Proposal of critical rheology.

    Akira Onuki

  • Dynamic van der Waals theory.

    Akira Onuki

  • Theory of phase transition in polymer gels

    Akira Onuki

  • Dynamic equations and bulk viscosity near the gas-liquid critical point

    Akira Onuki

  • Ginzburg-Landau Approach to Elastic Effects in the Phase Separation of Solids

    Akira Onuki

  • Phase Transition Dynamics

    A. Onuki

  • Network Domain Structure in Viscoelastic Phase Separation.

    Takashi Taniguchi;Akira Onuki

  • Kinetic Heterogeneities in a Highly Supercooled Liquid

    Ryoichi Yamamoto;Akira Onuki

  • Solvation effects in near-critical binary mixtures

    Akira Onuki;Hikaru Kitamura

  • Adiabatic heating effect near the gas-liquid critical point

    Akira Onuki;Richard A. Ferrell

  • Ginzburg-Landau theory of solvation in polar fluids: Ion distribution around an interface

    Akira Onuki

  • Electric field effects and form birefringence in diblock copolymers

    Akira Onuki;Jun-ichi Fukuda

  • Light scattering by critical fluids under shear flow

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  • Dynamics and Patterns in Complex Fluids

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  • Dynamics and rheology of diblock copolymers quenched into microphase-separated states.

    Kyozi Kawasaki;Akira Onuki

  • Surface tension of electrolytes: hydrophilic and hydrophobic ions near an interface.

    Akira Onuki

  • Multilamellar structures induced by hydrophilic and hydrophobic ions added to a binary mixture of D2O and 3-methylpyridine.

    Koichiro Sadakane;Akira Onuki;Koji Nishida;Satoshi Koizumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryoichi Yamamoto
Ryoichi Yamamoto Kyoto University
Elisha Moses
Elisha Moses Weizmann Institute of Science

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