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Ken-ichi Funakoshi is affiliated with the Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Materials Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, and Mechanical Engineering, among others.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects

Ken-ichi Funakoshi has published research in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • High Pressure Research
  • American Mineralogist

Recent publications by Ken-ichi Funakoshi include:

  • Behavior of light elements in iron-silicate-water-sulfur system during early Earth's evolution, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • High-pressure and high-temperature neutron-diffraction experiments using Kawai-type multi-anvil assemblies, 2021, High Pressure Research
  • Neutron diffraction study of hydrogen site occupancy in Fe0.95Si0.05 at 14.7 GPa and 800 K, 2021, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
  • Structure of basaltic glass at pressures up to 18 GPa, 2021, American Mineralogist
  • High-temperature diffraction experiments and phase diagram of ZrO2 and ZrSiO4, 2021, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Takanori Hattori
  • Asami Sano-Furukawa
  • Hiroyuki Kagi
  • Chikara Shito
  • Riko Iizuka

Best Publications

  • A first-order liquid–liquid phase transition in phosphorus

    Yoshinori Katayama;Takeshi Mizutani;Wataru Utsumi;Osamu Shimomura

  • Experimentally determined postspinel transformation boundary in Mg2SiO4 using MgO as an internal pressure standard and its geophysical implications

    Y Fei;J Van Orman;J Van Orman;J Li;J Li;W van Westrenen;W van Westrenen

  • Olivine‐wadsleyite transition in the system (Mg,Fe)2SiO4

    Tomoo Katsura;Hitoshi Yamada;Osamu Nishikawa;Osamu Nishikawa;Maoshuang Song

  • The Postspinel Phase Boundary in Mg2SiO4 Determined by in Situ X-ray Diffraction

    Tetsuo Irifune;Norimasa Nishiyama;Koji Kuroda;Toru Inoue

  • Post-spinel transition in Mg2SiO4 determined by high P–T in situ X-ray diffractometry

    Tomoo Katsura;Hitoshi Yamada;Toru Shinmei;Atsushi Kubo

  • Phase Relations and Volume Changes of Hafnia under High Pressure and High Temperature

    Osamu Ohtaka;Hiroshi Fukui;Taichi Kunisada;Tomoyuki Fujisawa

  • Ponded melt at the boundary between the lithosphere and asthenosphere

    Tatsuya Sakamaki;Akio Suzuki;Eiji Ohtani;Hidenori Terasaki

  • Viscosity of peridotite liquid up to 13 GPa: Implications for magma ocean viscosities

    Christian Liebske;Christian Liebske;Bettina Schmickler;Hidenori Terasaki;Hidenori Terasaki;Brent T. Poe

  • Phase relations and equations of state of ZrO 2 under high temperature and high pressure

    O. Ohtaka;H. Fukui;T. Kunisada;T. Fujisawa

  • Sound velocities of majorite garnet and the composition of the mantle transition region

    T. Irifune;Y. Higo;T. Inoue;Y. Kono

  • Transformations in the intermediate-range structure of SiO 2 glass under high pressure and temperature

    Yasuhiro Inamura;Yoshinori Katayama;Wataru Utsumi;Ken-ichi Funakoshi

  • Formation of pure polycrystalline diamond by direct conversion of graphite at high pressure and high temperature

    Tetsuo Irifune;Ayako Kurio;Shizue Sakamoto;Toru Inoue

  • In situ measurements of the phase transition boundary in Mg3Al2Si3O12: implications for the nature of the seismic discontinuities in the Earth’s mantle

    Kei Hirose;Yingwei Fei;Shigeaki Ono;Takehiko Yagi

  • A critical evaluation of pressure scales at high temperatures by in situ X-ray diffraction measurements

    Yingwei Fei;Jie Li;Kei Hirose;William Minarik

  • "Carbon in the core" revisited

    Yoichi Nakajima;Eiichi Takahashi;Toshihiro Suzuki;Ken-ichi Funakoshi

  • Wet subduction versus cold subduction

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Eiji Ohtani;Asami Sano;Akio Suzuki

  • A large-volume high-pressure and high-temperature apparatus for in situ X-ray observation, ‘SPEED-Mk.II’

    Tomoo Katsura;Ken ichi Funakoshi;Atsushi Kubo;Norimasa Nishiyama

  • Melting phase relation of FeHx up to 20 GPa: Implication for the temperature of the Earth's core

    K. Sakamaki;E. Takahashi;Y. Nakajima;Y. Nishihara

  • The viscosity of CaMgSi2O6 liquid at pressures up to 13 GPa

    Joy E. Reid;Akio Suzuki;Akio Suzuki;Ken Ichi Funakoshi;Hidenori Terasaki

  • In situ X-ray diffraction study of post-spinel transformation in a peridotite mantle: Implication for the 660-km discontinuity

    Konstantin Litasov;Eiji Ohtani;Asami Sano;Akio Suzuki

  • The system K2CO3-MgCO3 at 6 GPa and 900–1450 °C

    Anton Shatskiy;Anton Shatskiy;Igor S. Sharygin;Igor S. Sharygin;Pavel N. Gavryushkin;Pavel N. Gavryushkin;Konstantin D. Litasov;Konstantin D. Litasov

  • Plagioclase breakdown as an indicator for shock conditions of meteorites

    Tomoaki Kubo;Makoto Kimura;Takumi Kato;Masayuki Nishi

  • High-pressure science with a multi-anvil apparatus at SPring-8

    Wataru Utsumi;Ken-ichi Funakoshi;Yoshinori Katayama;Masaaki Yamakata

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Irifune
Tetsuo Irifune Ehime University
Eiji Ohtani
Eiji Ohtani Tohoku University
Akio Suzuki
Akio Suzuki Tohoku University
Tomoo Katsura
Tomoo Katsura University of Bayreuth
Daisuke Yamazaki
Daisuke Yamazaki Okayama University
Eiji Ito
Eiji Ito Okayama University
Konstantin D. Litasov
Konstantin D. Litasov Institute for High Pressure Physics
Toru Inoue
Toru Inoue Hiroshima University
Takashi Yoshino
Takashi Yoshino Okayama University
Takumi Kikegawa
Takumi Kikegawa High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

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