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Shinji Kohara is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a significant body of work in materials chemistry, ceramics and composites, inorganic chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's publication record includes frequent contributions to several journals, notably:

  • Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
  • NPG Asia Materials
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Kohara's research topics cover several specialized areas, including:

  • Glass properties and applications
  • Material dynamics and properties
  • Phase-change materials and chalcogenides
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Luminescence properties of advanced materials
  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Metallic glasses and amorphous alloys

Some recent published papers include:

  • "Structure and properties of densified silica glass: characterizing the order within disorder," 2020, NPG Asia Materials
  • "Structure of disordered materials under ambient to extreme conditions revealed by synchrotron x-ray diffraction techniques at SPring-8-recent instrumentation and synergic collaboration with modelling and topological analyses," 2021, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • "Structure of alumina glass," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Beyond the Average: Spatial and Temporal Fluctuations in Oxide Glass-Forming Systems," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Very sharp diffraction peak in nonglass-forming liquid with the formation of distorted tetraclusters," 2020, NPG Asia Materials

Frequent collaborators in Kohara's research activities include:

  • Yohei Onodera
  • Koji Ohara
  • Atsunobu Masuno
  • Koji Kimura
  • Hiroo Tajiri

The body of work reflects sustained inquiry into structural and dynamic properties of glasses and related materials, often employing advanced techniques such as synchrotron x-ray diffraction. The research outputs cover both theoretical and experimental approaches, focusing on elucidating disorder, phase changes, and material properties relevant to ceramics and glass science.

Best Publications

  • From local structure to nanosecond recrystallization dynamics in AgInSbTe phase-change materials

    Toshiyuki Matsunaga;Jaakko Akola;Jaakko Akola;Jaakko Akola;Shinji Kohara;Tetsuo Honma

  • Structural basis for the fast phase change of Ge2Sb2Te5: Ring statistics analogy between the crystal and amorphous states

    Shinji Kohara;Kenichi Kato;Shigeru Kimura;Hitoshi Tanaka

  • Structural studies of disordered materials using high-energy x-ray diffraction from ambient to extreme conditions

    Shinji Kohara;Masayoshi Itou;Kentaro Suzuya;Yasuhiro Inamura

  • Atomic-scale disproportionation in amorphous silicon monoxide.

    Akihiko Hirata;Shinji Kohara;Toshihiro Asada;Masazumi Arao

  • Glass formation at the limit of insufficient network formers.

    S. Kohara;K. Suzuya;K. Takeuchi;C.-K. Loong

  • Structure-Directing Behaviors of Tetraethylammonium Cations toward Zeolite Beta Revealed by the Evolution of Aluminosilicate Species Formed during the Crystallization Process

    Takaaki Ikuno;Watcharop Chaikittisilp;Zhendong Liu;Takayuki Iida

  • Phase-Change Materials: Vibrational Softening upon Crystallization and Its Impact on Thermal Properties

    Toshiyuki Matsunaga;Noboru Yamada;Noboru Yamada;Rie Kojima;Shinichi Shamoto

  • Experimental evidences for molecular origin of low-Q peak in neutron/x-ray scattering of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide ionic liquids

    Kenta Fujii;Ryo Kanzaki;Toshiyuki Takamuku;Yasuo Kameda

  • A horizontal two-axis diffractometer for high-energy X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation on bending magnet beamline BL04B2 at SPring-8

    Shinji Kohara;Kentaro Suzuya;Yasuharu Kashihara;Norimasa Matsumoto

  • Liquid structure of and Li+ ion solvation in bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide based ionic liquids composed of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium and N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium cations.

    Yasuhiro Umebayashi;Hiroshi Hamano;Shiro Seki;Babak Minofar

  • Crystal structure of (LixK1-x)2Co3 (x = 0, 0.43, 0.5, 0.62, 1) by neutron powder diffraction analysis

    Yasushi Idemoto;Yasushi Idemoto;James W. Richardson;Nobuyuki Koura;Shinji Kohara

  • Relationship between topological order and glass forming ability in densely packed enstatite and forsterite composition glasses

    S. Kohara;J. Akola;H. Morita;K. Suzuya

  • Structural heterogeneity and unique distorted hydrogen bonding in primary ammonium nitrate ionic liquids studied by high-energy X-ray diffraction experiments and MD simulations.

    Xuedan Song;Hiroshi Hamano;Babak Minofar;Ryo Kanzaki

  • Experimentally constrained density-functional calculations of the amorphous structure of the prototypical phase-change material Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5

    J. Akola;J. Akola;R. O. Jones;S. Kohara;S. Kimura

  • Joint diffraction and modeling approach to the structure of liquid alumina

    Lawrie B. Skinner;Adrian C. Barnes;Philip S. Salmon;Louis Hennet

  • Microscopic structure of nanometer-sized silica particles

    Takashi Uchino;Takashi Uchino;A. Aboshi;S. Kohara;Y. Ohishi

  • Fabrication of BaTi2O5 Glass−Ceramics with Unusual Dielectric Properties during Crystallization

    Jianding Yu;Yasutomo Arai;Tadahiko Masaki;Takehiko Ishikawa

  • Intermediate-range order in vitreous SiO2 and GeO2

    Shinji Kohara;Kentaro Suzuya

  • Origin of the mixed alkali effect in silicate glass

    Yohei Onodera;Yohei Onodera;Yasuyuki Takimoto;Hiroyuki Hijiya;Taketoshi Taniguchi

  • Structure and properties of densified silica glass: characterizing the order within disorder

    Yohei Onodera;Yohei Onodera;Shinji Kohara;Philip S. Salmon;Akihiko Hirata;Akihiko Hirata;Akihiko Hirata

  • Nanoscale heterogeneity in alkyl-methylimidazolium bromide ionic liquids

    Bachir Aoun;Andreas Goldbach;Miguel A. González;Shinji Kohara

  • Structural Heterogeneity and Unique Distorted Hydrogen Bonding in Primary Ammonium Nitrate Ionic Liquids Studied by High-Energy X-ray Diffraction Experiments and MD Simulations B

    Xuedan Song;Hiroshi Hamano;Babak Minofar;Ryo Kanzaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Akola
Jaakko Akola Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Osami Sakata
Osami Sakata Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata Waseda University
Tatsuya Okubo
Tatsuya Okubo University of Tokyo
Marie-Louise Saboungi
Marie-Louise Saboungi Sorbonne University
Chris J. Benmore
Chris J. Benmore Argonne National Laboratory
Kenta Fujii
Kenta Fujii Yamaguchi University
Yasuhiro Umebayashi
Yasuhiro Umebayashi Niigata University
David L. Price
David L. Price Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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