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Takuji Ishikawa

Takuji Ishikawa

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
7660
World Ranking
4924
National Ranking
78

Overview

Takuji Ishikawa is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy. The scientist's work spans several interconnected disciplines including condensed matter physics, biomedical engineering, and molecular biology.

Their research primarily focuses on topics such as micro and nano robotics, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, protist diversity and phylogeny, modular robots and swarm intelligence, molecular communication and nanonetworks, pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, and particle dynamics in fluid flows.

Notable recent publications by Ishikawa include:

  • Fluid Dynamics of Squirmers and Ciliated Microorganisms, 2023, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • Motility and phototaxis of Gonium, the simplest differentiated colonial alga, 2020, Physical review. E

Other significant papers related closely to the scientist's areas of interest, while authored by collaborators, include:

  • Immotile cilia mechanically sense the direction of fluid flow for left-right determination, 2023, Science
  • Swimming microorganisms acquire optimal efficiency with multiple cilia, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Rheotaxis and migration of an unsteady microswimmer, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Ishikawa frequently publishes in journals recognized in their field, such as the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical review. E, Physical Review Fluids, arXiv from Cornell University, and Baiofurontia Kouenkai kouen rombunshuu/Baiofurontia Koenkai koen ronbunshu.

Collaborative efforts highlight co-authorship with researchers including Toshihiro Omori, Kenji Kikuchi, Raymond E. Goldstein, T. J. Pedley, and Hélène de Maleprade, reflecting a network of collaboration primarily in fluid mechanics and biological physics.

Best Publications

  • Hydrodynamic interaction of two swimming model micro-organisms

    Takuji Ishikawa;M. P. Simmonds;T. J. Pedley

  • Dancing volvox: hydrodynamic bound states of swimming algae.

    Knut Drescher;Kyriacos C. Leptos;Idan Tuval;Takuji Ishikawa

  • In vitro blood flow in a rectangular PDMS microchannel: experimental observations using a confocal micro-PIV system.

    Rui Lima;Shigeo Wada;Shuji Tanaka;Motohiro Takeda

  • Coherent Structures in Monolayers of Swimming Particles

    Takuji Ishikawa;T. J. Pedley

  • Diffusion of swimming model micro-organisms in a semi-dilute suspension

    Takuji Ishikawa;T. J. Pedley

  • The rheology of a semi-dilute suspension of swimming model micro-organisms

    Takuji Ishikawa;T. J. Pedley

  • Development of coherent structures in concentrated suspensions of swimming model micro-organisms

    Takuji Ishikawa;J. T. Locsei;T. J. Pedley

  • Can temporal fluctuation in spatial wall shear stress gradient initiate a cerebral aneurysm? A proposed novel hemodynamic index, the gradient oscillatory number (GON).

    Yuji Shimogonya;Takuji Ishikawa;Yohsuke Imai;Noriaki Matsuki

  • Interaction of two swimming Paramecia

    Takuji Ishikawa;Masateru Hota

  • Suspension biomechanics of swimming microbes

    Takuji Ishikawa

  • Red blood cell motions in high-hematocrit blood flowing through a stenosed microchannel

    Hiroki Fujiwara;Takuji Ishikawa;R. Lima;Noriaki Matsuki

  • Hydrodynamic entrapment of bacteria swimming near a solid surface.

    Davide Giacché;Takuji Ishikawa;Takami Yamaguchi

  • Orientational order in concentrated suspensions of spherical microswimmers

    Arthur A. Evans;Takuji Ishikawa;Takami Yamaguchi;Eric Lauga

  • Hydrodynamic interactions between two swimming bacteria

    T. Ishikawa;G. Sekiya;Y. Imai;T. Yamaguchi

  • Radial dispersion of red blood cells in blood flowing through glass capillaries: the role of hematocrit and geometry

    Rui Lima;Takuji Ishikawa;Yohsuke Imai;Motohiro Takeda

  • Precision measurement of the 3d→2p x-ray energy in kaonic 4He

    S. Okada;G. Beer;H. Bhang;M. Cargnelli

  • Laser measurements of the density shifts of resonance lines in antiprotonic helium atoms and stringent constraint on the antiproton charge and mass

    H. A. Torii;R. S. Hayano;M. Hori;T. Ishikawa

  • Human red blood cell behavior under homogeneous extensional flow in a hyperbolic-shaped microchannel

    Tomoko Yaginuma;M. S. N. Oliveira;R. Lima;Takuji Ishikawa

  • Measurement of individual red blood cell motions under high hematocrit conditions using a confocal micro-PTV system.

    Rui Lima;Rui Lima;Takuji Ishikawa;Yohsuke Imai;Motohiro Takeda

  • Asymmetry of red blood cell motions in a microchannel with a diverging and converging bifurcation

    Vladimir Leble;R. Lima;Ricardo P. Dias;Carla S. Fernandes

  • Modeling of hemodynamics arising from malaria infection

    Yohsuke Imai;Hitoshi Kondo;Takuji Ishikawa;Chwee Teck Lim

  • Energy Transport in a Concentrated Suspension of Bacteria

    T. Ishikawa;N. Yoshida;H. Ueno;M. Wiedeman

  • Fluid particle diffusion in a semidilute suspension of model micro-organisms.

    Takuji Ishikawa;J. T. Locsei;T. J. Pedley

Frequent Co-Authors

Takami Yamaguchi
Takami Yamaguchi Tohoku University
Toshihiro Omori
Toshihiro Omori Tohoku University
Timothy J. Pedley
Timothy J. Pedley University of Cambridge
Shin-ya Koshihara
Shin-ya Koshihara Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ryugo S. Hayano
Ryugo S. Hayano University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Hamada
Hiroshi Hamada RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Chwee Teck Lim
Chwee Teck Lim National University of Singapore
Yoichi Okimoto
Yoichi Okimoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga University of Cambridge
Dominique Barthès-Biesel
Dominique Barthès-Biesel University of Technology of Compiègne

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