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  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
ORGANIZATION
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  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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Profile
Ko OKUMURA,
Professor
Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University
Contact Information
Address: 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610
E-mail: okumura“at”phys.ocha.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage： http://www.phys.ocha.ac.jp/okumuralab/h16/
Fields of Interest
Soft Matter Physics, Theoretical Physics, Fracture Mechanics, Composite Materials, Capillarity, Wetting
Professional Experience
1986-1994 Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Keio University (Prof. R. Fukuda)
1992-1993 Ph.D Course in Physics, City College of City University of New York (Prof. B. Sakita)
1994-2000 Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki
2000-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University
2002-2003 Invited Associate Professor, Prof. P.-G. de Gennes’ group, College de France, Paris
2003-present Professor, Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University
Education
Ph. D., Keio University, 1995
Membership of Academic Societies
Japanese Physical Society, The Chemical Society of Japan, American Physical Society
Awards & Honors
  1. Scholarship of the Rotary Foundation (1991-1992)
  2. Frontiers in Chemistry Prize, The Chemical Society of Japan (1999)
  3. Research Grant Prize of Mitsubish Foundation (2004)
  4. Research Grant Prize of Sekisui Chemical (2004)
  5. Invited Presentation Award, Interfinish 2008 World Congress and Exposition (2008).
Research Project
Development of Studies on fusion materials: Approach from Impressionist Physics
Selected Publications
  1. Hamamoto, Y., Okumura, K.
    “Realistic Numerical Analysis of a Bioinspired Layered Composite with a Crack: Robust Scaling Laws and Crack Arrest”,
    Adv. Eng. Mater., 15, 522-528 (2013). [selected for the front cover and highlighted on the web page.]

  2. Sone, N., Mori, M., Okumura, K.
    “Scaling Relation in Fracture of the Materials with Elastoplastic Response Inaccessible by Scaling Laws”,
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 81, 074604 (1-5) (2012).

  3. Obara, N., Okumura, K.
    “Imbibition of a Textured Surface Decorated by Short Pillars with Rounded Edges”,
    Phys. Rev. E Rapid Commun., 86, 020601 (2012).

  4. Yokota, M., Okumura, K.
    “Dimensional Crossover in the Coalescence Dynamics of Viscous Drops Confined in between Two Plates”,
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 108, 6395-6398 (2011). [featured in In this issue (This week in PNAS), PNAS, 108, 6337 (2011).]

  5. Aoyanagi, Y., Okumura, K.
    “A Simple Model for the Mechanics of Spider Webs”,
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 038102 (2010). [featured in, Philip Ball, Web designers, Nature Materials, 9, 190 (2010).]

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