Journal Articles
Clint John Cortes Otic, Shota Katayama, Masazumi Arao, Masashi Matsumoto, Hideto Imai, Ikuya Kinefuchi, "Water Condensation in the Nanoscale Pores of Pt/C Catalyst Particles and Its Impact on Catalyst Utilization: A Simulation Based on a Reconstructed Structure from Nanoimaging ," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 (16), pp. 20375–20390 (2024).
Huihang Qiu, Keisuke Obata, Zhicheng Yuan, Takeshi Nishimoto, Yaerim Lee, Keisuke Nagato, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Junichiro Shiomi, Kazuhiro Takanabe, "Quantitative description of bubble formation in response to electrolyte engineering ," Langmuir 39 , pp. 4993–5001 (2023).
Toshihiro Kaneko, Junpei Ooyama, Maria Ohki, Hiroyuki Kanesaka, Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, "Effect of ionomer swelling and capillary condensation of water on porous characteristics in cathode catalyst layers of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells under humidified conditions ," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 200 , 123491 (2022).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Yuiko Tomita, Kohei Sato, Shiori Higashi, Masafumi Yamato, Shu Takagi, Hiroyoshi Kawakami, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “Gas Adsorption and Diffusion Behaviors in Interfacial Systems Composed of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity and Amorphous Silica: A Molecular Simulation Study ,” Langmuir , 38 (24), pp. 7567–7579 (2022).
Ahmet Alperen Gunay, Sivasankaran Harish, Masanori Fuchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Yaerim Lee, Junichiro Shiomi, “Metal-Organic Framework Coated Porous Structures for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance ,” Energy Conversion and Management 255 , 115289 (2022).
Soichiro Shimotori, Toshihiro Kaneko, Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Amer Alizadeh, Wei-Lun Hsu, Hirofumi Daiguji, “Evaluation of gas permeability in porous separators for polymer electrolyte fuel cells: CFD simulation based on micro X-ray computed tomography images ,” Physical Review E 104 , 045105 (2021).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Sou Sugiyama, Shuntaro Shimada, Toshihiro Kaneko, Shu Takagi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “Molecular Insight into the Mechanical Properties of Polymer–Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions for Organic Photovoltaic Applications ,” Macromolecules 54 (2), pp. 958–969 (2021).
Chihiro Kamijima, Yuta Yoshimoto, Yutaro Abe, Shu Takagi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “Relating the thermal properties of a micro pulsating heat pipe to the internal flow characteristics via experiments, image recognition of flow patterns and heat transfer simulations ,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 163 , 120415 (2020).
Daniel F. Hanks, Zhengmao Lu, Jay Sircar, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kevin R. Bagnall, Todd R. Salamon, Dion S. Antao, Banafsheh Barabadi, Evelyn N. Wang, “ High Heat Flux Evaporation of Low Surface Tension Liquids from Nanoporous Membranes ,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12 (6), pp. 7232–7238 (2020).
Toshihiro Kaneko, Yuta Yoshimoto, Takuma Hori, Shu Takagi, Junpei Ooyama, Takeshi Terao, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “Relation between oxygen gas diffusivity and porous characteristics under capillary condensation of water in cathode catalyst layers of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells ,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 150 , 119277 (2020).
Zhengmao Lu, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kyle Wilke, Geoff Vaartstra, Evelyn Wang, “A Unified Relationship for Evaporation Kinetics at Low Mach Numbers ,” Nature Communications 10 , 2368 (2019).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Koichi Isomura, Sou Sugiyama, Hua An, Takuma Hori, Taiki Inoue, Shohei Chiashi, Shu Takagi, Shigeo Maruyama, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “In situ observation of dewetting-induced deformation of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes ,” Diamond and Related Materials 95 , pp. 115–120 (2019). (selected for cover image )
Masataka Nakauchi, Takuya Mabuchi, Yuta Yoshimoto, Takuma Hori, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hideki Takeuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “A Molecular Dynamics Study of Oxygen Scattering Behavior on Perfluorosulfonic Acid Ionomer Thin Films ,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (12), pp. 7125–7133 (2019).
Yu Saiki, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Yong Fan, Yuji Suzuki, “Evaluation of H-atom adsorption on wall surfaces with a plasma molecular beam scattering technique ,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 37 (4), pp. 5569–5576 (2019).
木原 玄悟, 吉本 勇太, 堀 琢磨, 高木 周, 杵淵 郁也, “非マルコフ散逸粒子動力学に基づく水の粗視化モデルの構築 ,” 日本機械学会論文集 84巻865号, 18-00193 (2018).
吉本 勇太, 杵淵 郁也, “Mori-Zwanzig射影演算子法及びiterative Boltzmann inversion法に基づく非マルコフ粗視化モデルの構築 ,” アンサンブル 20 (20), pp. 119–125 (2018).
Takuma Hori, Takafumi Kamino, Yuta Yoshimoto, Shu Takagi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “Mutual influence of molecular diffusion in gas and surface phases ,” Physical Review E 97 (1), 013101 (2018).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Zhen Li, Ikuya Kinefuchi, George Karniadakis, “Construction of non-Markovian coarse-grained models employing the Mori-Zwanzig formalism and iterative Boltzmann inversion ,” Journal of Chemical Physics 147 (24), 244110 (2017).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Takuma Hori, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, “Effect of capillary condensation on gas transport properties in porous media ,” Physical Review E 96 (4), 043112 (2017).
Zhengmao Lu, Kyle L Wilke, Daniel J. Preston, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Elizabeth Chang-Davidson, Evelyn N. Wang, “An Ultra-Thin Nanoporous Membrane Evaporator ,” Nano Letters 17 (10), pp. 6217–6220 (2017).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Yusuke Kotsubo, Kenichi Osuka, Yuta Yoshimoto, Nobuya Miyoshi, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Incident energy dependence of the scattering dynamics of water molecules on silicon and graphite surfaces: The effect on tangential momentum accommodation ,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 21 (2), 15 (2017).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Kenichi Osuka, Nobuya Miyoshi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Hyperthermal molecular beam source using a non-diaphragm-type small shock tube ,” Review of Scientific Instruments 87 (10), 105117 (2016).
Akinori Fukushima, Toshiki Mima, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Channel Size Dependence of the Friction Coefficient Between a Water Droplet and a Nanochannel Wall by Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (51), pp. 28396–28404 (2015).
Akinori Fukushima, Toshiki Mima, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Molecular Dynamics Study for Channel Size Dependence of Shear Stress Between Droplet and Wall ,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15 (4), pp. 3224–3228 (2015).
Gota Kikugawa, Taku Ohara, Tohru Kawaguchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “A Molecular Dynamics Study on Heat Conduction Characteristics inside the Alkanethiolate SAM and Alkane Liquid ,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 78 , pp. 630–635 (2014).
Gota Kikugawa, Taku Ohara, Tohru Kawaguchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “A Molecular Dynamics Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics over the Interface of Self-Assembled Monolayer and Water Solvent ,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer 136 (10), 102401 (2014).
Nobuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Osuka, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Molecular Beam Study of the Scattering Behavior of Water Molecules from a Graphite Surface ,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 118 (26), pp. 4611–4619 (2014).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Toshiki Mima, Akinori Fukushima, Takashi Tokumasu, Shu Takagi, “Bottom-up construction of interaction models of non-Markovian dissipative particle dynamics ,” Physical Review E 88 (4), 043305 (2013).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Kenichi Osuka, Nobuya Miyoshi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “A non-diaphragm type small shock tube for application to a molecular beam source ,” Review of Scientific Instruments 84 (7), 075105 (2013).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Junichiro Shiomi, Shu Takagi, Shigeo Maruyama, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Gas-Surface Energy Exchange in Collisions of Helium Atoms with Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays ,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 (27), pp. 14254–14260 (2013).
Mitsuhisa Ichiyanagi, Ryoji Miyazaki, Toshiyuki Ogasawara, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, Shu Takagi, “Measurements of microbubble generation process in microchannel using ultra high-speed micro-PTV system ,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 14 (6), pp. 1011–1020 (2013).
Nobuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Osuka, Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Development of High-Energy Molecular Beam Source Using Small Shock Tube ,” Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese) 79 (798), pp. 140–147 (2013).
Toru Kawaguchi, Gota Kikugawa, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shinichi Yatsuzuka, Taku Ohara, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Interfacial Thermal Resistance of Hydrophilically-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayer and Water: A Molecular Dynamics Study ,” Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers C (in Japanese) 76 (768), pp. 1936–1938 (2010).
Jumpei Kawasaki, Yushi Harada, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kei Ishikawa, Junichiro Shiomi, Shu Takagi, Shigeo Maruyama, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Scattering Process of Transmitted Gas Molecules Through Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays ,” Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers C (in Japanese) 76 (768), pp. 1933–1935 (2010).
Yoichiro Matsumoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, “Scattering of Gas Molecules on Solid Surfaces ,” Nagare (in Japanese) 28 (3), pp. 225–231 (2009).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Yukinori Sakiyama, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Inhomogeneous Decomposition of Ultrathin Oxide Films on Si(100): Application of Avrami Kinetics to Thermal Desorption Spectra ,” Journal of Chemical Physics 128 (16), 164712 (2008).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Yukinori Sakiyama, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Thermal Decomposition Process of Ultrathin Oxide Layers on Si(100) ,” Journal of The Surface Science Society of Japan (in Japanese) 29 (9), pp. 537–542 (2008).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Akira Ito, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Yukinori Sakiyama, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Oxidation Dynamics of Si(100) Surface with O2 Molecular Beam ,” Thermal Science and Engineering 13 (4), pp. 73–76 (2005).
International Conference Proceedings
Keisuke Mizuki, Takuya Mabuchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, "Molecular Dynamics Analysis of the Scattering Phenomena of Oxygen Molecules on an Ionomer Surface in Catalyst Layer of Fuel Cell ," ECS Transactions 112 (4), pp. 361–368 (2023).
Tomoki Hori, Takuya Mabuchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Scattering and Surface Diffusion of Oxygen Molecules on Ionomers in Catalyst Layers of PEFCs ," ECS Transactions 109 (9), pp. 95–101 (2022).
Masataka Nakauchi, Takuya Mabuchi, Takuma Hori, Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hideki Takeuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Gas-surface dynamics of oxygen molecules on Nafion ionomer membrane ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 2132, 170001 (2019).
Zhengmao Lu, Kyle L. Wilke, Daniel J. Preston, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Evelyn N. Wang, “Evaporation from ultra-thin nanoporous membranes into liquid-moist air systems ,” International Heat Transfer Conference 16, Beijing, China, August 10–15, 2018.
Masataka Nakauchi, Takuya Mabuchi, Takuma Hori, Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hideki Takeuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Gas-Surface Interaction Study of Oxygen Molecules on Ionomer Surface in Catalyst Layer ,” ECS Transactions , Vol. 80, Issue 8, pp. 197–203 (2017).
Gengo Kihara, Yusuke Kotsubo, Yuta Yoshimoto, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, “Incident energy dependence of scattering behavior of water molecules on Si (100) and graphite surfaces ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1786, 100002 (2016).
Masataka Nakauchi, Takuya Mabuchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hideki Takeuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Scattering dynamics of oxygen molecules on Nafion membrane ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1786, 100004 (2016).
Masataka Nakauchi, Takuya Mabuchi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hideki Takeuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Reflection Characteristics of Oxygen Molecule on Ionomer Surface ,” ECS Transactions , Vol. 75, Issue 14, pp. 615–621 (2016).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Junpei Oyama, Koji Yokoyama, Norio Kubo, Takashi Tokumasu, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Analysis of Gas Transport in Microporous Structure Based on X-ray Computed Tomography ,” ECS Transactions , Vol. 58, Issue 1, pp. 71–78 (2013).
Akinori Fukushima, Toshiki Mima, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Molecular Dynamics Study for the Friction Coefficient between a Water Droplet and a Solid Wall ,” ECS Transactions , Vol. 58, Issue 1, pp. 87–93 (2013).
Akinori Fukushima, Toshiki Mima, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Takashi Tokumasu, “Molecular Dynamics Study of Water Transport Property in Micro Hydrophobic Pore ,” ECS Transactions , Vol. 50, Issue 2, pp. 197–206 (2013).
Kenichi Osuka, Yuta Yoshimoto, Nobuya Miyoshi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Measurements of time-of-flight distributions of shock-heated molecular beams ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1501, 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics 2012, pp. 1182–1187 (2012).
Kizen Ryu, Yushi Harada, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kei Ishikawa, Junichiro Shiomi, Shu Takagi, Shigeo Maruyama, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Energy accommodation of gas molecules with free-standing films of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1333, 27th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2010, Part 2, pp. 831–836 (2011).
Yuta Yoshimoto, Nobuya Miyoshi, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kazuya Shimizu, Shu Takagi, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “High-Energy Molecular Beam Source Using a Small Shock Tube: Evaluation of Convergent Type Design ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1333, 27th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2010, Part2, pp. 1045–1050 (2011).
Nobuya Miyoshi, Shuhei Nagata, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kazuya Shimizu, Shu Takagi, and Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Development of Ultra Small Shock Tube for High Energy Molecular Beam Source ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1084, 26th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2008, pp. 557–562 (2009).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Keisuke Nakazono, Yushi Harada, Kei Ishikawa, Junichiro Shiomi, Shu Takagi, Shigeo Maruyama, and Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Scattering of Monatomic Gas Molecules on Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 1084, 26th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2008, pp. 629–634 (2009).
Ikuya Kinefuchi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Seiji Shiozaki, Yukinori Sakiyama, Yoichiro Matsumoto, “Out‐of‐plane Scattering Distribution of Nitrogen Molecular Beam on Graphite (0001) Surface ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 762, RAREFIED GAS DYNAMICS: 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, pp. 947–952 (2005).
S. Shiozaki, I. Kinefuchi, Y. Sakiyama, S. Takagi, Y. Matsumoto, “Development of High Energy Molecular Beam Source Using Small Shock Tube ,” AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 762, RAREFIED GAS DYNAMICS: 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, pp. 875–879 (2005).
Awards and Prizes
Kohei Sato, The 1st International Symposium on Non-equilibrium Transport Phenomena , Young Scholar Award, April, 2025.
Kohei Sato, 38th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium , Young Researcher Presentation Award, 2024.
Yusuke Suzuki, American Physical Society 77th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics , Student Poster Award, November, 2024.
Hiroki Imai, 37th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium , Young Researcher Presentation Award, 2023.
Daisuke Fukumitsu, American Physical Society 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics , Theoretical/Computational Student Poster, 1st Prize, November 20, 2023.
Clint John Otic, The Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics Annual Meeting 2023 , Young Researcher Presentation Award, 2023.
Clint John Otic, 日本機械学会流体工学部門優秀講演表彰 , 2023.
Hiroki Imai, 日本機械学会熱工学部門若手優秀講演フェロー賞 , 2021.