Soft-matter theory and simulation, polymer physics, and biophysics

Issei Nakamura, Nitash P. Balsara, and Zhen-Gang Wang, First-Order Disordered-to-Lamellar Phase Transition in Lithium Salt-Doped Block Copolymers, ACS Macro Lett., 2, 478-481 (2013).

Issei Nakamura and Zhen-Gang Wang, Effects of dielectric inhomogeneity in polyelectrolyte solutions, Soft Matter, 9, 5686-5690 (2013)

Issei Nakamura, An-Chang Shi, and Zhen-Gang Wang, Ion solvation in liquid mixtures: effects of solvent reorganization, Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 257802 (2012).

Issei Nakamura and Zhen-Gang Wang, Salt-doped block copolymers: Ion distribution, domain spacing and effective parameter, Soft Matter, 8, 9356-9367 (2012)

Issei Nakamura and V. Dmitrasinovic, Gaussian functional approximation to 't Hooft's extension of the linear sigma model, Phys. Rev. D, 85, 56004-56004-(13) (2012)

Issei Nakamura, Nitash P. Balsara, and Zhen-Gang Wang, Thermodynamics of Ion-containing Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers, Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 198301 (2011)

Issei Nakamura and An-Chang Shi, Phase Separation Induced by Ladder-like Polymer-polymer Complexation, J. Phys. Chem. B, 115 (12), 2783-2790 (2010)

Issei Nakamura and An-Chang Shi, Self-consistent Field Theory of Polymer-ionic Molecule Complexation, J. Chem. Phys., 132, 194103-194103-(10) (2010)

Issei Nakamura and An-Chang Shi, Conformation of a Tethered Polymer in a Leaky Nanocavity, J. Chem. Phys, 132, 174102-174102-(5) (2010), and also selected by Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, May 15 (2010)

Issei Nakamura and An-Chang Shi, Study of Entropy-driven Self-assembly of Rigid Macromolecules, Phys. Rev. E, 80, 21112-2112-(8) (2009), and also selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, August 31 (2009)

Issei Nakamura, An-Chang Shi, Razvan Nutiu, Jasmine M.Y. Yu, and Yingfu Li, Kinetics of Signaling DNA Aptamer/ATP Binding, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 31906-31906-(9) (2009), and also selected by Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, April 1 (2009)

V. Dmitrasinovic and Issei Nakamura, Dynamical Symmetry Breaking and the Nambu-Goldstone Theorem in the Gaussian Wave Functional Approximation, J. Math. Phys., 44, 2839-2852 (2003)

Issei Nakamura and V. Dmitrasinovic, Linear Sigma Model in the Gaussian Wave Functional Approximation 2: Analyticity of the S matrix and the Effective Potential/Action, Nucl. Phys. A, 713, 133-147, (2003)

Issei Nakamura and V. Dmitrasinovic, Linear Sigma Model in the Gaussian Functional Approximation,Prog. Theor. Phys. 106, 1195-1212 (2001)

Issei Nakamura, The Self-consistent Variational Gaussian Functional Approach to the Linear Sigma Model with SU_L(2) X SU_R(2), Genshikaku Kenkyu, Vol. 46, No. 4 (2001)