Associate Professor at Research Institute for Information Technology (RIIT), Kyushu University
mail to: higuchi.yuji.474[at]m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Section of Advanced Computational Science,
Research Institute for Information Technology (RIIT), Kyushu University
744 Motooka Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 JAPAN
TEL: +81-92-802-2646
2002-2006: Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
2006-2008: Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2008-2011: Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2009-2011: JSPS young research fellow
2011-2015: Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
2015-2017: Assistant Professor at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
2013-2017: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO Researcher
2017-2022: Assistant Professor at Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
2022-: present position
Principal Investigator
6. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, Japan,
“The role of water molecules and ions in the self assembly of charged phospholipids at the molecular level”
(2025/04 – 2028/03)
5. Iketani Science and Technology Foundation
“Elucidation and design of mechanical properties of crystalline polymers with helical structures using molecular simulations”
(2024/04 – 2025/03)
4. Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), JSPS, Japan,
“Deformation and fracture processes of crystalline polymers based on molecular theory”
(2017/04 – 2019/03)
3. PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan
“Degradation and fracture processes of polymers: Combination between quantum chemistry and statistical physics”
(2013/10 – 2017/03)
2. Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, JSPS, Japan
“Conformational transition of semiflexible chain: Approach by theory and experiment”
(2009/04 – 2011/03)
1. The Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, The Japan Science Society, Japan
“The effect of torsion on semiflexible chain”
(2008/04 – 2009/03)
Member
3. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (MEXT), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
“Design of Aquatic Functional Materials Based on Computational Science”
(2019/07 – 2024/03)
The Principal Investigator is Prof. Hitoshi Washizu at University of Hyogo.
2. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS, Japan
“Establishment of Theoretical Basis on Running-in and Seizure Based on Quantum Chemistry for Super-low Friction Technology Development”
(2014/04 – 2017/03)
The Principal Investigator is Prof. Momoji Kubo at Tohoku University.
1. Tohoku Innovative Materials Technology Initiatives for Reconstruction
Ultra-low friction technology area, MEXT, Japan
(2012/10 – 2016/03)
The Principal Investigator is Prof. Kazue Kurihara at Tohoku University.
Research
ResearcherID: B-9073-2016
URL: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9073-2016
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8759-3168
[70] Md Abu Saleh, Yuji Higuchi, Shohei Shiomoto, Takahisa Anada, Mafumi Hishida, and Masaru Tanaka
"Effect of zwitterionic monomer polymerization on water dynamics: a molecular dynamics simulation study supported by differential scanning calorimetry and terahertz spectroscopy"
[69] Yuji Higuchi, Yuta Hikima, Naoto Kamiuchi, Erica Uehara, Yutaka Oya, Go Yamamoto, and Keita Sakakibara
"Interfacial Delamination between Semicrystalline Polymers and Filler Materials by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
[68] Yuji Higuchi, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Masanobu Naito, and Yoshihisa Fujii
"Influences of secondary and tertiary amines in epoxy resins on water dynamics by all-atomic molecular dynamics simulations"
[67] Yasuyuki Nakamura, Yuji Higuchi, Yoshihisa Fujii, and Masanobu Naito
"Evaluation of Water Diffusion Confined in Epoxies: Role of Atomic Local Mobility of Polymer Chains"
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. (2025).
[66] Md. Khalidur Rahman, Takeshi Yamada, Norifumi L. Yamada, Yuji Higuchi, and Hideki Seto
"Hydration Water Dynamics in Zwitterionic Phospholipid Membranes Mixed with Charged Phospholipids"
[65] Yuji Higuchi and Go Matsuba
"Reversibility of Semicrystalline Polymers in Creep Testing by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
[64] Yuji Higuchi, Md Abu Saleh, Takahisa Anada, Masaru Tanaka, and Mafumi Hishida
"Rotational Dynamics of Water near Osmolytes by Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
[63] Tomoka Kokuzawa, Shunryu Hirabayashi, Yuka Ikemoto, Junsu Park, Ryohei Ikura, Yoshinori Takashima, Yuji Higuchi, and Go Matsuba
"Absorption of water molecules on the surface of stereocomplex-crystal spherulites of polylactides: An in-situ FT-IR spectroscopy investigation"
[62] Dimitrios G. Tsalikis, Mihai Ciobanu, Costas S. Patrickios, and Yuji Higuchi
"Model Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks in the Bulk: Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of Their Self-Assembly and Mechanical Properties"
[61] Hiroaki Ito, Naofumi Shimokawa,and Yuji Higuchi
"Lateral transport of domains in anionic lipid bilayer membranes under DC electric fields: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study"
[60] Takayuki Ota, Valentina Montagna, Yuji Higuchi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Haritz Sardon, Kazuki Fukushima
“Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions of γ-Carbonyl-Substituted ε-Caprolactones”,
RSC Adv., 13, 27764-27771 (2023).
[59] Md. Khalidur Rahman, Takeshi Yamada, Norifumi L. Yamada, Mafumi Hishida, Yuji Higuchi, and Hideki Seto
"Quasi-elastic neutron scattering reveals the relationship between the dynamical behavior of phospholipid headgroups and hydration water"
[58] Yuji Higuchi, Klemen Bohinc, Jurij Reščič, Naofumi Shimokawa, and Hiroaki Ito
"Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of cation distribution profiles on negatively charged lipid membranes during phase separation"
[57] Noriyuki Uchida, Yunosuke Ryu, Yuichiro Takagi, Ken Yoshizawa, Kotono Suzuki, Yasutaka Anraku, Itsuki Ajioka, Naofumi Shimokawa, Masahiro Takagi, Norihisa Hoshino, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Teruhiko Matsubara, Toshinori Sato, Yuji Higuchi, Hiroaki Ito, Masamune Morita, and Takahiro Muraoka
"Endocytosis-Like Vesicle Fission Mediated by a Membrane-Expanding Molecular Machine Enables Virus Encapsulation for In Vivo Delivery"
[56] Kazuki Fukushima, Kodai Matsuzaki, Masashi Oji, Yuji Higuchi, Go Watanabe, Yuki Suzuki, Moriya Kikuchi, Nozomi Fujimura, Naofumi Shimokawa, Hiroaki Ito, Takashi Kato, Seigou Kawaguchi, and Masaru Tanaka
"Anisotropic, Degradable Polymer Assemblies Driven by a Rigid Hydrogen-Bonding Motif That Induces Shape-Specific Cell Responses"
[55] Rie Wakabayashi, Rino Imatani, Mutsuhiro Katsuya, Yuji Higuchi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Noriho Kamiya, and Masahiro Goto
"Hydrophobic immiscibility controls self-sorting or co-assembly of peptide amphiphiles"
[54] Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yang Wang, Jingxiang Xu, Yusuke Ootani, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Atom-by-atom and sheet-by-sheet chemical mechanical polishing of diamond assisted by OH radicals—A tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulation study"
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2021).
[53] Jingyu Guo, Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi, Klemen Bohinc, Naofumi Shimokawa, and Masahiro Takagi
"Three-Phase Coexistence in Binary Charged Lipid Membranes in Hypotonic Solution"
[52] Yang Wang, Kentaro Hayashi, Yusuke Ootani, Shandan Bai, Tomomi Shimazaki, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Koshi Adachi, Maria-Isabel De Barros Bouchet, Jean Michel Martin, and Momoji Kubo
"Role of OH Termination in Mitigating Friction of Diamond-like Carbon under High Load: A Joint Simulation and Experimental Study"
[51] Yuji Higuchi, Yuta Asano, Takuya Kuwahara, and Mafumi Hishida
"Rotational Dynamics of Water at the Phospholipid Bilayer Depending on the Head Groups Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
Langmuir 37, 5329-5338 (2021).
[50] Yuji Higuchi
"Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of void generation and growth processes in the fracture of the lamellar structure of polyethylene"
Phys. Rev. E 103, 042502 (2021).
[49] Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yang Wang, Jingxiang Xu, Yusuke Ootani, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Cooperative roles of chemical reactions and mechanical friction in chemical mechanical polishing of gallium nitride assisted by OH radicals: tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulations"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 4075-4084 (2021).
[48] Shandan Bai, Jingxiang Xu, Yang Wang, Qi Zhang, Takeshi Tsuruda, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Koshi Adachi, Jean Michel Martin, and Momoji Kubo
"Generation of “Graphene Arch-Bridge” on a Diamond Surface by Si Doping: A First-Principles Computational Study"
J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 26379–26386 (2020).
[47] Hinako Tsuchiya, Garry Sinawang, Taka-Aki Asoh, Motofumi Osaki, Yuka Ikemoto, Yuji Higuchi, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Akira Harada, Hiroshi Uyama, and Yoshinori Takashima
"Supramolecular biocomposite hydrogels formed by cellulose and host-guest polymers assisted by calcium ion complexes"
Biomacromolecules 21, 3936-3944 (2020).
[46] Zhongmin Liu, Yusuke Ootani, Shuichi Uehara, Jingxiang Xu, Yang Wang, Narumasa Miyazaki, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Wear Mechanism of Cyclic Polymer Brushes"
Chem. Lett. 49, 1185-1188 (2020).
[45] Yang Wang, Naohiro Yamada, Jingxiang Xu, Jing Zhang, Qian Chen, Yusuke Ootani, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Maria-Isabel De Barros Bouchet, Jean Michel Martin, Shigeyuki Mori, Koshi Adachi, and Momoji Kubo
"Triboemission of hydrocarbon molecules from diamond-like carbon friction interface induces atomic-scale wear"
[44] Yuji Higuchi
"Stress Transmitters at the Molecular Level in the Deformation and Fracture Processes of the Lamellar Structure of Polyethylene via Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
Macromolecules 52, 6201-6212 (2019).
[43] Naofumi Shimokawa, Hiroaki Ito, and Yuji Higuchi
"Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation for uptake of nanoparticles into a charged lipid vesicle dominated by electrostatic interactions"
Phys. Rev. E 100, 012407 (2019).
[42] Shingo Maruyama, Ida Bagus Hendra Prastiawan, Kaho Toyabe, Yuji Higuchi, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Momoji Kubo, and Yuji Matsumoto
"Ionic Conductivity in Ionic Liquid Nano Thin Films"
ACS Nano 12, 10509–10517(2018).
[41] Ida Bagus Hendra Prastiawan, Jingxiang Xu, Yusuke Ootani, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa , Shingo Maruyama, Yuji Matsumoto, and Momoji Kubo
"Molecular Interactions between Pentacene and Imidazolium Ionic Liquids: A Molecular Dynamics Study"
Chem. Lett. 47, 1154-1157 (2018).
[40] Yuji Higuchi
"Fracture processes of crystalline polymers using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations"
Polym. J. (Focus Review) 50, 579–588 (2018).
[39] Yuji Higuchi, Keisuke Saito, Takamasa Sakai, Jian Ping Gong, and Momoji Kubo
"Fracture Process of Double-Network Gels by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation"
Macromolecules 51, 3075–3087 (2018).
[38] Nobuki Ozawa, Shigeki Chieda, Yuji Higuchi, Tatsuya Takeguchi, Miho Yamauchi, and Momoji Kubo
"First-principles calculation of activity and selectivity of the partial oxidation of ethylene glycol on Fe(0 0 1), Co(0 0 0 1), and Ni(1 1 1)"
J. Catal. 361, 361-369 (2018).
[37] Yang Wang, Jingxiang Xu, Jing Zhanga, Qian Chena, Yusuke Ootani, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Jean-Michel Martin, Koshi Adachi, and Momoji Kubo
"Tribochemical reactions and graphitization of diamond-like carbon against alumina give volcano-type temperature dependence of friction coefficients: A tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulation"
[36] Yang Wang, Jingxiang Xu, Yusuke Ootani, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Koshi Adachi, Jean-Michel Martin, and Momoji Kubo
"Tight-binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Study on the Friction and Wear Processes of Diamond-like Carbon Coatings: Effect of Tensile Stress"
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 34396–34404 (2017).
[35] Jingxiang Xu, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazuhisa Sato, Toshiyuki Hashida, and Momoji Kubo
"Parallel Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation Opens New Perspective to Clarify the Effect of Porous Structure on Sintering Process of Ni/YSZ Multi-Particles"
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 31816–31824 (2017).
[34] Yuji Higuchi and Momoji Kubo
"Deformation and Fracture Processes of a Lamellar Structure in Polyethylene at the Molecular Level by a Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation"
Macromolecules 50, 3690-3702 (2017).
[33] Maria Isabel De Barros Bouchet, Jean Michel Martin, Jose Avila, Makoto Kano, Kentaro Yoshida, Takeshi Tsuruda, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Momoji Kubo, and Maria Asensio
"Diamond-like carbon coating under oleic acid lubrication: Evidence for graphene oxide formation in superlow friction"
[32] Shunsuke Kawagishi, Jingxiang Xu, Yusuke Ootani, Takeshi Nishimatsu, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Effect of Polarity of a Substrate on ZnO Crystal Growth Process by Molecular Dynamics Simulation"
J. Comput. Chem. Jpn. 15, 244-245 (2016).
[31] Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi, and Naofumi Shimokawa
"Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of charged lipid membranes: Phase separation and morphological dynamics"
Phys. Rev. E 94, 042611 (2016).
[30] Yuji Higuchi and Momoji Kubo
"Large-scale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation based on MPI parallel computing: Mechanical property of polymers in molecular scale "
[29] Kentaro Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Ito, Takuya Kuwahara, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Atomistic Mechanisms of Chemical Mechanical Polishing of Cu Surface in Aqueous H2O2: Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 11830–11841 (2016).
[28] Yuji Higuchi and Momoji Kubo
"Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of void growth process in the block structure of semicrystalline polymers"
Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. 24, 055006 (2016).
[27] Hiroshi Ito, Takuya Kuwahara, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations for the Elucidation of Chemical Reaction Dynamics in SiC Etching with SF6/O2 Plasma"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 7808-7819 (2016).
[26] Takuya Kuwahara, Hiroshi Ito, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Origin of Chemical Order in a-SixCyHz: Density-Functional Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics and Statistical Thermodynamics Calculations"
J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 2615–2627 (2016).
[25] Hiroki Himeno, Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi, Tsutomu Hamada, Naofumi Shimokawa, and Masahiro Takagi
"Coupling between pore formation and phase separation in charged lipid membranes"
Phys. Rev. E 92, 062713 (2015).
[24] Keisuke Saito, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Development and application of a double-network gel modeling method for fracture processes using a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation"
J. Comput. Chem. Jpn. 14, 94-95 (2015).
[23] Jingxiang Xu, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazuhisa Sato, Toshiyuki Hashida, and Momoji Kubo
"Multi-Nanoparticle Model Simulations of the Porosity Effect on Sintering Processes in Ni/YSZ and Ni/ScSZ by Molecular Dynamics Method"
J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 21518-21527 (2015).
[22] Yuji Higuchi, Takeshi Ishikawa, Nobuki Ozawa, Laurent Chazeau, Jean-Yves Cavaillé, Momoji Kubo
"Different dynamic behaviors of the dissociation and recombination reactions in a model calculation of polyethylene by first-principles steered molecular dynamics simulation"
Chem. Phys. 459, 96-101 (2015).
[21] Jingxiang Xu, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Density Functional Theory Study of Dopant Effect on Sintering in the Anode of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell"
ECS Trans. 68 3187-3193 (2015).
[20] Tasuku Onodera, Kenji Kawasaki, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazue Kurihara, and Momoji Kubo
"Tribo-Catalytic Reaction of Polytetrafluoroethylene Sliding on an Aluminum Surface"
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 15954–15962 (2015).
[19] Takuya Kuwahara, Hiroshi Ito, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"The reason why thin-film silicon grows layer by layer in plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition"
[18] Hiroki Murabayashi, Takeshi Tsuruda, Yang Wang, Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Koshi Adachi, and Momoji Kubo
"Tribo-Chemical Reaction of Molybdenum Dithiocarbamate on Diamond-Like Carbon Films: Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulation"
J. Comput. Chem. Jpn. 13, 177-178 (2014).
[17] Hiroshi Ito, Takuya Kuwahara, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Seiji Samukawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Mechanisms of SiO2 Etching Processes for CF2 and CF3 Radicals"
J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 21580-21588 (2014).
[16] Shandan Bai, Hiroki Murabayashi, Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Koshi Adachi, Jean-Michel Martin and Momoji Kubo
"Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Low Friction Mechanism of Fluorine-Terminated Diamond-Like Carbon Films"
RSC Adv. 4, 33739-33748 (2014).
[15] Tasuku Onodera, Kenji Kawasaki, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazue Kurihara, and Momoji Kubo
"Effect of Tribochemical Reaction on Transfer-Film Formation by Polytetrafluoroethylene"
J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 11820–11826 (2014).
[14] Ryota Sakanoi, Tomomi Shimazaki, Jingxiang Xu, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazuhisa Sato, Toshiyuki Hashida, and Momoji Kubo
"Communication: Different behavior of Young's modulus and fracture strength of CeO2: Density functional theory calculations"
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 121102 (2014).
[13] Tasuku Onodera, Kenji Kawasaki, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazue Kurihara, and Momoji Kubo
"Chemical Reaction Mechanism of Polytetrafluoroethylene on Aluminum Surface under Friction Condition"
J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 5390–5396 (2014).
[12] Jingxiang Xu, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazuhisa Sato, Toshiyuki Hashida, and Momoji Kubo
"Theoretical Study on the Effect of Three-Dimensional Porous Structure on the Sintering of Nickel Nanoparticles in the Ni/YSZ Anode"
ECS Trans 57, 2459-2464 (2013).
[11] Takuya Kuwahara, Hiroshi Ito, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Different Crystal Growth Mechanisms of Si(001)-(2×1):H during Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of SiH3 and SiH2 Radicals: Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 15602 - 15614 (2013).
[10] Jingxiang Xu, Ryota Sakanoi, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Kazuhisa Sato, Toshiyuki Hashida, and Momoji Kubo
"Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ni Nanoparticles Sintering Process in Ni/YSZ Multi-Nanoparticle System"
J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 9663–9672 (2013).
[9] Hiroshi Ito, Takuya Kuwahara, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Seiji Samukawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Chemical Reaction Dynamics of SiO2 Etching by CF2 Radicals: Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 52, 026502 (2013).
[8] Takuya Kuwahara, Hiroshi Ito, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Development of Crystal Growth Simulator Based on Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Method and Its Application to Silicon Chemical Vapor Deposition Processes"
J. Phys. Chem. C116, 12525-12531 (2012).
[7] Kentaro Hayashi, Seiichiro Sato, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Tomomi Shimazaki, Koshi Adachi, Jean-Michel Martin, and Momoji Kubo
"Fate of methanol molecule sandwiched between hydrogen-terminated diamond-like carbon films by tribochemical reactions: tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics study"
Faraday Discuss. 156, 137-146 (2012).
[6] Yuji Higuchi, Takafumi Iwaki, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Confinement causes opposite effects on the folding transition of a single polymer chain depending on its stiffness"
Phys. Rev. E 84, 021924 (2011).
[5] Yuji Higuchi, Takahiro Sakaue, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Torsional effect on the wrapping transition of a semiflexible polymer around a core as a model of nucleosome"
Phys. Rev. E 82, 031909 (2010).
Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research -- October 1, 2010,Volume 20, Issue 7
[4] Yuki Suzuki, Yuji Higuchi, Kohji Hizume, Masatoshi Yokokawa, Shige H. Yoshimura, Kenichi Yoshikawa, and Kunio Takeyasu
"Molecular dynamics of DNA and nucleosomes in solution studied by fast-scanning atomic force microscopy"
Ultramicroscopy 110, 682-688 (2010).
[3] Yuji Higuchi, Takahiro Sakaue, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Chain length dependence of folding transition in a semiflexible homo-polymer chain: Appearance of a core-shell structure"
Chem. Phys. Lett. 461, 42-46 (2008).
[2] Chwen-Yang Shew, Yuji Higuchi, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Elucidation of conformational hysteresis on a giant DNA"
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 085103 (2007).
[1] Yuji Higuchi, Chwen-Yang Shew,
"Conformational Hysteresis on A Giant DNA Molecule busseikenkyu 87, 127 (2006).
[14] Yuji Higuchi
"Large-scale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations on fracture processes of lamellar structure in crystalline polymers"
The 9th Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM) conference, Osaka, Japan, (Oct. 28 - Nov. 2, 2018)
[13] Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Fracture Process of Lamellarly-Structured Semicrystalline Polymers"
International Symposium on Fluctuation and Structure out of Equilibrium 2015, Kyoto, Japan, (August 2015)
[12] Yuji Higuchi, Naoki Yokoyama, Nobuki Ozawa, Hiroo Yugami, and Momoji Kubo
"First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Hydrogen Generation Processes by Vibrationally-Excitation"
The 9th International Conference on Computational Physics (ICCP9), National University of Singapore, Singapore, (January 2015)
Oral, Invited
[11] Naoki Yokoyama, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Hiroo Yugami, and Momoji Kubo
"Hydrogen Production Process From Vibrationally-Excited Methane By First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulation"
The Second Working Group Meeting of ACCMS (Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science) on Computational Design of Materials for Energy Conversation and Storage, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, (June 2014)
Oral, Invited
[10] Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"Fracture Process of Semicrystalline Polymers by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Degradation of Polyethylene by First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulation "
International Soft Matter Conference 2013, Rome, Italy , (September 2013)
[9] Yuji Higuchi, Takeshi Ishikawa, Nobuki Ozawa, Momoji Kubo
"First-Principles and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations on the Stretching Process of Polymers"
Self-Oragnization and Emergent Dynamics of Active Soft Matter, Kyoto, Japan, (February 2013)
[8] Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"The Chemical Aging Process of Polyethylene Studied by First-Principles and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
The Sixth General Meeting of ACCMS-VO (Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science - Virtual Organization), Sendai and Matsushima, JAPAN, (February 2012)
[7] Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, and Momoji Kubo
"The effects of chemical aging on the crazing of amorphous polymers studied by first-principles and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations"
International Symposium on Surface Science -Towards Nano-, Bio-, and Green Innovation, Tokyo, Japan, (December 2011)
[6] Yuji Higuchi, Takahiro Sakaue, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Non-monotonous wrapping transition of a nucleosome induced by torsional stress"
International symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter 2010, Nara, Japan, (August 2010)
[5] Yuji Higuchi, Takahiro Sakaue, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Torsional effect on the manner of wrapping of a semiflexible polymer around a core: A model on nucleosome"
International Soft Matter Conference 2010, Granada, Spain, (July 2010)
[4] Yuji Higuchi, Takahiro Sakaue, and Kenichi Yoshikawa
“Difference in the scenario on the folding transition dependent on the chain length in a semiflexible polymer”
Gustav Stresemann Institut, Bonn, Germany, (November 2009)
[3] Yuji Higuhi, Takahiro Sakaue and Kenichi Yoshikawa
“Core-shell vs. Toroid as the Product of Folding Transition in a Semiflexible Homo-Polymer”
Gordon Research Conferences "Polymer Physics" Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (June-July 2008)
[2] Yuji Higuhi, Takahiro Sakaue and Kenichi Yoshikawa
"Core-shell as a new condensed structure in the transition of long semiflexible polymer"
NEQ SOFT “International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter”p028, Kyoto (June 2008)
[1] Yuji Higuchi, Chwen-Yang Shew
“Conformational Hysteresis on A Giant DNA Molecule”
YITP Workshop "Structures and Dynamics in Soft Matter -Beyond Self-Organization and Hierarchical Structures -" Kyoto (July 2006)