Shock, J. C., Stevens, M., Frischknecht, A., and Nakamura, I., “Molecular dynamics simulations of the dielectric constants of salt-free and salt-doped polar solvents”, J. Chem. Phys. 159, 134507 (2023)
Gao, T., Shock, J. C., Stevens, M., Frischknecht, A., and Nakamura, I., “Surrogate Molecular Dynamics Simulation Model for Dielectric Constants with Ensemble Neural Networks”,MRS Communications, 2022View-only version here
Gao, T., Qian Z., Chen H., Shahbazian-Yassar R., and Nakamura. I., “Inhibition of Lithium Dendrite Growth with Highly Concentrated Ions: Cellular Automaton Simulation and Surrogate Model with Ensemble Neural Networks”, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2022Author version here
Gao, T., Itliong J., Kumar S. P., Hjorth Z., and Nakamura, I., “Polarization of Ionic Liquid and Polymer and its Implications for Polymerized Ionic Liquids: An Overview Towards a New Theory and Simulation”, J Polym Sci., 59, 2434–2457 (2020)
Nakamura, I., “Microphase Separation of Ionic Liquid-containing Diblock Copolymers: Effects of Dielectric Inhomogeneity and Asymmetry in the Molecular Volumes and Interactions between the Cation and Anion”, Macromolecules 2020, 53, 10, 3891–3899
Nakamura, I., “Phase diagrams of polymer-containing liquid mixtures with a theory-embedded neural network”, New J. Phys. 22, 015001 (2020)
Nakamura, I., Schock J. C., Eggart L., and Gao T., “Theoretical Aspects of Ionic Liquids for Soft‐matter Sciences”, Isr. J. Chem., 58, 1–12 (2018): Review Paper
Chen, H., An, L., and Nakamura, I., “Water dissolution in ionic liquids between charged surfaces: Effects of electric polarization and electrostatic correlation”, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 3, 328-341 (2018)
Duan, X., Nakamura, I., and Wang, Z.-G., “Monte Carlo simulation of electrostatic interactions in inhomogeneous dielectric media: Correct sampling for the local lattice simulation algorithm”, arxiv:1705.03979 (2017)
Liu, L. and Nakamura, I., “Solvation Energy of Ions in Polymers: Effects of Chain Length and Connectivity on Saturated Dipoles Near Ions”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 121, 3142-3150 (2017)
Nakamura, I., “Spinodal Decomposition of a Polymer and Ionic liquid Mixture: Effects of Electrostatic Interactions and Hydrogen Bonds on Phase Instability”, Macromolecules, 49, 690-699 (2016)
Ren, C., Nakamura, I., and Wang, Z.-G., “Effects of Ion-Induced Cross-linking on the Phase Behavior in Salt-Doped Polymer Blends”, Macromolecules, 49, 425-431 (2016)
Chen, H. and Nakamura, I., “Effects of the Dielectric Response of Single-Component Liquids and Liquid Mixtures on Electrochemical Properties between Charged Plates”,J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 24714–24723 (2015)
Nakamura, I., “Dipolar Self-Consistent Field Theory for Ionic Liquids: Effects of Dielectric Inhomogeneity in Ionic Liquids between Charged Plates”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 7086-7094 (2015)
Duan, X. and Nakamura, I., “A New Lattice Monte Carlo Simulation for Dielectric Saturation in Ion-Containing Liquids”, Soft Matter, 11, 3566-3571 (2015) and also selected by “Hot Articles for May” in Soft Matter Blog.
Manabe, Y., Wada, T., Tsunoyama, Y., Nakajima, H., Nakamura, I., and Bando, M., “Whack-A-Mole Model: Towards a Unified Description of Biological Effects Caused by Radiation Exposure”, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 84, 044002 (2015)
Manabe, Y., Nakamura, I., and Bando, M., “Reaction Rate Theory of Radiation Exposure and Scaling Hypothesis in Mutation Frequency”, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 83, 114003 (2014)
Nakamura, I., “Ion Solvation in Polymer Blends and Block Copolymer Melts: Effects of Chain Length and Connectivity on the Reorganization of Dipoles”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 5787-5796 (2014)
Wang, X., Thelen, J. L., Teran, A. A., Chintapalli, M., Nakamura, I., Wang, Z.-G., Newstein, M. C., Balsara, N. P., and Garetz, B. A., “Evolution of Grain Structure during Disorder-to-Order Transitions in a Block Copolymer/Salt Mixture Studied by Depolarized Light Scattering”, Macromolecules, 47, 5784-5792 (2014)
Thelen, J. L., Teran, A. A., Wang, X., Garetz, B. A., Nakamura, I., Wang, Z.-G., and Balsara, N. P., “Phase Behavior of a Block Copolymer/Salt Mixture through the Order-to-Disorder Transition”, Macromolecules, 47, 2666-2673 (2014)
Nakamura, I. and Wang, Z.-G., “Thermodynamics of Salt-Doped Block Copolymers”, ACS Macro Lett., 3, 708-711 (2014)
Nakamura, I., Balsara N. P., and Wang, Z.-G., “First-Order Disordered-to-Lamellar Phase Transition in Lithium Salt-Doped Block Copolymers”, ACS Macro Lett., 2, 478- 481 (2013).
Nakamura, I. and Wang, Z.-G., “Effects of Dielectric Inhomogeneity in Polyelectrolyte Solutions”, Soft Matter, 9, 5686-5690 (2013)
Nakamura, I., Shi, A.-C., and Wang, Z.-G., “Ion Solvation in Liquid Mixtures: Effects of Solvent Reorganization”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 257802 (2012)
Nakamura, I. and Wang, Z.-G., “Salt-doped Block Copolymers: Ion Distribution, Domain Soft Matter, 8, 9356-9367 (2012)
Nakamura, I. and DmitraŠinovic, V., “Gaussian Functional Approximation to ‘t Hooft’s extension of the Linear Σ Model”, Phys. Rev. D, 85, 056004 (2012)
Nakamura, I., Balsara N. P., and Wang, Z.-G., “Thermodynamics of Ion-Containing Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 198301 (2011)
Nakamura, I. and Shi, A.-C., “Phase Separation Induced by Ladder-Like Polymer- Polymer Complexation”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 2783-2790 (2010)
Nakamura, I. and Shi, A.-C., “Self-consistent Field Theory of Polymer-ionic Molecule Complexation”, J. Chem. Phys., 132, 194103 (2010)
Nakamura, I. and Shi, A.-C., “Conformation of a Tethered Polymer in a Leaky Nanocavity”, J. Chem. Phys, 132, 174102 (2010), and also selected by Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, May 15 (2010)
Nakamura, I. and Shi, A.-C., “Study of Entropy-driven Self-assembly of Rigid Macromolecules”, Phys. Rev. E, 80, 021112 (2009), and also selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, August 31 (2009)
Nakamura, I., Shi, A.-C., Nutiu, R., Yu, J. M. Y., and Li, Y., “Kinetics of Signaling-DNA-Aptamer-ATP Binding”, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 031906 (2009), and also selected by Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, April 1 (2009)
DmitraŠinovic, V. and Nakamura, I., “Dynamical Symmetry Breaking and the Nambu-Goldstone Theorem in the Gaussian Wave Functional Approximation”, J. Math. Phys., 44, 2839-2852 (2003)
Nakamura, I. and DmitraŠinovic, V., “Linear Σ Model in the Gaussian Wave Functional Approximation ΙΙ: Analyticity of the S-Matrix and the Effective Potential/Action”, Nucl. Phys. A, 713, 133-147, (2003)
Nakamura, I. and DmitraŠinovic, V., “Linear Σ Model in the Gaussian Functional Approximation”, Prog. Theor. Phys. 106, 1195-1212 (2001)