Zin ARAI
Hitoshi ARAI
Takashi SAKAJO
Hiroshi SUITO
Dan TANAKA
Kaori NAGATOU
Yumiharu NAKANO
Masaharu NAGAYAMA
Katsuhiro NISHINARI
Ichiro HASUO
Kazuhisa MAKINO
Nakahiro YOSHIDA
Dan TANAKA
Associate Professor
Department of Complex Systems Science, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University
Research Theme
Attractive and Repulsive ParticlesA system of interacting particles exhibits a rich variety of patterns. We regard the particles as simplified local units that capture the essence of the behavior of the actual local units existing in a wide variety of systems, such as cells, bacteria, nanoparticles, or some of the "microscopic components'' that form a collective system. Spatio-temporal patterns exhibited by the assemblies of cells or bacteria are directly linked to their functions. Aggregates of nanoparticles can self-assemble into useful devices. We study this class of phenomena in a unified manner, ignoring system-specific details. If we properly combine such studies and consider system-specific details, we should be able to innovate technologies for a great variety of phenomena.