Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS)
Main: Program-Specific Researcher, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
Dr. Hiroshi Yokota
D.Sci.
- Research Fields
- Polymer Physics
- Term and History
- 2019-04-01 - 2023-02-28 Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2023-05-01 - Visiting Scientist (Main: Program-Specific Researcher, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)
Self-introduction
I am Hiroshi Yokota, a physicist, who have joined iTHEMS since April, 2019. For 5 years, I have investigated a polymer physics, especially, theoretical framework of polymer crystallization.
The polymer is a string-like large molecules whose characteristics play important roles in crystallization process. In contrast to the conventional crystal such as metals, the polymer crystal is a solid composed of crystal and amorphous regions due to the characteristics of the string-like molecules, where the polymer crystal is applied to production of industrial products, for example, films and threads (stuff of our clothes).
In iTHEMS, by using the knowledge of polymer crystallization and of theoretical treatments of the polymer chain, I will investigate biophysics, especially, dynamics of the formation of the chromosomes.
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