Research theme :

Water at biointerface and its role in biological phenomena

＜Speciality＞

softmatter physics, biophysics, non-equilibrium physics

＜Hobbies and Interests＞

Playing an oboe

mika_kobayashi'@'ms.ifoc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

1.Mika Kobayashi and Hajime Tanaka,“The reversibility and first-order nature of liquid-liquid transition in a molecular liquid”, Nat. Commun. 7, 13438 (2016).
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13438

2.Mika Kobayashi, Ryotaro Shimizu, and Hajime Tanaka, “Time-Resolved Light Scattering Study on the Kinetics of the Liquid−Liquid Transition in Triphenyl Phosphite”, J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 11768-11782 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05402

3.Ryotaro Shimizu, Mika Kobayashi, and Hajime Tanaka, “Evidence of Liquid-Liquid Transition in Triphenyl Phosphite from Time-Resolved Light Scattering Experiments”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 125702 (2014).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.125702

4.Mika Kobayashi and Hajime Tanaka, “Relationship between the phase diagram, the glass-forming ability, and the fragility of a water/salt mixture”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 14077-14090 (2011).
DOI: 10.1021/jp203855c

5.Mika Kobayashi and Hajime Tanaka, “Possible link of the V-shaped phase diagram to the glass-forming ability and fragility in a water-salt mixture”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 125703 (2011).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.125703