Publications
- articles

23. Magnetic microswimmers exhibit Bose-Einstein-like condensation

Fanlong Meng, Daiki Matsunaga, Benoit Mahault, Ramin Golestanian
arXiv, submitted

22. Determining the inherent reaction-diffusion properties of actin-binding proteins in cells by incorporating genetic engineering to FRAP-based framework

Takumi Saito, Daiki Matsunaga, Tsubasa S. Matsui, Kentaro Noi, Shinji Deguchi
bioRxiv, submitted

21. Rheology of a dilute ferrofluid droplet suspension in shear flow: viscosity and normal stress differences

Shunichi Ishida, Daiki Matsunaga (co-first author)
Physical Review Fluids, volume 5, 123603, 2020

20. Degenerate states, emergent dynamics and fluid mixing by magnetic rotors

Takuma Kawai, Daiki Matsunaga, Fanlong Meng, Julia M. Yeomans, Ramin Golestanian
Soft Matter, volume 16, pp. 6484-6492, 2020 (selected as Back cover)

19. Complex viscosity of dilute capsule suspensions: a numerical study

Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 20-00102, 2020

18. Image based cellular contractile force evaluation with small-world network inspired CNN: SW-UNet

Li Honghan, Daiki Matsunaga, Tsubasa S. Matsui, Hiroki Aosaki, Shinji Deguchi
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, volume 530, issue 3, pp. 527-532, 2020

17. Diffusion and collective motion of rotlets in 2D space

Daiki Matsunaga, Takumi Chodo, Takuma Kawai
Chinese Physics B (Special issue "Active Matter Physics"), volume 29, No. 6, 064705, 2020

16. Multi-well plate cell contraction assay detects negatively correlated cellular responses to pharmacological inhibitors in contractility and migration

Foncham J. Nehwa, Tsubasa S. Matsui, Li Honghan, Daiki Matsunaga,
Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi, Shinji Deguchi
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, volume 521, issue 2, pp. 527-532, 2020

15. Shear viscosity of bimodal capsule suspensions in simple shear flow

Hiroki Ito, Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai
Physical Review Fluids, volume 4, 113601, 2019

14. Controlling collective rotational patterns of magnetic rotors

Daiki Matsunaga, Joshua K. Hamilton, Fanlong Meng, Nick Bukin, Elizabeth L. Martin,
Feodor Y. Ogrin, Julia M. Yeomans, Ramin Golestanian
Nature Communications, volume 10, 4696, 2019
(Press release: Osaka University News)

13. Tunable self-healing of magnetically propelling colloidal carpets

Helena Massana-Cid, Fanlong Meng, Daiki Matsunaga, Ramin Golestanian, Pietro Tierno
Nature Communications, volume 10, 2444, 2019

12. Magnetically-actuated articial cilium: A simple theoretical model

Fanlong Meng, Daiki Matsunaga, Julia M. Yeomans, Ramin Golestanian
Soft Matter, volume 15, pp. 3964-3871, 2019 (selected as Inside back cover)

11. Far-field theory for trajectories of magnetic ellipsoids in rectangular and circular channels

Daiki Matsunaga, Andreas Zöttl, Fanlong Meng, Ramin Golestanian, Julia M. Yeomans
IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, volume 83, issue 4, pp. 767-782, 2018

10. Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow

Fanlong Meng, Daiki Matsunaga, Ramin Golestanian
Physical Review Letters, volume 120, 188101, 2018

9. Focusing and sorting of ellipsoidal magnetic particles in microchannels

Daiki Matsunaga, Fanlong Meng, Andreas Zöttl, Ramin Golestanian, Julia M. Yeomans
Physical Review Letters, volume 119, 198002, 2017
(Editors' suggestion: highlighted in APS Physics Synopsis, Oxford Physics News)

8. Reorientation of a single red blood cell during sedimentation

Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai, Christian Wagner, Takuji Ishikawa
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, volume 806, pp. 102-128, 2016

7. A numerical model of a red blood cell infected by Plasmodium falciparum malaria: coupling cell mechanics with ligand-receptor interactions

Shunichi Ishida, Yohsuke Imai, Yuki Ichikawa, Stephanie Nix, Daiki Matsunaga, Toshihiro Omori, Takuji Ishikawa
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, volume 17, No. 1, pp. 454-461, 2016

6. Deformation of a micro torque swimmer

Takuji Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yohsuke Imai, Toshihiro Omori, Daiki Matsunaga
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, volume 472, issue 2185, 2016

5. Rheology of a dense suspension of spherical capsules under simple shear flow

Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai, Takami Yamaguchi, Takuji Ishikawa
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, volume 786, pp. 110-127, 2016

4. Shape matters: Near-field fluid mechanics dominates collective motions of ellipsoidal squirmers

Kohei Kyoya, Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai, Toshihiro Omori, Takuji Ishikawa
Physical Review E, volume 92 (6), 063027, 2015

3. Deformation of a spherical capsule under oscillating shear flow

Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai, Takami Yamaguchi, Takuji Ishikawa
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, volume 762, pp. 288-301, 2015

2. Lateral migration of a spherical capsule near a plane wall in Stokes flow

Stephanie Nix, Yohsuke Imai, Daiki Matsunaga, Takami Yamaguchi, Takuji Ishikawa
Physical Review E, volume 90 (4), 043009, 2014

1. A full GPU implementation of a numerical method for simulating capsule suspensions

Daiki Matsunaga, Yohsuke Imai, Toshihiro Omori, Takuji Ishikawa, Takami Yamaguchi
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 14-00039, 2014

- book chapter

1. A Numerical Analysis of Rheology of Capsule Suspsneions Using a GPU-Accelerated Boundary Element Method

Yohsuke Imai, Daiki Matsunaga
Frontiers in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation
Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology
Springer Nature Switzerland, 2018

Work

Assistant Professor: Aug 2018 - now

@ Graduate school of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan
working with Prof. Shinji Deguchi

Review Editor, Editorial Board: Feb 2018 - now

frontiers in Physiology | Red Blood Cell Physiology

Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Apr 2016 - Jul 2018

@ Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, UK
working with Prof. Julia M. Yeomans and Prof. Ramin Golestanian

Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2): Apr 2014 - Mar 2016

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Education

PhD/Engineering: Apr 2013 - Mar 2016

@ Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Japan
BFSL (Biological Flow Studies Laboratory)
Supervisor: Prof. Takuji Ishikawa

Visiting PhD student: Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

@ Experimental Physics, Saarland University, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Christian Wagner

Master/Engineering: Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

@ Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Japan
PFSL (Physiological Flow Studies Laboratory)
Supervisor: Prof. Takami Yamaguchi

TUSAP21 (Short studying program): Mar 2008

@ The University of Sydney, Australia

Bachelor/Engineering: Apr 2007 - Mar 2011

@ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
PFSL (Physiological Flow Studies Laboratory)
Supervisor: Prof. Takami Yamaguchi

Hometown: Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture

Kanazawa University High School

Awards

1. Yamaguchi Medal: Nov 2019

@ AP Biomech 2019 (Asian-Pacific Association for Biomechanics), Taiwan

2. JSME Young Engineers Award: Mar 2018

@ JSME (The Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers), Tokyo

3. Presidential Prize for Excellence: Mar 2016

@ Graduation ceremony, Tohoku University

4. Best Poster Award: Jun 2014

@ DynaCaps2014, Compiègne, France

5. Poster Award (2nd place): Mar 2014

@ Advances in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation, Tokyo, Japan

6. Oral Presentation Award: Mar 2013

@ 6th East Asian Pacific Student Workshop on Nano-Biomedical Engineering, Singapore

7. JSME Fellow Award for Outstanding Young Engineers: Jan 2012

@ 22nd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering, Tsu, Japan

Daiki Matsunaga

PhD (Engineering)

Publications- articles