Kitami Institute of Technology

Principal specialization of monomial symmetric polynomials and group determinants of cyclic groups

Abstract In this paper, we study the principal specialization of monomial symmetric polynomials and investigate the special values of these polynomials at $$\begin{aligned} \zeta _{(n,k)} := ( 1, \zeta _n, \zeta _n^2, \dots , \zeta _n^{kn-1} ), \end{aligned}$$ ζ ( n , k ) : = ( 1...

Local anesthetic lidocaine decelerates cytoplasmic streaming in Egeria densa via altered actin dynamics and reactive oxygen species generation

Local anesthetics (LAs) block voltage-gated Na+ channels in mammals, but they also affect cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells. Although certain LAs inhibit streaming in algae such as Chara, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to elucidate how LAs reduce cy...

Long-Range ExcitationEnergy Migration in a CationicBODIPY/Clay Nanosheet Light-Harvesting Antenna

Abstract Natural photosynthetic antennas arrange chromophores at high density without aggregation, concentrating excitation energy at the reaction center with near-unity quantum efficiency. Reproducing this function is a key challenge for delivering light energy to artificial pho...