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Division of New Materials Science
Yagi Group
Research Subjects
1. Studies on phase transformation of oxides, metals and Earth's deep materials under high pressure and temperature
2. Synthesis of new materials using high-pressure conditions
3. Development of high pressure and temperature experimental techniques
Takigawa Group
Research Subjects
1. Dynamics and quantum phase transitions in low dimensional or frustrated spin systems
2. Exotic superconductors
3. Ordering and fluctuations of charge, orbital, and multipoles in strongly correlated electron systems
4. Spin and charge dynamics in magnetic organic conductors
Sakakibara Group
Research Subjects
1.Magnetism and superconductivity in heavy electron systems
2.Multipole orderings in f electron systems
3.Ground state properties of geometrically frustrated spin systems
4.Ground state properties of quantum spin systems
Tajima Group
Research Subjects
1. The fabrication and characterization of organic photovoltaic devices
2. The fabrication and characterization of organic light-emitting diode
3. The synthesis and characterization of conducting charge-transfer crystals of phthalocyanine
Mori Group
Research Subjects
1. Development and structural and physical properties of new organic conductors and superconductors
2. Development and structural and physical properties of organic-inorganic hybrid magnetic conductors
3. Study of dielectric response of organic materials and metal complexes
Nakatsuji Group
Research Subjects
1.

Exotic Superconductivity and metallic spin liquid states near quantum phase transitions
2. Berry phase effects in magnetic metals
3.

Quantum spin states in two-dimensional magnetic semiconductors
Ohgushi Group
Research Subjects
1.

Synthesis of new materials by using high-pressure apparatus
2. Studies on electronic properties of correlated electron materials
3.

Structural analysis by using synchrotron radiation
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Division of Condensed Matter Theory
K. Ueda Group
Research Subjects
1.Microscopic theory of heavy fermion systems
2.Theory of high-Tc superconductivity
3.Quantum phase transitions in spin systems with strong frustration
4.Quantum critical behaviors in spin-orbit coupled systems
5.Kondo transport phenomena through quantum dots
Takada Group
Research Subjects
1. Self-energy revision operator theory: Exchange-correlation effects and their manifestation according to external one-body potentials
2. Time-dependent density functional theory: Dynamic properties of inhomogeneous electron gas
3. Strong-coupling theory for superconductivity with vertex corrections: Superconductivity in charge-spin-phonon complex systems
4. Polarons and bipolarons: Characteristic features of a Jahn-Teller system and effects of anharmonicity
5. Quantum solids: Quantum fluctuations of protons and its effects on electrons in solid hydrogen in high pressures
Oshikawa Group
Research Subjects
1. Field-theory formulation of Electron Spin Resonance in low-dimensional quantum spin systems
2. Conformal field theory, quantum Brownian motion, and junction of quantum wires
3. Topological order and fractionalization
4. Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics
Tsunetsugu Group
Research Subjects
1. Electronic states of strongly correlated systems with d- or f-electrons
2. Statistical physics of frustrated systems
3. Theory of novel phases in quantum magnets
4. Anharmonic lattice dynamics and superconductivity
Kohmoto Group
Research Subjects
1.High-temperature superconductivity
2.Anisotropic superconductivity
3.Topological invariants in condensed matters
4.Topological order
Sugino Group
Research Subjects
1. Structure and electrochemical reactivity of metal/water interfaces
2. Structural phase transition using the first-principles multicanonical ensemble method
3. Effective screening medium method and ferroelectric thin film
4 Non-adiabatic dynamics of electronically excited systems
Kato Group
Research Subjects
1. Transport properties in mesoscopic systems
2. Theory of electron-electron interaction in quantum dots and wires
3. Finite-temperature properties in organic conductors
4. Development of numerical algorithms for nonequilibrium steady states
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Division of Frontier Areas Research
Iye Group
Research Subjects
1.Quantum transport in 2DEG systems under artificial potential modulation
2.Coherent transport in antidot systems
3.Nuclear spin-related phenomena in quantum Hall systems
4.Vortices in mesoscopic superconductors
Katsumoto Group
Research Subjects
1. Coherent transport in quantum dots - quantum wire systems
2. Quantum information processing with electron spins in quantum dots, mesoscopic superconductors, etc.
3. Diluted magnetic semiconductors and their applications to single-electron circuits, spin injection
4. Photovoltaic devices with semiconductor superstructures
Otani Group
Research Subjects
1.Spin dynamics in nano-scale magnetic vortex lattice
2.Mechanism of spin current generation via Spin Hall effect
3.Spintronic devices using asymmetric potential ratchet
Komori Group
Research Subjects
1. Electronic states, conduction and magnetism of nano-structured materials
2. Surface dynamical phenomena induced by electron tunneling and photo-excitation
3. Formation processes of nano-structured materials at surfaces
Yoshinobu Group
Research Subjects
1. Organic molecules on Si surface as novel hybrid systems
2. Dynamical processes of atoms and molecules on metal surfaces
3. Surface and interface chemistry of ice
4. Investigation of electronic states at surface and interface
5. Electronic states and conductivity of nano-scale structures on surfaces
Hasegawa Group
Research Subjects
1. Low temperature STM on surface electronic properties by observation of electron standing waves and the Friedel oscillation
2. Superconductivity of nano-size particles by STM
3. Measurements of surface potential and electrical conductance by AFM
4. Developments of new probe microscopes and its applications for exploring novel properties of materials
Lippmaa Group
Research Subjects
1.Thin film growth dynamics at oxide heterointerfaces
2.Growth of oxide nanostructures
3.Oxide field-effect devices
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Division of Physics in Extreme Conditions
Kubota Group
Research Subjects
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Quantized vortex state in solid 4He and transition from vortex fluid to 3D supersolid state
2. Fundamental study of superfluidity, superconductivity and quantized vortices and textures
3. Search for new superfluids and quantum phenomena
4. Unique phenomena at ultra low temperatures: Nuclear - electron cooperative phenomena, Magnetism of dual features, low D systems study: 3He, 4He monolayers
Osada Group
Research Subjects
1. Transport properties of Dirac electron system in ultra-thin graphite and organic zerogap conductors
2. Interlayer coherence and angle-dependent magnetotransport in layered conductors
3. Charge and spin density waves under magnetic fields in low-dimensional organic conductors
4. Chiral surface state in multilayer quantum Hall systems
5. Chaos and electron transport in Bloch electron systems under magnetic and electric fields
Uwatoko Group
Research Subjects
1. Development of the physical property measurement systems under the multi-extreme conditions
2. Study of the pressure induced phase transitions in strongly correlated electron systems
3. Search for new physical phenomena under multi-extreme conditions
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Division of Advanced Spectroscopy
Watanabe Group
Research Subjects
1.Development of ultrashort, high-power lasers
2.Research on high-order harmonics and multiphoton ionization
3.Nonlinear, femtosecond spectroscopy in the XUV and soft X-ray regions
4.Attosecond pulse generation in the XUV and Soft X-ray regions
Suemoto Group
Research Subjects
1.Atomic movie based on ultrafast luminescence spectroscopy
2.Dynamics of photoinduced phase transitions by time-resolved infrared and terahertz spectroscopy
3.Ultrafast electronic relaxation process in bio-molecules
Shin Group
Research Subjects
1. Ultra-high resolution laser-photoemission study on the superconductors and the low dimensional materials
2. Time-resolved laser-photoemission study on the photo-induced phenomena
3. Laser photoelectron microscopy on electronic states of nanomaterials
Takahashi Group
Research Subjects
1.Studies on surface, interface and nano-structures by diffraction/scattering
2.Development of new methods to study the surfaces and interfaces
3.Optical phenomena such as nonlinear optics in X-ray wavelength region
4.X-ray diffraction physics, X-ray and neutron optics, and X-ray interferometry
Akiyama Group
Research Subjects
1. Ultra-thin low-threshold high-quality semiconductor quantum-wire lasers and their micro-spectroscopy and imaging
2. Optical physics and many-body physics of dense electron-hole or electron systems in 1D
3. Material physics and development of high-quality semiconductor nano-structures via microscopy
4. Bioluminescence of firefly, jelly fish, sea firefly, etc. and bio/chemiluminescence measurement standards
Kobayashi Group
Research Subjects
1. Development and precise control of ultrashort pulse laser system
2. High-rep rate, high-field physics
3. Precision spectroscopy
Itatani Group
Research Subjects
1. Development of intense ultrafast lasers
2. Generation and control of attosecond short-wavelength light via high harmonics
3. Novel molecular dynamic imaging using high harmonics
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Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Solid State Spectroscopy Group (Kakizaki Group , I. Matsuda Group)
Research Subjects
1. Surface magnetism studied by spin-resolved photoemission and magnetic linear- and circular-dichroism
2. Electronic structures of metal and semiconductor surfaces studied by means of photoelectron and inverse photoelectron spectroscopy
3. Electron spin dynamics by means of time-resolved spectroscopy
4. Imaging of nano-structure materials by means of photoelectron emission microscope (PEEM)
5. Electron transport through low-dimensional structures on solid surfaces studied by means of combination of photoemission spectroscopy and in situ surface conductivity measurements
Accelerator Physics Group (Nakamura Group)
Research Subjects
1. High-brilliance synchrotron light source
2. Next-generation synchrotron light sources
3. Research and development of advanced accelerator components, subsystems and technology
4. Beam physics in accelerators
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Materials Design and Characterization Laboratory
Y. Ueda Group
Research Subjects
1. Synthesis of transition metal oxides and chalcogenides by controlling stoichiometry and phase equilibrium
2. Study on structure and phase transition by in situ observation of x-ray and neutron diffractions and electron microscopy
3. Study on novel electromagnetic properties related to correlated electrons
4 Synthesis of new materials under various conditions including high-pressure
Hiroi Group
Research Subjects
1.Search for a new material realizing a quantum spin system or a strongly correlated electron system
2.Ground state of the spin-1/2 kagome antiferromagnet
3.High-Tc superconductors
Kawashima Group
Research Subjects
1. Search for novel ordered states in quantum systems and quantum critical phenomena
2. Numerical methods for many-body physics, in particular, new quantum Monte Carlo techniques
3. Classical spin systems with frustration and/or long-range interactions
Noguchi Group
Research Subjects
1.Flow-induced deformation of red blood cells
2.Fusion and fission of biomembrane
3.Self-assembly and morphological transition of lipid membrane
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Neutron Science Laboratory
Yoshizawa Group
Research Subjects
1. Neutron scattering study of metal-insulator transition, magnetic ordering, charge/orbital orderings in transition-metal oxides
2. Microscopic study of influence of spin fluctuations in magnetic superconductors
3. Lattice dynamics of thermoelectro-clathrates
Shibayama Group
Research Subjects
1.Structure and dynamics, phase separation, and sol-gel transition of functional polymer gels
2.Pressure-induced phase transition of soft-matter
3.Molecular studies on the relationship between hydrophobic interaction and phase transition
4.Structure and dynamics of slide-ring gels and nanocomposite gels
5.Structure and dynamics of molecular chaperone
Yamamuro Group
Research Subjects
1. Dynamics of disordered condensed systems, such as glass transitions and boson peaks
2. Structure and dynamics of water and related materials such as clathrate hydrates
3. Thermal and dynamical properties of room temperature ionic liquids
4. Structure and dynamics of proton conducting materials
Sato Group
Research Subjects
1.Atom and spin dynamics of quasiperiodic systems
2.Spin fluctuations in geometrically frustrated magnets
3.Neutron scattering study on new materials with novel physical properties
4.Development of neutron scattering techniques
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International MegaGauss Science Laboratory
Takeyama Group
Research Subjects
1. Technical developments for destructive ultra-high magnetic field magnets and for solid-state physics measurements
2. Magneto-optics in ultra-high magnetic fields
3. Magnetization processes of magnetic materials in ultra-high magnetic fields
Kindo Group
Research Subjects
1.Study on magnetism of quantum spin systems
2.Study on magnetism and conductivity of strongly correlated electron systems
3.Development of non-destructive 100 T-magnet
4.Development of ultra-long pulse magnet
Tokunaga Group
Research Subjects
1.Field-induced transitions in multiferroic materials
2.High-field studies on high temperature superconductors
3.High-speed polarizing microscope imaging in pulsed-high magnetic fields
4.Cross correlation effects in materials with coupled spin, charge, and lattice degrees of freedom
Y. Matsuda Group
Research Subjects
1. Magnetic-field-induced phase transitions in magnetic materials at megagauss fields
2. High-magnetic-field x-ray magnetic circular dichroism study on correlation between conduction and localized electrons in rare-earth compounds
3. Study on the spin-crossover phenomena by high-magnetic-fiels X-ray absorption
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Last Update 2009/12/11
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