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Discoveries of new materials have often opened new horizons
in materials science. High temperature oxide superconductors, carbon clusters
and nanotubes, and organic conductors are good examples. New materials
also lead to the future development of new devices and technologies. The
goal of the Division of New Materials Science is to uncover novel phenomena
that lead to new concepts of matter, through combined efforts of search,
synthesis and characterization of new materials. Currently, our division
consists of six groups. Although each group has its own research style
and projects, we try to maintain close collaboration between those groups
working on production of high quality materials and those working on advanced
technology for measuring physical properties. In particular, we keep strong
collaboration with the Materials Design and Characterization Laboratory.
One of the subjects of our current intensive research is the effects of
strong electronic correlation, in particular, various ordered phases and
fluctuations involving spin, charge and orbital degrees of freedom, in
transition metal oxides, heavy electron systems, f-electron compounds and
organic conductors. Here, various advanced experimental techniques are
employed, such as high-pressure synthesis, structural characterization,
transport, magnetic and calorimetric measurements, nuclear magnetic resonance
and optical measurements..
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Last Update 2010/04/02
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