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Crystal Physics and Engineering Lab
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The lab uses electron microscopy to explore the relationship between the microstructure and magnetic properties of permanent magnets.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how material function relates to microstructure.
The Crystal Physics and Engineering Lab (Itakura Lab) conducts research to clarify the relationship between the functions and properties of materials and their microstructure.
Developing highly functional materials requires designing the microstructure to meet a variety of needs.
Using various methods, including advanced electron microscopy, the lab aims to gain guidance for developing more advanced materials.
Key terms
- Microstructure
- The fine structure that makes up the inside of a material. It is closely tied to the material's functions and properties
- Coercivity
- An indicator of the magnetic stability of a permanent magnet
- Scanning electron microscope
- A type of electron microscope. The lab aims to advance and apply imaging techniques that use it
NewsLab news
A student received the Excellent Poster Award at the Kyushu Branch Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
A student received the Excellent Poster Award at the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials meeting
A paper from a collaboration with Tohoku University's Akiyama Lab and Kyushu University's Hata Lab was published in Shape Memory and Superelasticity
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to clarify the relationship between the functions and properties of materials and their microstructure, and to gain guidance for developing more advanced materials. Its research has two main pillars: the microstructure and magnetic properties of magnetic materials, and imaging with electron microscopy.
*Illustrative imageMicrostructure and Magnetic Properties of Magnetic Materials
Controlling the microstructure is considered important for increasing the coercivity of permanent magnets, but the relationship between microstructure and magnetic properties is still not fully understood. The lab investigates how microstructure affects magnetic properties through electron microscopy observation and chemical analysis.
*Illustrative imageImaging with Electron Microscopy
Electron microscope imaging techniques are used in research and development across a wide range of materials science fields. The lab aims to advance and apply imaging techniques using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
MembersFaculty
The members of the Crystal Physics and Engineering Lab (Itakura Lab) consist of faculty members, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorMasaru Itakura
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Diamagnetic graphite levitation” en:User:Splarka / Public domain (cropped)
- Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Magnetic Materials: “Neodymium magnet” Tremaster at en.wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
- Imaging with Electron Microscopy: “TEM analysis” ZhanserikKT / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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