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Kanazawa Lab
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A lab exploring new quantum behavior that emerges at the surfaces and interfaces of materials.
AboutAbout the lab
New quantum states at the boundaries of matter.
The Kanazawa Lab studies new quantum states that appear on material surfaces and phenomena that occur at interfaces.
At interfaces joining various solid, liquid, and gas materials, the lab investigates out-of-equilibrium physical phenomena and chemical reactions.
By designing the exchange of particles, information, and energy at interfaces, the lab reproduces functions seen in information technology and living systems inside nanodevices.
The lab is a new research group established at the Institute of Industrial Science in April 2023.
Key terms
- Topology
- A property that does not change when a shape is continuously deformed. The concept is used to classify the electronic states of materials.
- Self-organization
- The process by which simple components interact with one another and spontaneously form complex structures or patterns.
- Neuromorphic computing
- A computing approach that aims to process information by imitating the workings of neural circuits in the brain.
NewsLab news
Paper published on strongly correlated topological surface states and electric-field-induced magnetic phase transitions
Paper published on the formation of moiré superstructures by molecular intercalation
Paper published on the observation of electronic chirality and topology in chiral crystals
Paper published on the optical topological Hall effect in a skyrmion insulator
Paper published on the quantitative evaluation of "electronic symmetry breaking"
ResearchResearch themes
The lab creates new quantum states on material surfaces and studies nonequilibrium and nonlinear phenomena at junction interfaces with various materials. Building on condensed matter physics and surface physics, it aims to develop new materials and devices.
*Illustrative imageDesigning Surfaces with the Topology of Electric Polarization
By designing a quantum phase called the Zak phase, the lab creates new quantum states on material surfaces. Using the "directionality" that arises from symmetry breaking at the surface, it designs functions that can be controlled by electricity, heat, or sound waves.
*Illustrative imageSelf-Organization of Nanomagnetic Structures
The lab assembles, at material interfaces, nanoscale structures that are formed spontaneously by many electron spins. It realizes nonlinear electrical conduction that responds strongly to small stimuli, aiming at applications in neuromorphic computing.
*Illustrative imageLow-Dimensional Fluctuations and Energy Conversion
The smaller and lower-dimensional a system becomes, the more clearly the effects of fluctuations appear. Through nanocrystal growth and device fabrication, the lab confines electron and spin states in narrow spaces to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric conversion.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Kanazawa Lab consist of faculty, administrative assistants, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorNaoya KanazawaPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorHideki MatsuokaPublications ↗
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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: “Neel skyrmion coneplot” Forschungszentrum Jülich / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Designing Surfaces with the Topology of Electric Polarization: “Band bending 2” Chaoran Jiang, Savio J. A. Moniz, Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhangb and Junwang Tang / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Self-Organization of Nanomagnetic Structures: “Магнитная доменная структура в пленке феррита-граната” Temiryazev / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Low-Dimensional Fluctuations and Energy Conversion: “Gold Nanowire Array (Abstracted)” lacomj / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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