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Kimura Lab
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The lab explores new physical properties by combining different orders, such as magnetism and dielectricity.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring new physical properties through multiferroic conversion
The Kimura Lab studies new properties that arise when different orders in a material become intertwined, such as magnetism and dielectricity.
The lab combines ferroic orders, which are classified by how symmetry is broken, and has named the phenomenon in which one order is converted into another "multiferroic conversion."
Targeting a wide range of materials, including magnetic materials, metals, semiconductors, and dielectrics, the lab works on everything from material design and synthesis to the development of measurement techniques and experimental demonstration.
A group in the lab was the first to demonstrate that applying an electric field to a ferroaxial material produces optical phenomena characteristic of chiral materials.
Key terms
- Ferroic order
- An order in which directions align within a material, as in ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. Ferroic orders are classified by how symmetry is broken.
- Chiral
- The property of a shape that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, like a right hand and a left hand.
- Ferroaxial order
- A newly discussed order in which mirror symmetry (the symmetry under reflection in a mirror) is broken.
NewsLab news
Paper published on the magnetism of time-reversal-odd antiferromagnets
Paper published on observing domains in the altermagnet DyFeO3
Project Assistant Professor Nagai receives the Best Poster Award at the Taiwan-Japan-Korea symposium
Paper published on nonreciprocal charge transport in an iron-based superconductor with broken inversion symmetry
ResearchResearch themes
The lab combines ferroic orders, which are classified by the various ways symmetry is broken in a material, to explore new physical properties that arise from the conversion of orders. Through material design and synthesis, development of measurement techniques, and experimental demonstration, it aims to establish the concept of multiferroic conversion and to realize new physical properties and material functions.
*Illustrative imageCombining multiple orders
The lab demonstrates, across a variety of orders, the phenomenon in which two ferroic orders are combined and converted into another ferroic order. Its goals include creating ferroaxial materials through magnetic order.
*Illustrative imageChanging orders with external stimuli
The lab demonstrates multiferroic conversion induced by external stimuli such as electric fields, magnetic fields, and electric currents, aiming to realize new physical properties. It is also developing new measurement techniques that use visible and near-infrared light and synchrotron X-rays.
*Illustrative imageMaking known phenomena larger and working at room temperature
The lab is also working to enhance known multiferroic properties and functions and to make them operate at room temperature. It also searches for ferroaxial materials, a still largely unexplored class, and works on controlling their properties.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kimura Lab consist of faculty, senior researchers, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTsuyoshi KimuraPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorToshihiko MuroiPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorTakayuki NagaiPublications ↗
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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: “Ilmenite-155036” Robert M. Lavinsky / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Combining multiple orders: “Ilmenite crystal structure” Sl2859 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Changing orders with external stimuli: “Les classes ferroïques” Sylphaena / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Making known phenomena larger and working at room temperature: “Ferroelectric liquid crystal image from a polarizing microscope” Ingo Dierking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tokura Lab): “Perovskite” Cadmium at English Wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
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