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Abe Lab
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The lab uses electron microscopes that can resolve individual atoms to investigate the mechanisms behind light yet strong metallic materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding metallic materials from their atomic arrangements
The Abe-Egusa Lab studies the atomic-level structure of metal-based materials.
The properties of metallic materials change greatly depending on structures and microstructures too small to see.
Using electron microscopes that can directly image atoms, together with computer simulations, the lab explores how material properties arise.
The lab aims to apply what it learns to the development of new materials.
Key terms
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM)
- An electron microscope that scans a finely focused electron beam across a specimen and forms an image of the atoms from the electrons that pass through it
- Computer simulation
- A method of studying what happens inside a material by reproducing it through computer calculation
- Alloy
- A material made by mixing other elements into a metal to change its properties. Examples include magnesium alloys and aluminum alloys
ResearchResearch themes
The properties of metal-based materials depend heavily on structures at the nanometer and atomic scale. Using electron microscopy that can directly observe atomic-level structure, together with computer simulations, the lab investigates how material properties arise, with the aim of connecting these findings to the development of new materials.
*Illustrative imageElectron Microscopy for Seeing Atoms
The lab uses scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), which scans a finely focused electron beam across a specimen to image the arrangement of atoms. It can also examine the position of a single atom and its bonding state at the same time.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping Lightweight, Strong Metallic Materials
Focusing on metallic materials such as magnesium alloys and aluminum alloys, the lab investigates the local structure of complex compounds. The goals are to clarify how complex order forms within crystals and how material properties arise.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Abe-Egusa Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, research students, and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorEiji AbePublications ↗
- LecturerDaisuke EgusaPublications ↗
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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: “Stohrem” Materialscientist / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Electron Microscopy for Seeing Atoms: “Aluminium Atomic lattice” Matheustunes / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing Lightweight, Strong Metallic Materials: “Mg alloy car engine blocks” Mark Fergus / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Electron Microscopy Materials Lab): “16 Universität Wien Sternwarte Physik Gruppe Kotakoski UltraStem Titan Ian Ehm” Ian Ehm, Universität Wien / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Materials Modelling Lab): “Color Metallography of Engineering Alloys” OndrejAmbroz / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tokumoto Lab): “Ho-Mg-ZnQuasicrystal” AMES lab., US Department of Energy / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamabe-Mitarai Lab): “Turbine blades ( )” Håkan Dahlström from Malmö, Sweden / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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