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Spectral Chemistry Research Center
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A research center that explores the behavior of electrons and magnetism using advanced spectroscopy such as synchrotron radiation.
AboutAbout the lab
Opening up physical chemistry through advanced spectroscopy.
The Spectral Chemistry Research Center studies the states of electrons and magnetism inside materials using spectroscopy with light and X-rays.
At its core is research that uses synchrotron radiation to measure magnetic states element by element, and clarifies how magnetic properties are determined at interfaces where different materials meet.
The center also studies how to measure blood cells by combining high-speed optical imaging with deep learning.
It grew out of the Spectroscopic Chemistry Center, founded in 1976, and while collaborating with the labs of the Department of Chemistry, it also manages and operates shared spectroscopic instruments.
Key terms
- Synchrotron radiation
- Very bright light and X-rays emitted when the direction of electrons traveling at nearly the speed of light is bent
- Orbital magnetic moment
- The property of acting as a tiny magnet that arises from electrons moving around the atomic nucleus
- Magnetic anisotropy
- The tendency of a magnet's direction to align more readily along particular directions. It affects the performance of components that use magnetism
NewsLab news
Joint research with NIMS and others demonstrates altermagnetism in ruthenium dioxide thin films
Associate Professor Okabayashi receives the Outstanding Research Award from the Magnetics Society of Japan
Joint research with Osaka University and others presents development guidelines for spintronic interface multiferroic materials
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on spectroscopic methods that can select an element and probe its electronic and magnetic states, the center studies physical chemistry of materials that can only be understood by using these methods. Using core-level spectroscopy, it aims to create a new field that fuses chemistry and physics, in which spin and orbitals are manipulated starting from the concept of chemical bonding at interfaces.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring orbital magnetism element by element
Magnetic atoms have a small orbital magnetic moment in addition to spin, and at interfaces between different materials it influences properties such as magnetic anisotropy. Using synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy, the center measures the orbital magnetic moment at interfaces element by element.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping spectroscopy that observes materials in operation
When voltage or pressure is applied, the electronic state at an interface changes. The center develops operando instruments that make observations while external forces are applied, and has discovered the "orbital elastic effect," in which strain changes the orbital magnetic moment.
*Illustrative imageChemistry and physics of interfaces
At interfaces between different materials, new properties arise from charge transfer and broken symmetry. The center pursues both the physics that clarifies these mechanisms through spectroscopy and the chemistry that connects them to materials design.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring cells with high-speed imaging
The center has developed a tool that combines blur-free high-speed bright-field microscopy (FDM microscopy) with deep learning, and uses it to measure in detail the shape of platelets involved in thrombus formation.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Spectral Chemistry Research Center are a Professor who also serves as center director, along with Associate Professors and Assistant Professors.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroyuki IsobePublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorOkabayashi JunPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYuqi ZhouPublications ↗
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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: “Aust.-Synchrotron-Soft-X-ray-Beamline-Experimental-Station” jjron / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring orbital magnetism element by element: “Horseshoe Magnetic Filings (Flipped 180)” Noguarde / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing spectroscopy that observes materials in operation: “Stacja badawcza PEEM” Achrzes / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Chemistry and physics of interfaces: “Magnetic domains of grain oriented silicon or electrical steel” Matesy / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring cells with high-speed imaging: “Clotted Blood - PMG” ConformationXII / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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