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Sato Lab
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The lab explores new behaviors of electrons by focusing on the shapes of crystals and devices.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating new physical properties by focusing on the geometry of matter.
Under the keyword "geometry in matter," Sato Lab studies new states formed by electrons and spins in solids, and the functions that arise from them.
Building on the fundamentals of solid-state physics, and also drawing on perspectives from organic chemistry and device engineering, the lab aims to control geometric properties and discover intriguing physical phenomena.
The professor and students work together on the question "What is truly new physics?" as they carry out their research.
Key terms
- Chiral
- Having a shape that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, like a right hand and a left hand. A helical structure is a typical example.
- Geometric frustration
- A state in which, because of the way atoms are arranged, electrons or spins cannot satisfy all of their mutual interactions at once, no matter how they are arranged.
- Skyrmion
- A structure in a magnetic material in which electron spins are twisted and arranged like a nanoscale vortex. It behaves like a stable particle.
NewsLab news
Paper: A joint study with a lab at the University of Tokyo was published in Phys. Rev. B
Sato Lab was established
ResearchResearch themes
Because the behavior of electrons in solids is strongly influenced by crystal structure, the lab aims to design and control the geometric structure of crystals and devices in order to bring out the collective behavior of electrons. Using organic materials, inorganic materials, and organic devices that combine them, the lab discovers new electronic states and functions.
*Illustrative imageChiral Materials and the CISS Effect
When an electric current is passed through a material that has handedness, like a helix, the spins of the electrons align with high efficiency (the CISS effect). The lab investigates the origin of this phenomenon, focusing on the nonlinear response of chiral materials.
*Illustrative imageElectron Glass Arising from a Triangular Lattice
Taking advantage of geometric frustration in an organic material with a triangular lattice, the lab has realized an "electron glass phase," in which electrons behave like a glass. The lab is studying the mechanism by which it forms and its functions.
*Illustrative imageCurrent-Driven Skyrmions
The lab is extending its research on skyrmions, which are magnetic vortices, to nonequilibrium states driven by electric current, and is exploring new ways they assemble and new functionalities that cannot be seen in thermal equilibrium.
MembersFaculty
The members of Sato Lab consist of the faculty only. As a newly established lab, it is recruiting graduate students (Master's and PhD) and postdocs.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTakuro SatoPublications ↗
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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: “Boerdijk-Coxeter helices” Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Chiral Materials and the CISS Effect: “CISS Effect” Eyal.capua / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Electron Glass Arising from a Triangular Lattice: “Triangular frustration” Firesquall / Public domain (cropped)
- Current-Driven Skyrmions: “Block skyrmion” Nitish Mathur, Matthew J. Stolt, and Song Jina / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Okumura Lab): “Synchronized Nano-oscillators ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
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