LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Sato Lab
Machine-translated · View original
A quantum magnetism lab that uses neutrons to study the collective behavior of spins.
AboutAbout the lab
Watching how spins move, with neutrons
Sato Lab studies how spins move within a variety of quantum materials.
Its main subjects include exotic superconductors, quantum spin systems, and magnetic quasicrystals.
The lab's main method for investigating the arrangement and motion of spins is neutron scattering, and it also develops new neutron scattering techniques.
The lab encourages members to make the samples used in their research themselves, using the lab's melting furnaces and other equipment.
Key terms
- Spin
- A property of electrons that makes them behave like tiny magnets. When many spins come together, they determine the magnetic properties of a material.
- Neutron scattering
- A method that directs neutrons at a material and examines the arrangement and motion of atoms and spins from how the neutrons bounce back.
- Quasicrystal
- A material whose atoms are arranged in an orderly way but without the repeating identical pattern of a crystal.
NewsLab news
Paper on international collaborative research with Tohoku University and others published in Inorganic Chemistry
Paper by Prof. Sato and colleagues published in Nature Physics
Paper by Prof. Sato and colleagues published in Physical Review B
Paper by Prof. Sato and colleagues published in Small
Paper by Prof. Sato and colleagues published in Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies what magnetic states arise from the arrangement of electron spins in magnetic materials and from the geometric arrangement of interactions between spins. Making use of neutron scattering, its main research method, it also works on developing new neutron scattering techniques.
*Illustrative imageMagnetic States of Magnetic Materials and Neutron Scattering
The lab uses neutron scattering, its main method, to investigate magnetic states that arise from crystal symmetry and its breaking, as well as magnetic states in non-repeating structures such as quasicrystals. To advance neutron scattering further, it also develops new neutron scattering techniques.
*Illustrative imageMaking Samples In-House
High-quality samples are essential for research, so the lab has sample preparation equipment, including a high-frequency induction melting furnace, a zone-melting furnace, and an arc melting furnace, and encourages members to prepare and grow their own samples. Basic physical properties such as magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity can also be measured in the lab.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSato Taku JPublications ↗
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopThe information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
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: “NCNR Guide Hall ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Magnetic States of Magnetic Materials and Neutron Scattering: “Ho-Mg-ZnQuasicrystal” AMES lab., US Department of Energy / Public domain (cropped)
- Making Samples In-House: “FZU AV CR Silicon Single Crystal B” Mojmir Churavy / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.