Yamada Lab

AboutAbout the lab

Making unseen compounds from scratch.

The Yamada Lab pioneers new inorganic compounds and functional materials and develops new synthesis methods.
Most inorganic materials are metals, alloys, and oxides, but inorganic compounds such as nitrides and intermetallic compounds also have high potential as materials.
Many multinary inorganic compounds remain undiscovered, and many that are known still have functions that are not fully understood.
The lab searches for new compounds, prepares high-purity samples, and uses experiments and theoretical calculations to verify how their properties and functions arise.

ResearchResearch themes

Many multinary inorganic compounds have yet to be discovered, or have functions that are not yet fully clarified. Through exploratory synthesis, preparation of high-purity samples with new synthesis methods, and property evaluation, the lab pioneers new materials such as thermoelectric materials, hard ceramics, and superconductors.

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Exploring and synthesizing new inorganic compounds↗

Through searching for new compounds, preparing high-purity samples with new synthesis methods, and verifying through experiments and theoretical calculations how properties and functions arise, the lab aims to pioneer new materials, centered on non-oxides, including thermoelectric materials, hard ceramics and metallic materials, and superconductors.

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