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Nakatsuji Lab
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A lab that arranges atoms on solid surfaces to create new electronic states.
AboutAbout the lab
Controlling electron behavior in a world one atom thick.
The Nakatsuji Lab studies the construction of nanoscale structures, atom by atom, on solid surfaces and interfaces.
By controlling the structure and symmetry of surfaces, the lab aims to artificially create new two-dimensional and one-dimensional electronic and spin states.
Using a scanning tunneling microscope, it directly observes how surface electrons spread out as waves.
Its research lies in the boundary area where chemistry, electronic engineering, and materials science overlap, with physics at the center.
Key terms
- Scanning tunneling microscope
- A device that moves a sharp needle just above a surface and reads the arrangement of atoms and the state of electrons from the faint current that flows
- Two-dimensional electron system
- A state in which electrons move freely only within a plane and cannot move in the direction perpendicular to it
- Graphene
- A sheet one atom thick made of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal mesh
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates electronic states that appear only at solid surfaces and interfaces. By controlling the structure and size of the surface, it aims to bring out the properties of new materials.
*Illustrative imageTwo-dimensional electrons on surfaces
On a solid surface, electronic states bound to the surface appear. On a silver surface, these electrons move freely along the surface, collide with steps and defects, interfere with one another, and form standing waves.
*Illustrative imageQuantum effects in ultrathin films
When a thin silver film is grown on the surface of a semiconductor such as silicon, electrons are confined between the film's surface and the interface and take discrete energies in the perpendicular direction. The thinner the film, the more clearly this effect appears.
*Illustrative imageGraphene and silicene
Graphene is a sheet one atom thick in which carbon atoms are arranged in a hexagonal pattern. Its electronic states are known to be described by the same Dirac equation that describes neutrinos.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nakatsuji Lab consist of faculty, master's and undergraduate students, professors emeritus, and research fellows.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorKan NakatsujiPublications ↗
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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: “Atomic resolution Au100” Erwinrossen / Public domain (cropped)
- Two-dimensional electrons on surfaces: “Co ellipse” Joseph A. Stroscio Robert J. Celotta Steven R. Blankenship Frank M. Hess / Public domain (cropped)
- Quantum effects in ultrathin films: “Molecular Beam Epitaxy System” SJMW1987 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Graphene and silicene: “Graphene-epitaxial” Nathan Guisinger, EMMD Group, Argonne National Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
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