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Solid-State Magnetic Resonance (I) Lab
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The lab uses nuclear magnetic resonance to explore the mechanisms of superconductivity and quantum spin liquids.
AboutAbout the lab
Seeing the state of electrons at the atomic scale.
The Solid-State Magnetic Resonance Lab carries out experimental research on the quantum phenomena exhibited by electrons in solids, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as its main measurement method.
The lab's targets are electron systems known as strongly correlated electron systems, in which a variety of phenomena appear, such as superconductivity, quantum liquids, and transitions between metals and insulators.
By combining ultrahigh-pressure techniques with ultrafast pulsed Fourier-transform techniques, the lab also takes on NMR of the nuclei of difficult transition-metal atoms.
From fiscal 2022 to 2024, Lecturer Taku Matsushita studied quantum fluids of helium-3 confined in nanosized pores using nuclear magnetic resonance.
Key terms
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- A method for observing the state of electrons at the atomic scale (NMR). It can detect even slight symmetry breaking of the electrons
- Strongly correlated electron system
- An electron system in a solid that has both itinerant and localized character. Many-body effects come to the fore, and phenomena such as superconductivity occur
- Frustration
- A situation, for example in a triangular lattice, where spins that tend to align in opposite directions cannot settle on a single orientation, so the state remains degenerate
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to experimentally determine the microscopic fundamental laws that govern the properties of strongly correlated electron systems. It studies superconductivity, orbital states, quantum spin liquids, and more, including under extreme conditions such as high pressure.
Exploring the mechanisms of new superconductors
The lab studies the relationship between similar and different properties in the oxide superconductors of copper and nickel, which are neighbors in the periodic table. In the iron-based superconductor BaFe2As2, it focuses on the suppression of electronic nematic order and spin order, and on how their fluctuations contribute to superconductivity.
*Illustrative imageInvestigating the orbital states of electrons
The lab was the first to show that orbital order, in which different electron orbitals are arranged periodically, can be observed by NMR. Using an apparatus that can be rotated precisely about two axes, it studies the mechanisms of phase transitions in the orbital and spin states of electrons in vanadium and chromium compounds.
*Illustrative imageCandidate materials for quantum spin liquids
The lab studies new physical properties produced by frustration, such as that in triangular lattices. In addition to vanadium oxides such as LiV2O4 and AlV2O4, it has recently been investigating the low-temperature excited states of α-RuCl3, a candidate material for a Kitaev quantum spin liquid.
*Illustrative imageNMR experiments under high pressure
Using three types of high-pressure cells, the lab can perform NMR experiments at pressures up to 10 GPa. It studies the new electronic states that transition-metal compounds show under pressure, and has recently been examining the effects of pressure on iron-based superconductors and excitonic insulators.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Solid-State Magnetic Resonance Lab consist of faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorYoshiaki Kobayashi
- LecturerTaku Matsushita
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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: “Superconductor-levitation” Pongkaew / CC0 (cropped)
- Investigating the orbital states of electrons: “Snow crystals” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Candidate materials for quantum spin liquids: “Bismuth Crystal 13x )” Savannah River Site / Public domain (cropped)
- NMR experiments under high pressure: “DiamondAnvilCell 003” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
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