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Advanced Materials Physics Lab
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A lab that observes and measures materials one atom at a time with a scanning tunneling microscope.
AboutAbout the lab
Observing and measuring the world from atoms to the nanoscale.
The Advanced Materials Physics Lab uses tools such as scanning tunneling microscopes to observe structures from the atomic to the nanometer scale and to measure physical properties.
The lab also uses three-dimensional atom probes and devices that create atomic-sized contacts.
Building on scanning tunneling microscopy techniques, the lab works on methods for evaluating materials and on developing new measurement techniques.
Since 2025, the lab has been run jointly with the Materials Design Engineering Lab (Fukami Lab).
Key terms
- Scanning tunneling microscope
- A microscope that brings a sharp tip extremely close to a surface and measures the current that flows, making it possible to see how atoms are arranged (STM)
- Atom probe
- An analytical method that removes atoms from a sample one by one using an electric field and determines their type and position, producing a three-dimensional map of element distribution
- Hydrometallurgy
- A smelting method that extracts metal by dissolving ore in a liquid
ResearchResearch themes
Based on scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), the lab evaluates materials from the atomic to the nanometer scale and develops measurement methods.
*Illustrative imageCarbon nanostructures formed on noble metal surfaces
The lab found that depositing carbon on noble metal surfaces produces carbon nanostructures of uniform shape. These structures move easily on the surface and may be arranged with STM, so the lab is studying them as possible components for nanoscale structures.
*Illustrative imageCombining STM and the atom probe
The lab studies an evaluation method that combines the atom probe, which identifies elements, with STM, which shows how atoms are arranged. By making up for each technique's weaknesses, the aim is to widen the range of samples that can be observed with STM.
*Illustrative imageLooking at the surface of copper ore at the atomic level
For chalcopyrite, the main copper ore, the lab aims to understand and speed up how it dissolves in hydrometallurgy, a smelting method with a lower environmental burden. It observes the surface at resolutions from the nanometer to the atomic scale, and is also advancing analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Advanced Materials Physics Lab are faculty and master's students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorShu Kurokawa
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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: “Scanning tunneling microscope-MHS 2237-IMG 3819” Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (cropped)
- Carbon nanostructures formed on noble metal surfaces: “Graphene STM” Kendal W. Clark et al. / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Combining STM and the atom probe: “ShaRE atom probe lab ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Looking at the surface of copper ore at the atomic level: “Mineral-155 hg” Hannes Grobe/AWI / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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