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Wataru Higemoto, Project Professor
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Higemoto Lab uses the elementary particle muon to study a variety of materials, including superconductors, magnetic materials, and semiconductors. The main method is muon spin relaxation (μSR), which uses a large accelerator and is a large-scale experiment for condensed matter physics. The main body of the lab is not on the Ookayama Campus but in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, where the accelerator facility is located. The lab was established as a collaborative program with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and master's students belong to it.
Shun-Ichi Ishiuchi, Professor
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Ishiuchi Lab studies the mechanisms of molecular recognition by probing molecules cooled to extremely low temperatures with laser light. Molecular recognition is the function of selecting only specific molecules from among many, and it is essential for sustaining life. Behind the behavior of molecules that look simple at first glance lie complex mechanisms, and elucidating them requires both state-of-the-art spectroscopic measurements and computational chemistry. The lab welcomes students who are enthusiastic about pioneering new fields at the boundary between physics and chemistry.
Makoto Yamashita, Professor
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The Yamashita-Morimoto Lab studies the chemistry of organic compounds containing boron and aluminum, as well as the chemistry of catalysts used to make chemical products in industry. The lab investigates the "elemental properties" that elements show when they are part of organic molecules, and creates molecules with "new bonds" that have never existed before. Another pillar is the development of catalysts that convert methane, the main component of natural gas, into raw materials for chemical products. The lab also aims to develop catalysts that reduce the energy needed to make chemical products.
Tetsuya Suekane, Professor
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The Suekane Lab studies multiphase flow inside porous media such as rock. It works on interdisciplinary themes related to energy and the environment, including underground storage of carbon dioxide, a technology for mitigating global warming, and technologies for recovering crude oil efficiently. Using X-ray CT, the lab visualizes the inside of rock, which cannot be seen with light, down to the pore scale, and combines this with numerical analysis such as the lattice Boltzmann method. Students who understand fundamentals such as conservation of energy and continuity of fluids can get started easily, and students from many different fields can apply their own expertise in their research.
Daisuke Kurabayashi, Professor
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The Kurabayashi Lab studies robot systems capable of intelligent behavior. The lab covers everything from the control algorithms that drive robots to the mechanical parts and how they are integrated into a system. The core of its research is robots that act intelligently as a swarm, like a colony of ants, and clarifying the mechanisms that produce that intelligence. The lab examines the bodies and behavior of living organisms such as silkmoths and applies those mechanisms to robots.
Takaaki Manaka, Professor
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The Manaka-Taguchi Lab studies organic electronics, one of the next-generation electronics technologies, building on the physical properties of dielectrics. Using original approaches such as dielectric engineering and optical measurement, the lab investigates organic materials and organic devices. Organic electronics is a relatively new field, with many places for people who prefer experiments and people who prefer theory to make their mark. The lab is run under the motto "use our wits to do highly original research."
Tonegawa Tonegawa, Professor
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The Tonegawa Lab studies elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations, geometric measure theory, and its applications. The calculus of variations, the Allen–Cahn equation, and the Cahn–Hilliard equation are also objects of study. Minimal surfaces and mean curvature flow are also among the main research themes. An introductory book on Brakke's mean curvature flow (Brakke flow) has also been written.
Tamas Kalman, Associate Professor
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The Kalman Lab studies low-dimensional geometric topology, especially contact 3-manifolds and Legendrian knots. Classical knot invariants such as the HOMFLY polynomial are also among its subjects of study. The lab also works on the combinatorics of graphs and lattice polytopes, and has found a new connection between quantum knot polynomials and Floer homology. Recently, it has also become interested in mathematical models of soft matter physics.
Jiang Pu, Associate Professor
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The Pu Lab studies the properties of two-dimensional materials and their stacked structures, and applies them to devices. It investigates the behavior of electrons and light that is unique to two-dimensional materials, which are as thin as a material can be. Using its own fabrication and measurement techniques, the lab explores the distinctive properties of superlattice structures that combine various materials. It aims to create new devices that have never existed before by taking advantage of the characteristics of the materials.
Xiuzhen Yu, Project Professor
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The Yu Lab is the Electronic States Microscopy Research Team at RIKEN, led by Project Professor Yu of the School of Science at Institute of Science Tokyo. Using electron microscopes capable of atomic-level resolution, the lab observes in real space the structure and dynamics of magnetic vortices such as skyrmions. Targeting high-temperature superconductors, polar ferromagnets, thin-film interfaces, and more, it also examines electronic states, elemental distributions, and structural changes. Through this research, the lab aims to elucidate emergent phenomena that occur in a variety of materials.
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