Labs in Tohoku University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics

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A lab that investigates magnetism and superconductivity using quantum beams.

The Spin Structural Condensed Matter Physics Lab investigates properties of solids such as magnetism, superconductivity, and strongly correlated electron systems using quantum beams. Quantum beams include X-rays, electron beams, neutron beams, and muons. The lab is part of the Quantum Beam Metal Physics research division of the Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University, and it also belongs to the Metal Physics chair, a cooperating chair of the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science. Some of the faculty serve as the person in charge of, or staff responsible for, neutron scattering instruments at Tohoku University.

#Magnetism #Superconductivity #Strongly correlated electron systems

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A lab that investigates functions produced by special magnetic and crystal structures in magnetic materials.

The Spin Functional Materials Science Lab investigates the functions produced by special magnetic and crystal structures in magnetic materials, as well as the materials that exhibit those functions. In magnetic materials, when spins show a special arrangement or the crystal structure has a special symmetry, more nontrivial phenomena and advanced functions can appear. For example, a magnetic material with a helical magnetic structure, in which spins rotate within a plane, becomes a ferroelectric in which electric dipoles are aligned. On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Onose Lab."

#Helical magnetic structures #Skyrmions #Heat transport phenomena

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A lab that uses neutron scattering to study how spins move in solids.

The Spin Quantum Properties Lab uses neutron scattering to study how spins move inside solids (spin dynamics). Founded in April 2012, the lab aims to discover new quantum phenomena involving spins. Its work includes analyzing magnetic structures, searching for topological spin textures, and studying the nonreciprocal propagation of magnons. The lab's website presents it under the name "Taku Sato Lab."

#Neutron scattering #Spin dynamics #Quasi-periodic structures

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A low-temperature physics lab that covers everything from crystal synthesis to measurement of physical properties.

The Topological Materials Creation Lab, part of the Low Temperature Physics Division at the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, conducts broad research from crystal synthesis to measurement of physical properties. The lab's motto is to "make new materials yourself and discover new phenomena yourself." Launched in October 2025, the lab relocated equipment from Osaka University and is setting up synthesis equipment and equipment for controlling temperature and magnetic field one after another. For graduate studies, the lab participates as a cooperating chair in the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science. The lab's website presents it under the name "Sakai Lab."

#Dirac electron materials #Thermoelectric materials #Multiferroic materials

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A lab that uses ultra-broadband electromagnetic waves to study water and protons in nanospaces.

The Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics Lab investigates the properties of water molecules, ions, and protons confined in nanospaces using ultra-broadband electromagnetic waves. Using electromagnetic waves ranging from DC to infrared light, the lab measures samples such as crystals and DNA. The lab also conducts far-infrared spectroscopy experiments at SPring-8, a large synchrotron radiation facility in Hyogo Prefecture, as well as calculations based on density functional theory. Graduate students and fourth-year undergraduates belonging to the lab take part in these experiments.

#Proton conduction #Water nanotubes #Ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves

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The lab investigates and controls superconductivity and the electronic properties that emerge at low temperatures.

The Low-Temperature Materials Science Lab studies the electronic properties of superconductors, whose characteristics appear prominently at low temperatures, and of strongly correlated electron systems. The ultimate goal is not only to elucidate the physical phenomena that these materials show at low temperatures, but also to create samples and electronic states that cannot ordinarily exist, and to discover new physical phenomena while controlling them. Recently, the lab has been pursuing research under the keywords electric-field-induced superconductivity, thin-film superconductivity, and novel superconductivity in magnetic fields. The lab belongs to the Institute for Materials Research, and also belongs to the Metal Physics Division of the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science and the Department of Physics in the Graduate School of Science.

#Superconductivity #Electric-field-induced superconductivity #Thin-film superconductivity

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The lab directly observes electronic states with photoemission spectroscopy to explore the properties of quantum materials.

The Photoelectron Solid State Physics Lab studies the "energy band," the energy states of electrons that determine the properties of a material, by directly observing it with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). The targets are quantum materials such as topological insulators, atomic-layer materials, and high-temperature superconductors. The lab combines thin-film growth by molecular beam epitaxy, development of measurement equipment, and first-principles calculations in its research. On the lab's website, the lab is introduced under the name "Sato Lab."

#Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy #Topological insulators #High-temperature superconductors

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The lab explores superconductivity and other phenomena produced by the electrons of soft organic molecules.

The Low-Temperature Electronic Properties Lab (Sasaki-Nojima) studies the behavior of electrons, mainly in molecular organic conductors, which are formed by assembling organic molecules. A distinctive feature of organic materials made of molecules is that they are "soft," and they are also attracting attention as lightweight, flexible electronics materials. The lab aims to elucidate the fundamental properties of such materials (metal, superconductor, insulator) and to open up new physical properties. The lab participates as a cooperating division in the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science (4th-year undergraduates) and the Department of Physics in the Graduate School of Science (master's and doctoral programs).

#Molecular organic conductors #Superconductivity #Strongly correlated electrons

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High-intensity proton accelerators and accelerator-based nuclear and particle physics, including research on the J-PARC high-intensity proton accelerator facility

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The lab creates unusual atomic nuclei and measures them precisely to probe the strong force between nucleons.

The Nuclear Physics Group aims to understand the strong force (the strong interaction) acting between nucleons by creating atomic nuclei that differ from ordinary ones and precisely measuring their states. Using nuclear reactions, the group experimentally studies finite many-body systems of hadrons, from the level of nucleons down to the level of quarks. The group is divided into three subgroups: Strangeness Nuclear Physics, Exotic Nuclear Physics, and Short-Lived Nuclei Physics.

#Strangeness nuclear physics #Exotic nuclear physics #Short-lived nuclei physics