2024, Jan:

• 2024. Jan. 方向依存性を加味したMessage Passing Neural Networkの構築とスペクトル解析への利用に関する研究成果がDigital Discoveryに掲載決定しました．
• 2024. Jan. マテリアル工学自由研究2023が終了しました．学生諸氏の頑張りのおかげで最優秀発表賞を受賞しました！こちら
• 2024. Jan. 第5回顕微鏡インフォマティックス研究会を開催しました．ご参加いただいた皆様ありがとうございました．こちら

2023, Dec:

• 2023. Dec. Yamaguchi-kun, a graduate student, came to visit our laboratory! here
• 2023. Dec. Students gave a presentation at Materials Research Meeting 2023 held in Kyoto. here
• 2023. Dec. Our presentation was selected as Spotlight at the NeurIPS AI4mat workshop held in New Orleans! here

2023, Nov:

• 2023. Nov. Students gave a presentation at MRS held in 2023. Nov. Boston. here
• 2023. Nov. Dr. Kunyen Liao, a graduate student, came to visit our lab! here
• 2023. Nov. Students gave a presentation at the 46th Chemoinformatics Symposium held at Chuo University. here
• 2023. Nov. Laboratory group photo has been updated! here

2023, Oct:

• 2023. Oct. We participated in the Halloween event at Komaba Research Campus! here
• 2023. Oct. We held a luncheon to celebrate entering the university and welcome new members.

2023, Sep:

• A student gave a presentation at the Japan Institute of Metals held in Toyama and won the Excellent Poster Award! here
• Students and staff presented at IMC20 (International Microscopy Congress). here

2023, July:

• Participated in joint research between Tokyo Institute of Technology and High Energy Research Institute to develop a material that would be the world's best lithium ion conductor based on new all-solid-state battery design guidelines, and the results were published in Science magazine. . Published paper , here , press release

2023, June:

•  A student gave a presentation at the 4th Functional Materials Science (FMS) International Conference. here
• I participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house. It was a great success with many people visiting. The students also did their best to participate. Images related to spectral informatics were also popular, so we uploaded them to Twitter. here
• The research results of analyzing the electronic structure of two-dimensional compounds by measuring and calculating the Compton scattering intensity using a transmission electron microscope have been published in Phys. Rev. B! This is the result of joint research with Druhum Univ. and TelAviv Univ.
• The group photo has been updated! here

2023, May:

• [NEW]  We have developed a method to predict the total electronic structure of a material from some spectral information, and the results were published in J. Phys. Chem. Lett. A press release was issued and it was reported in various places. Click here , Press Release , Nikkei Press Release , Optronics , Nanowerk ,  EurekAlert ,  NanoDigest ,  SciTechDialy ,  Mirage
• We have prepared for the Komaba Research Campus open house (6/9, 10). here
• I participated in various events at the 3-university workshop at Univ. Toronto-MacMaster Univ.-UTokyo. here
• Research results regarding the search for new graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) and prediction of physical properties were published in J. Phys. Chem. C. here

2023, April:

• The research results on the temperature dependence and interfacial structure dependence of mechanical strength at carbon nanotube interfaces have been published in J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn.
• A student won the Best contributed speaker award at MRS fall meeting 2022! here
• New members for 2023 (12th generation) have been assigned!
• Research results on new methods for interface modeling have been published in J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn.

2023, March:

• Research results on the rearrangement dynamics of atomic and electronic structures at silicon interfaces were published in Acta Materialia. here

2023, February:

• A research exhibition will be held on February 13th at the Materials Laboratory at Komaba Research Campus . Everyone who is thinking about going to graduate school is welcome to join us! Click here (Ended. Thank you for your participation)

2023, January:

• Free research on materials engineering has ended. This year we won the Best Presentation Award! ! The students worked very hard. here
• I attended a lecture by Professor Xiao Su of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and had a discussion. Thank you, Professor Ouchi, for making various arrangements. here

-2022-

 2022, December:

•  We had a farewell lunch party for Alina (JSPS short-term stay). here
• Students and staff participated in the MRS fall meeting held in Boston. It seems that it was very exciting to have a face-to-face international conference overseas for the first time in a while. here
• The campus and common facility spaces were cleaned and refreshed. here , here

2022, November:

• A student gave a presentation at the 16th Interdisciplinary Research Meeting on Condensed Matter Science.
• We have installed a new GPU PC. A100!!  Click here
• Added a link to the laboratory Github. here
• The original paper for the interface structure modeling software "Interface master" has been published on arxiv. here

2022, September:

• I participated in the institute's Halloween event! here

2022, September:

• A student gave a presentation at the Japan Institute of Metals Autumn Conference held at Fukuoka Institute of Technology. here
• A student gave a presentation at the Ceramics Association Autumn Symposium held at Tokushima University. here

2022, August:

• Alina Talmantaite from Durham University has joined our lab! I will be staying at JSPS as a short-term stay until December. Here !

2022, July:

• Research results that revealed a new phenomenon of intermediate states in the phase separation process of glass through experiments and theory were published in Phys. Rev. Res. This is a joint research with NIMS, Nagoya University, and AGC Corporation. here
• Alumnus Kikumasa-kun visited our laboratory! here

2022, June:

• Alumnus Kiyohara-kun visited our laboratory! here
• I participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house. Many people visited us, including companies, university students, and middle and high school students. The students worked very hard from preparation to implementation. here
• A review paper on functional core was published in J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. here

2022, May:

• I refreshed it by replacing the memory. here
• Laboratory introduction materials for graduate school entrance examinations have been released. here
• Research results regarding the CK edge database of organic molecules have been published in Scientific Data! here

2022, April:

• New members for 2022 (11th generation) have been assigned! ! Here , here (I took off my mask only when taking pictures)

2022, March:

• Mr. Yoshimoto of Nikon Corporation obtained his doctorate with Mizoguchi as the chief examiner. here

2022, January:

• We held the farewell party, welcome party, and thank you party, which had been postponed due to various reasons. Click here
  (& We toured electric cars and smart houses at IIKEN's COMMA House. Click here )
• Free research 2021 has ended. This year, students worked hard on the themes of SDGs and electronic structure. here
• The results of our joint research on surface quantum vibrations of nanowires were published in Physical Review Research. This is a joint research with the Shiomi Laboratory of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo. here
• Research results on a geometric structure calculation code for efficient calculation of rigid body displacement at interfaces were published in Comp. Phys. Comm. here
• Research results on artificial intelligence technology for automatically interpreting a huge number of spectra have been published in Ultramicroscopy. here

-2021-

2021, December:

• The research results that revealed the local thermal expansion at the interface using STEM-EELS and theoretical calculations were published in Nano Letters and released as a press release. Here . Press release , image , Nikkan Kogyo , Nikkan Kogyo Online , Optronics , Fabcross , Goo News , Newswitch , Asia Research News , Nanowerk ,  EurekAlert ,  PhysOrg 
•  The research results that succeeded in predicting the physical properties of polymers using artificial intelligence technology that learned the laws of physics were published in J. Chem. Theory and Comp. This is a joint research with AIST. here

2021, November:

• Research results regarding the creation of atomic resolution electron microscopy samples using fully automatic robotics have been published in Scientific Reports. This is a joint research with Thermo Fisher Scientific. Here .

2021, October:

• The research results that succeeded in extracting a lot of physical property information (even intensive physical properties!) from core electron excitation spectra using machine learning were published in Advanced Intelligent Systems and selected as a Hot Topic of the magazine. I did it! Here . Also selected as Back Side Cover ! Press releases , Nikkan  Kogyo , Nikkan Kogyo Online , Nikkei , Optronics , UTokyo Focus , Science Magazine ,  Asia Research News ,  Scitech Daily ,  EurekAlert ,  CNBeta , EnCombioQuantanaRoo ,  Newswitch , Mynavi News , Goo News,  etc.
• Kunyen Liao graduated with a Ph.D.! Here , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

2021, September:

• A student gave a presentation at the Nippon Metals Autumn Symposium (online).

2021, August:

• The page for ELNES/XANES calculations using CASTEP has been updated. here
• Research results on first-principles analysis of intercalation and diffusion behavior in graphite for realizing Na-ion batteries were published in Phys. Rev. Mater. These are the research results of a second-year student (at the time) in the College of Arts and Sciences who used the UROP system to experience research! here
• A shared facility organization called " Komaba Analysis Core " has been established. I am in charge of managing FIB-SEM. here

2021, July:

• We have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence technology to predict the properties of chemical bonds with high accuracy using only information before bonding. The research results were published in Applied Physics Express and selected for the magazine's Spotlights 2021! press release . Here is the conceptual diagram ! Nikkei , EurekAleart ,  Asia Research News ,  Physics Org .,  Science Magazine ,  Bio Engineering , Lab Managaer ,   Azo Materials 
• 2021 laboratory introduction materials. here

2021, June:

• An aberration-corrected electron microscope at the National Institute for Materials Science was operated remotely from Komaba, and an experiment was conducted to perform atomic resolution observation. here
• I participated in the biotech open house. Thank you to everyone who participated in the online live laboratory tour!
• Laboratory members gave a presentation at the Japanese Society of Microscopy Academic Conference.

2021, May:

•  A laboratory introduction video was created by members of 2020 and 2021. Please take a look! here
•  We hosted the 4th Young Collaboration Tour for the new academic field "Functional Core"! here

2021, April:

• New members for 2021 (10th generation) have been assigned! ! 2021 members

2021, March:

• We held a farewell party for students completing their master's and doctoral programs in 2020, and a welcome party for new members in 2020, which we couldn't do last year! here
• A student received the Graduate School of Engineering Dean's Award (Chairman of the Department of Materials Engineering)! here
• Presented at the Japan Ceramics Association Spring Conference (online).
• A student gave a presentation at the Spring Meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals (online).
• Research results regarding the bonding database of two-element molecules were published in Data in Brief. here

2021, January:

•  A student won an award at the international conference Microscopy and Microanalysis (held online in August 2020), and the certificate of commendation has arrived! Here , here 2

-2020- (Format has changed)

2020, December:

•  An explanatory article on spectral informatics was published in the Journal of the Information Chemistry Division of the Chemical Society of Japan. here
•  Student independent research has ended. This year, the students worked hard on the theme of virus simulation. here
•  As part of a project organized by the Physical Society of Japan, we collaborated with dancer Norihito Ishii to create the work ``ΔG=ΔH – TΔS -Unknown Trends-'', which expresses lattice defects through dance. Click here for the video
•  The 2nd Komaba Materials Science Seminar 2020 Online was held. here

2020, November :

• Research results that revealed the coordination number of atoms in glass at the nanoscale were published in J. Phys. Chem. Lett . This is a joint research with the Inoue Institute of the University of Tokyo, Hirosaki University, and JFCC. Open Access . press release . Science Newspaper (page 1) , Nikkei Press Release , Mutsu Shimpo , Optronics , PhysOrg , Science Magazine , etc.
• Research results on generating charge density using machine learning and building a predictive model that can be extrapolated were published in Physical Review Lett . This is a joint research with AIST. Open Access . press release .

2020, October:

•  The research results that revealed a new phase separation mechanism by directly observing the Spinodal decomposition of glass through high-temperature in-situ observation in a TEM were published in Acta Materialia. This is a joint research with AGC. Open Access

2020, September:

• Research results regarding the development of a method to determine the radial distribution function from the XANES region using artificial intelligence technology were published in a bulletin of J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Open Access
• A student gave a presentation at the Japan Institute of Metals Autumn Conference (online).
• A student gave a presentation at the Japan Society of Applied Physics Autumn Conference (online).
• Students gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Autumn Conference (online).
• OG Hiromi Oda was featured in Forbes magazine! here
  
• Professor Tomoshu Miyata of Tohoku University, alumnus, was featured on Nanotech Japan! here

2020, August:

• Click here for 2020 laboratory introduction  
• Komaba Materials Science Seminar 2020 Online was held. here
• Our joint research results on graphite deintercalation of aluminum chloride molecules were published in J. Alloy. Comp. This is a joint research with the Yagi Laboratory of the University of Tokyo. here
• Research results regarding the development of a method to simultaneously and highly accurately determine the composition and sample thickness of amorphous materials using 4D-STEM were published in Ultramicroscopy. This is a joint research with NIMS and AGC. It is open access .

2020, July:

• Research results that revealed the spatial distribution of the Tricluster structure buried in glass by measuring vibrational spectra at the nano-level using Monochromated STEM-EELS were published in ACS Applied Nano Materials. This is a joint research with the Inoue Lab of the University of Tokyo, the Masuno Lab of Hirosaki University, and the Kurata/Harita Lab of Kyoto University. here

2020, June:

• The research results that accurately predicted the electronic structure of the excited state from the electronic structure of the ground state using artificial intelligence technology  were published in npj Comp. Mater. and a press release was issued. This is a joint research with AIST. It is open access . Press release , conceptual diagram , Nikkei Online , Excite News , ITMedia ,  EETimes ,  Yahoo ,  Phys.Org ,  BioEng ,  News Medical , etc.
• The book I co-authored, “Machine Learning in Chemistry: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence,” was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. I am writing “Machine Learning for Core-loss Spectrum”. here

2020, May:

• A research result on materials informatics that succeeded in predicting the physical properties of an interface without determining the interface structure was published in Applied Physics Express . It's open access
• I created a Mizoguchi Lab channel on Youtube. We plan to distribute scientific experiments, seminars, and lectures (simple version). Please use it for home study. here

2020, March:

• A student received the Graduate School of Engineering Dean's Award (Chairman of the Department of Materials Engineering)! Here , 2
• Mizoguchi Laboratory has started Twitter. here
• The textbook I co-authored, ``The University of Tokyo Engineering Course Basic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry II,'' has been published by Maruzen Publishing. here

2020, Feb.:

• An invited explanatory paper “Machine learning approaches for ELNES/XANES” on spectral analysis using artificial intelligence technology was published online in Microscopy . Open Access
• An explanatory paper on crystal interface informatics was published in "Materia" of the Japan Institute of Metals.

2020, Jan.:

• An explanation of interface structure determination and functional correlation using machine learning was published in the Catalysis Society journal "Catalyst".

-2019-

2019, Dec .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2019 has ended. We won the Excellent Presentation Award! Here is 　the prize

2019, Nov : An explanation on interface structure analysis using machine learning was published in the Japan Society of Applied Physics journal "Applied Physics".

2019, Oct .: Students gave a presentation at Pacrim2019 international conference held in Okinawa. 1

2019, Sep .: Kiyohara-kun, a 4th generation student, successfully obtained his doctoral degree and graduated! one two three _  _ 

2019, Sep. : Assistant Professor Shibata received the Yayoi Award from the Institute of Industrial Science! 1 ,  2

2019, Sep .: Students were invited to give lectures and presentations at the new academic field "Functional Core" young people's meeting held in Shizuoka!

2019, Sep .: A student gave an invited talk at the Japan Society of Applied Physics Autumn Conference held in Hokkaido! 1 ,  2

2019, Sep .: Students gave a presentation at the Autumn Conference of the Japan Institute of Metals held in Okayama. one two three _  _ 

2019, Sep : An explanation of ELNES/XANES theoretical calculations was published in the journal "Ceramics" of the Ceramics Society of Japan.

2019, Sep : An explanation on spectral analysis using machine learning was published in the isotope academic journal "Isotope".

2019, August : Komaba Materials Science Seminar was held. here

2019, June : Students were invited to give lectures and presentations at the Microscopy Society Academic Conference! 1

2019, June : Students gave a presentation at the AMTC6 international conference. 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5

2019, May&June : We participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house, and many people visited! 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12

2019, May : A student received the Japan Society of Applied Physics Lecture Encouragement Award! here

2019, May : Research results on structure-function relationships at interfaces using machine learning were published in J. Phys: Materials. here

2019, May : An explanation on interface and spectral analysis using machine learning was published in the journal "Artificial Intelligence".

2019, April : 9th generation students have been assigned and an assistant professor has been appointed! here

2019, March : 7th generation student Sugimori successfully graduated! 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6

2019, March : The results of a joint research with AIST that utilizes artificial intelligence technology to quantify the physical properties and structural information of materials from spectra alone were published in J. Phys: Materials, and a press release was issued. Image of this research ( Japanese , English ) Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun , Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun , Optronics , Nikkei , Nikkan Kogyo Online , PhysOrg , EurekAleart , Medical Developpment , Engineering.com

2019, March : Research results on atomic resolution quantitative mapping of molecules and ions in ionic liquids were published in RSC Advances. here

2019, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Association Spring Conference. 1 ,  2

2019, March : Students gave presentations at the Spring Conference of the Japan Institute of Metals, and three students received the Excellent Poster Award! Here , 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4

2019, Feb : A celebration party was held. Thank you very much everyone! photograph

2019, Feb : The results of joint research (Sweden, Germany, Kyoto) on Electron-Phonon coupling appearing in ELNES/XANES have been published in J. Phys. Chem. C.

 -2018-

2018, Dec : Materials Free Research 2018 has ended. Here , 1

2018, Nov : Students gave a presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) held in Boston. 1 , 2

2018, Nov : Our students were featured on Chem Station, Japan's largest chemistry portal site! Here , 1

2018, Oct : A student gave a presentation at the 9th Ionic Liquid Symposium and won the Excellent Presentation Award! Here , 1

2018, Oct : The results of joint research with JFCC on lattice modulation of SrTiO3 due to defect formation were published in Phys. Rev. B.

2018, Oct : Students (8th generation) have been assigned! here

2018, Sep .: The results of a joint research with AIST that utilizes artificial intelligence technology to predict various physical properties from molecular structural information alone were published in J. Phys. Chem. Lett., and a joint press release was issued. Ta. This is AIST , Nikkan Kogyo Online , Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun , Optronics , J-Net21

2018, Sep .: Students gave a presentation at the International Commission on Glass (ICG 2018) held in Yokohama. here

2018, Sep .: Students gave a presentation at the Autumn Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan held in Kyoto. here

2018, Sep .: An explanation about atomic resolution observation of ionic liquids was published in "Chemical Industry".

2018, Sep .: An explanation about phase separation structure observation of glass using STEM was published in "New Glass".

2018, Sep .: Research results on establishing an interpretation method for core electron excitation spectra (ELNES/XANES) using artificial intelligence technology were published in Scientific Reports, and a press release was issued. Here , JST ,  Image of this research , Nikkan Kogyo , Tetsuko Shimbun , Nikkei , Optronics , University Journal , Technology network ,  Science Daily ,  Lab manager ,  Phys Org ,  Scientific Computing ,   Asian Scientist ,  Spectroscopy Europe and Asia

2018, Sep .: A co-authored commentary on materials informatics was published in MRS Bulletin. here

2018, August : Students organized a session and gave a presentation at an international conference held in Cancun, Mexico. 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

2018, August : The manual page for ELNES/XANES theoretical calculations using CASTEP has been updated! here

2018, August : The results of our joint research on the orientation dependence of the Li-K edge exciton peak of Li-ion battery cathode materials were published in Physical Review B.

2018, June : Research results on interface segregation structure search using Monte Carlo tree search were published in J. Chem. Phys.

2018, June : We participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house, and many people visited! Photos 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , OB Yamaguchi and @Kanazawa

2018, June : A student won the Japan Ceramics Excellent Poster Award! here

2018, June : Research results that analyzed the phase separation structure and formation process of glass using HAADF image intensity were published in Scripta Mater.

2018, May : The research results of our laboratory were introduced in JST News. here

2018, April : Students (8th generation) have been assigned! here

2018, March : Third-year student Miyata-kun, sixth-year student Kikuchi-kun, and Nakazawa-kun have successfully graduated! Photos , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7

2018, March : A student received the Graduate School of Engineering Dean's Award! here

2018, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Institute of Metals Spring Conference @ Chiba.

2018, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Association Spring Conference @Sendai.

2018, Feb : Mr. Tomita, an alumnus, visited us. here

2018, Feb : Research results that rapidly determined the interface segregation structure using data mining were published in Physica B.

2018, Feb : Research results that increased the speed of determining the structure of oxide interfaces using machine learning were published in Physica B.

2018, Feb .: The results of our joint research on the dislocation structure of ceramics have been published in J. Mater. Sci.

2018, Jan.: A textbook on materials informatics that I co-wrote, "Nanoinformatics," was published by Springer. Open Access

-2017-

2017, Dec .: Materials Free Research 2017 has ended. here

2017, Dec .: We held a lab year-end party, and OG Oda-san attended! here

2017, Dec .: Research results (joint research with NIMS) that revealed the behavior of each atom in a liquid were published in Science Advances , and a press release was issued. Here , JST , Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun , Chemical Daily , Optronics , Nikkei , Mynavi , Motor Cars ,  Excite News , Fabcross , Science Magazine , Nano werk , Mining ,  Nikkan Kogyo Online , etc. Seiken homepage slider image . Image diagram of this research

2017, Dec .: Students gave an invited talk at the NIMS-MI2I Data Science Workshop !

2017, Dec .: Research results (joint research with Hitachi High-Technologies) investigating the vibrations and properties of gas molecules using an electron microscope were published in Scientific Reports , and a press release was issued. Here , JST , Optronics , Nikkei , PhysOrg , Science Daily , Science News Line , Azo Materials , Nano werk , Technology Breaking News , etc. Image diagram of this research

2017, Nov .: A student was invited to give a talk at the Young Ionic Liquid Discussion Group ! here

2017, Nov .: Students gave a presentation at the ionic liquid discussion group . Photo 1 ,  Photo 2

2017, Nov .: Research results that reduced the calculation cost of interface structure search to 1/3600 using transfer learning were published in the J. Phys. Soc. Jpn bulletin and a press release was conducted. Here , JST , Nikkan Kogyo , Chemical Daily , Mynavi , fabcross , JPubb , Jnet21 , nifty , Nikkei , etc. Image diagram of this research

2017, Nov .: Results regarding molecular mapping in ionic liquids were published in Microscopy. You can access it here

2017, Oct.: A student presented at Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics in 2017 (CPMD2017) @ Tsukuba and won the presentation award! Photo 1 ,  Photo 2 ,  Photo 3 , Awarded (with Dr. Car and Dr. Parrinello, famous for the Car-Parrinello method)

2017, Sep .: A student gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Association@Kobe and won the Session Encouragement Award! Photo 1 ,  Photo 2 ,  OB Tomita , award winner

2017, Sep .: An invited review paper on the basics and applications of ELNES/XANES theoretical calculations was published in Microscopy. You can access it here

2017, July : A student gave a presentation at the Young Academic Group on the new academic field "Nanostructural Information" and won the Best Presentation Award (Gold Award)! Photo 1 ,   Photo 2

2017, July : A textbook on "Basics and Applications of XAFS" co-authored was published by Kodansha Scientific. here

2017, June : We participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house, and many people visited! Photos 1 ,   2,   3 ,   4 ,   5 ,   6 ,   7 ,   8 ,   9 ,   10

2017, May : Students gave a presentation at the Japanese Society of Microscopy @Hokkaido. Photos 1 ,   2 ,   3 ,   4

2017, May : Students gave a presentation at PacRIM12 International Conference @Hawaii. Photos 1 ,  2

2017, May : Students gave a presentation at EELS International Conference (Edge) @ Okinawa. Photos 1,   2 ,   3 ,   4 ,   5 ,   6 ,   7 ,   8

2017, April : Students (7th generation) have been assigned! here

2017, April : Professor Eva Olsson from Chalmers Uni. Tech. visited us. Photo 1 ,  Photo 2 

2017, April : Participated in the dismantling work of an old TEM in the laboratory. Photo 1 ,  Photo 2 

2017, March : 5th generation students Oda-san and Katsukura-kun have successfully graduated! Photos 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4

2017, March : A student received the Graduate School of Engineering Dean's Award! here

2017, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Association annual meeting. Photos 1,  2 ,  3 ,  4

2017, March : An electron microscope image observed in our laboratory was featured on the cover of the magazine NEW GLASS. here

2017, March : An invited review paper theoretically demonstrating new possibilities of EELS was published in Ultramicroscopy.

2017, Jan .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2016 has ended. We won the best presentation award! here

-2016-

2016, Nov .: Students gave a presentation at MRS Fall meeting. 1 ,  2

2016, Nov .: Research results predicting the structure at the interface of materials using simple artificial intelligence created using machine learning were published in Science Adv. and released as a press release. Here . press release . Research image diagram  Eng  (Monochrome Jpn ,  Eng ), Nikkan Kogyo 1 , 2 ,  Nikkei , University Journal

2016, Nov .: I was a student at the 19th Information-Based Learning Theory Workshop (IBIS2016). 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6

2016, Nov .: Students gave a presentation at the 57th Glass and Photonics Materials Symposium. Here , 2

2016, Oct .: A student presented at the 7th Ionic Liquid Symposium and won the Excellent Presentation Award! This is the award ceremony , OB Yamaguchi-kun , OB Yamaguchi-kun 2 , JAIST tour 1 , JAIST tour 2

2016, Oct .: Students gave a presentation at the electroceramics research discussion group. Here , 2

2016, Oct .: Research results on high-resolution TEM sample preparation methods for ionic liquids have been published in Ultramicroscopy.

2016, Oct .: Professor Masuno from Hirosaki University visited us. here

2016, Sep .: Students gave a presentation at the European Microscopy Society (EMC) held in Lyon. here

2016, Aug .: Students participated in the metal social gathering held at JAXA. here

2016, July : Students gave a presentation at the American Society of Microscopy Microscopy & Microanalysis 2016. 1 ,  2

2016, July : Students gave a presentation at the Young Researchers' Meeting on New Academic Area Research "Nanostructural Information". here

2016, July : The results of joint research on XANES analysis of Li-ion battery cathode materials were published in J. Appl. Phys.

2016, July : The research results investigating the influence of van der Waals force on ELNES/XANES have been published in Ultramicroscopy.

2016, July : A student gave a presentation at IIS PhD Student Live and won the Best Presentation Award! here ,  2 ,  3

2016, July : Students gave a presentation at the 26th EUCHEM conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids. here

2016, July : Mr. Tomita, an alumnus, visited us. here

2016, July : Joint research results on MEMS in TEM were published in Microelectronic Engineering.

2016, June : Students gave a presentation at the Microscopy Society (Sendai). 1 ,  2

2016, June : We participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house, and many people visited! 0 ,  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6 ,  7 ,  8 ,  9 ,  10 ,  11

2016, May : Professor Seungwu Han from Seoul National University visited us. here

2016, May : Students gave a presentation at the AMTC5 international conference.

2016, April : Research results on the influence of van der Waals forces on SiC crystal polymorph stability were published in J. Appl. Phys.

2016, April : Students (6th generation) have been assigned! here

2016, April : Research results on the strong exciton effect at the OK edge of perovskite oxides have been published in Ultramicroscopy.

2016, April : Research results on the correlation between the exciton effect and electronic structure at the Na-L2,3 edge were published in J. Phys. Chem. C.

2016, April : The results of joint research on Bayesian optimization libraries with the University of Tokyo, Harvard Univ., and NIMS have been published in Materials Discovery.

2016, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Association. here

2016, March : 4th generation students Kiyohara-kun and Tomita-kun have successfully graduated! 1 ,  2

2016, March : Research results that increased the speed of determining interface structures by more than 100 times using information science methods were published in Jpn J. Appl. Phys and released as a press release. Here . press release . Research image diagram , Nikkan Sangyo ,  Nikkei Sangyo ,  Nikkei , Asahi , UTokyo Research ,  Science and Technology Research News ,  Global News Connect ,  Weekly Hot News .

2016, March : The results of joint research with the University of Toronto on state analysis of metals in oil sands were published in Fuel.

2016, Feb .: Research results on the influence of dynamic behavior of molecules in liquids on XANES were published in Chem. Phys. Lett.

2016, Jan .: Mr. Kawanishi from Tohoku University, an OG, visited us. here

2016, Jan.: Mr. Yamaguchi, an alumnus, visited us. here

2016, Jan .: Research results on segregation behavior to grain boundaries were published in AIP-Conference Proceedings Series.

2016, Jan .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2016 has ended. here

2016, Jan : Students participated in the KRC International Ekiden Tournament as part of the 4th division metal team, 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6

-2015-

2015, Nov : Our students won the Best Poster Award and the European Award at the international conference Frontier of Materials Science! here 1 , here 2

2015, Nov : A student won the Best Poster Award at the international conference IUMRS! here

2015, Nov : We held a farewell party for Mr. Kawanishi, who will be transferred to Tohoku University. Here , 2

2015, Nov : Mr. Yamamoto, a first-year alumnus, visited us. here

2015, Oct .: Our joint research on high-strength transparent glass was published in Scientific Reports and a press release was issued. Here . ASCII , Nikkei Sangyo , Asahi , Zaikei

2015, Sep.: Students gave a presentation at the Japan Institute of Metals. here

2015, Sep .: The results of our joint research on new polar substances have been published in J. Appl. Phys.

2015, Sep .: FT-IR was introduced. Other research equipment has been updated.

2015, Sep .: The results of joint research on XAFS analysis of biomaterials were published in Bone Reports.

2015, Sep .: The results of joint research on local structural analysis of rare earth elements in detection elements were published in Scientific Reports.

2015, Aug .: We had a farewell party for Jocelyn who was returning to Japan. 1 ,  2

2015, Aug .: A textbook on ``Structural analysis techniques for creating new inorganic and organic materials aimed at industrial applications'' that I co-authored was published by CMC Publishing. here

2015, Aug .: Students gave a presentation at the American Society of Microscopy Microscopy & Microanalysis 2015. 1 ,  2

2015, Aug .: We are recruiting academic support staff to prepare TEM samples, etc. Click here for details

2015, July : Students gave a presentation at the 18th XAFS discussion meeting. one two three _  _ 

2015, July : Students gave a presentation at the Young Researchers' Meeting on New Academic Area Research "Nanostructural Information". 1 ,  2

2015, June : Professor Wolfgang Jaeger from Kiel University in Germany visited us. one two three _  _ 

2015, June : A review article on first-principles calculations and ELNES theoretical calculations was published in Microscopy. It was featured on the cover. here

2015, June : We participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house, and many people visited! 0 ,  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6 ,  7 ,  8 ,  9 ,  10 ,  11 ,  12 ,  13 ,  14

2015, May : Students gave a presentation at the Japanese Society of Microscopy. here

2015, May : The results of our joint research on the increase of oxygen vacancies near lattice defects have been published in Nano Lett.

2015, April : Jocelyn Zuliani from the University of Toronto joined our team as a short-term exchange student.

2015, April : Students (5th generation) have been assigned!

2015, Mar .: Students gave a presentation at the Japan Institute of Metals.

2015, Jan .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2015 has ended. We won the Excellence Award! here

2015, Jan : OG's Catherine Chan and Charles ChiFong Kwan visited us. here

-2014-

2014, Dec : Professor Weine Olovsson from Linkoping University, Sweden, Professor Yamamoto from Waseda University, Professor Fujihira and Professor Ishikawa from the University of Tokyo Research Institute visited us. here

2014, Nov : Mr. Yamaguchi and Mr. Kamoi, 2nd generation alumni, visited us. here

2014, Nov : A study on the effect of Fermi level on the intermixing behavior at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 artificial superlattice interface was published in Appl. Phys. Lett.  here

2014, Oct : Professor Taniguchi from NIMS and Professor Ishikawa from the University of Tokyo visited us. here

2014, Oct : Research results using monochromated STEM-EELS to measure molecular vibrations in liquids were published in Microscopy. here

2014, Sep.:  Students gave a presentation at the International Microscopy Congress (IMC18) held in the Czech Republic. here

2014, Sep.:  Students gave a presentation at the Electrochemical Society of Japan.

2014, Sep .: A student gave a presentation at the 14th Crystal Interface Research Group and won the Excellent Presentation Award! 

2014, Sep .: A textbook on "XAFS/EELS local structure analysis" that I co-authored was published by Information Technology Organization. here

2014, Sep .: A manual for ELNES/XANES calculations using CASTEP has been released. here

2014, Sep .: A textbook on STEM that I co-authored was published by Imperial Colledge Press.

2014, Sep .: A review article on ELNES/XANES calculations in material analysis was published in Materia.

2014, July : The web page and research contents have been updated (display may be slightly distorted in older browsers).

2014, June : We participated in the Komaba Research Campus open house, and many people visited!  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5

2014, June.: Research results on defect formation behavior at grain boundaries of CuInSe2 solar cell light absorption layer were published in a special issue of J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn.Click here .

2014, June : Research results examining the effect of stress on BaTiO3 Ti-L2,3 edges were published in Microscopy. here

2014, May : A student gave a presentation at the 70th Commemorative Lecture of the Japanese Society of Microscopy and won the Excellent Presentation Award! Here  2  3

2014, April : Research results that revealed the correlation between the grain boundary atomic structure, band gap, and band bending of CuInSe2 solar cell light absorption layer were published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2014, April : Students (4th generation) have been assigned!

2014, March : Second-year student Yamaguchi-kun has successfully graduated! Here ,  1 ,  2

2014, March.: Research results on XMCD analysis of magnetic thin films jointly researched with Tokyo Institute of Technology, Osaka Prefectural University, Kyoto University, and SPring-8 were published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2014, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Society of Applied Physics. here

2014, March : Computer cluster No. 5 started operation. here

2014, March : A review article on visualization of heavy element dopants in glass was published in NEW GLASS.

2014, Feb .: Research results on the charging and discharging mechanism of Li2MnO3, a positive electrode material for Li-ion batteries, were published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2014, Jan .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2014 has ended. here

-2013-

2013, Dec : Research results on AlN high-pressure phase jointly researched with Univ. Nevada-Las Vegas were published in Physica Status Solidi (b).

2013, Dec : Research results on nanoanalysis of liquids were published in Scientific Reports and a press release was issued. Click here ,  Image of this research result ,  Press release ,  Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun

2013, Nov .: We organized the EMMM2013 international conference and students gave presentations. one two three _  _ 

2013, Oct : Professor Weine Olovsson from Linkoping University in Sweden and Professor Tomoyuki Yamamoto from Waseda University visited us. Here  2  3  4

2013, Oct : A student gave a presentation at the 33rd Electroceramics Research Conference and won the Excellence Award! Here  2

2013, Oct : Research results on new high-temperature capacitor materials were published in Scientific Reports and a press release was issued. This is press  release ,  Nikkei Sangyo ,  Nikkan Kogyo ,  Chemical Industry Daily ,  Optronics ,  Mynavi .

2013, Sep .: Research results on the defect structure of titania nanosheets were published in Scientific Reports. here

2013, Sep .: The 16th XAFS discussion was held. 1 ,  2．

2013, August : Research results on atomic-resolution ELNES conducted jointly with Kyoto University, NIMS, Melbourne Univ., and Monash Univ. were published in J. Appl. Phys. Here .

2013, August : Research results on the effects of local strain on Mn-L2,3 edges were published in J. Appl. Phys. Here .

2013, July : Students gave a presentation at the ISAM4 international conference. 1 ,  2 ,

2013, July : Mr. Patrick Thomas from Univ. Missouri-Kansas city visited our laboratory and deepened our interaction. 1 ,  2

2013, June.: Students gave a presentation at the PacRIM10 international conference. 1 , 2

2013, June : Our research on periodic conductive nanowires in insulators has been accepted for publication in ACS Nano and has been press released. Here , press release ,  Chunichi Shimbun ,  Mynavi .

2013, June : Participated in IIS open  house1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6

2013, May : Research results that made one rare earth atom visible in an optical fiber were published in ACS Nano and a press release was issued. Click here ,  Image of this research result ,  Press release ,  Nikkei Sangyo ,  Nikkei ,  Optronics ,  Mynavi ,  Yahoo ,  Nikkei Weekly ,

2013, May : A paper on the effects of peripheral vacancies and charge states on atomic diffusion was published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2013, April : Students (3rd generation) have been assigned!

2013, March : Students gave a presentation at the Japan Society of Applied Physics. 1 , 2

2013, March : First-year students Matsui-kun and Yamamoto-kun have successfully graduated! 1 , 2

2013, March : A paper on oxygen vacancy formation behavior in rock salt-type oxides was published in a special issue of Ceramic Inter. here

2013, March : Professor Hak-Sung Lee from KIMS visited us. here

2013, March : Co-authored the book.

2013, March : Professor Quentin Ramasse from SuperSTEM visited us. here

2013, March : Students gave a presentation at the Kanto Branch Conference of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. here

2013, Feb : Professor Gianluigi Botton from Mcmaster Univ. visited us. here

2013, Jan .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2013 has ended. here

-2012-

2012, Nov .: Collaborative research with Melbourne Univ., NIMS, Monash Univ., was published in Appl. Phys. Lett.

2012, Oct .: A paper on dopant solid solution behavior in HfO2 was published in J. Appl. Phys. here

2012, Oct .: Students gave a presentation at the WOE-19 international conference. here

2012, Sep .: A paper on defect formation behavior of LaAlO3 was published in Phys. Rev. B. here

2012, Sep .: Students gave a presentation at the IUMRS International Conference. 1 , 2

2012, Sep .: Students gave a presentation at the Japan Ceramics Association. 1 , 2

2012, Sep .: The 19th WIEN2k workshop was held. 1 ,  2．

2012, Sep .: A paper on the effect of dislocation movement on electrical properties was published in Scientific Reports. here

2012, Aug. : Mr. Ben Walker from Univ. Missouri-Kansas city visited our laboratory and deepened our interaction. 1 ,  2

2012, June : Participated in Komaba II campus open house. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

2012, May : Students gave a presentation at the Japanese Society of Microscopy. 1

2012, May : Students gave a presentation at the AMTC3 international conference. 1 , 2

2012, April : Students (second generation) have been assigned!

2012, April : A paper on thin film growth and STEM observation of solid electrolyte (LaLiTiO3) for lithium ion secondary batteries was published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2012, Feb .: A paper on oxygen vacancies at CeO2 grain boundaries was published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2012, Jan .: Professor Weine Olovsson from Linköping University visited us. Here .

2012, Jan .: Materials Engineering Free Research 2012 has ended. We won the Excellence Award! 1

-2011-

2011, Nov .: Professor Goichi Ikeno from Kyoto University visited us. Here .

2011, Dec .: A paper on the influence of oxygen vacancies and quantitative determination of oxygen vacancy concentration in Ti-L2,3 ELNES was published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2011, Nov : A paper on ELNES calculation in the lattice mismatch region using the first-principles pseudopotential method was published in Micron. here

2011, Nov .: A paper on modeling of asymmetric grain boundaries and calculation of grain boundary energy was published in Phys. Rev. B. here

2011, Nov .: We organized a special session at the Japan Institute of Metals (Okinawa) and students gave presentations. Here  2  3．

2011, Oct .: The 31st Electroceramics Research Conference was held on October 28-29. Here  2．

2011, Oct .: A research paper on Zr segregation and defect formation at Al2O3 grain boundaries was published in a special issue of J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. here

2011, Sep .: We organized the 4th Young Researchers' Meeting (Aichi) for the specific area research "Nanomaterial Science of Functional Elements" and students gave presentations. Here . twenty  three

2011, Sep .: Computer cluster No. 4 begins operation. here

2011, Sep .: A paper on the change in V valence at the SrVO3/LaAlO3 interface was published in J. Appl. Phys. here

2011, Sep .: A paper clarifying the cause of the decrease in the brightness of HAADF images at crystal interfaces was published in Ultramicroscopy.

2011, August : Professor Naoya Shibata from the University of Tokyo University visited us on August 26th. here

2011, July : Professor Masanori Kayama of AIST and Professor Tomoyuki Tamura of Nagoya Institute of Technology visited us on July 22nd. here

2011, July : Dr. Christian Elsaesser from Fraunhofer-Institut visited us on July 19th. here

2011, July : ISAM4, an international conference on theoretical computing , was held at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Biosciences on July 20-22 . Here . 2

2011, June : A paper on diffusion control at heterointerfaces in artificial superlattices was published in Adv. Func. Mater. here

2011, June : Participated in the Komaba II campus open house. here

2011, May : We organized the STEM-EELS session at the International Conference on Microbeams (IUMAS-V) held in Seoul.

2011, May : A research review of our laboratory was published in J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. You can download it from here .

2011, April : Students (first class) have been assigned!

2011, Mar : A paper on atomic diffusion in SrTiO3 was published in Appl. Phys. Lett. here

2011, Mar : Univ. Dr. WY Ching from Missouri-Kansas city visited us. here