Director
Yoshinori TOKURA (D.Eng.)

Research Areas

In modern materials science, our ability to create novel functions at the nano-meter scale has been extended and enhanced by the introduction of new concepts for manipulating atoms and molecules and the development of micro- and nano-fabrication techniques. Our research objective is to better elucidate the principles involved in order to create innovative functions that may lead to new ways of looking at the fields of molecular devices and quantum computers. We will study combinations of three functional components, electrons, atoms and molecules, aiming to create, align, observe and measure material functions at the nano-meter scale.

Related links

1. RIKEN Advanced Science Institute Website_Laboratories Page

Press release

May 10, 2010

New quantum optical device with superconductive artificial atoms developed

June 20, 2008

Identifying a second carbon nano-tube structure through SPring-8 synchrotron radiation, which looks like a helical ladder of a pair of graphite molecules, reminiscent of DNA's double helix structure

RIKEN RESEARCH

March 11, 2011

Fridge magnet transformed
A common industrial magnet exhibits rare and potentially useful qualities when its composition is slightly altered

February 25,2011

Vortices get organized
Exotic entities that arrange into a crystalline structure at near room-temperature could lead to a new approach to electronic memory

October 01,2010

When old is new again
A fundamental effect associated with electrons also occurs in non-charged particles-a potential boon for spintronics

August 20,2010

Magnets with a twist
The first direct observation of an unusual magnetic structure could lead to novel electronic and magnetic memory devices