This is were we announce new journal articles and conference proceedings published by members of the group.
In consumer liquid-crystal displays, “nematic” liquid-crystals, in which bar-shaped molecules align along a certain direction, are utilized. Configuration of this molecular alignment can be controlled by an applied voltage, to change the light transparency of each pixel. Recently, “nematic superconductivity”, which is analogous to nematic liquid-crystals, has been discovered. Superconductivity, the phenomenon characterized by the […]
195Pt-NMR measurements of Pt nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 4.0 nm were performed in a high magnetic field of approximately μ0H=23.3 T to investigate the low-temperature electronic state of the nanoparticles. The characteristic temperature T∗, below which the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 deviates from the relaxation rate of the bulk, shows a magnetic-field dependence. This dependence supports the […]
Antiperovskite oxide superconductor Sr3−xSnO was measured by a method called muon spin rotation (μSR). It became clear that the magnetic field penetration depth is abnormally long. Sr3−xSnO is a superconductor discovered in our laboratory in 2016. It is the first superconductor in the antiperovskite oxide, and the possibility of topological superconductivity has been theoretically proposed. […]
Magnetic differential measurements In order to perform magnetisation measurements, it is usually necessary to put a sample onto a sample holder. If the holder magnetization is exactly zero, it is straightforward to extract the sample magnetisation. However, it is practically impossible to bring the holder magnetisation completely to zero. Thus, it is common to use […]
Our reports on current-induced “diamagnetism” In 2017, our group reported the insurgence of very large diamagnetism, a phenomenon where a sample shows a magnetisation in the direction antiparallel to the applied magnetic field. The diamagnetism was appearing in the Mott insulator Ca2RuO4 when a current of a few mA was applied to the material while […]
In CaSb2 , the calcium and antimony atoms are arranged in a special arrangement called “non-conformal”. Since atoms are arranged periodically in a crystal, if one atom moves in parallel so that it overlaps with the next atom, other atoms also overlap with the next atom, resulting in the same structure as the original. I will. In addition to […]
We performed 185/187Re nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements under pressure to investigate the superconducting properties of noncentrosymmetric superconductor Cd2Re2O7 under various crystal structures. The pressure dependence of superconducting transition temperature Tc determined through ac susceptibility measurements is consistent with the results of previous resistivity measurements [Kobayashi et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 80, 023715 (2011)]. Below 2.2 GPa, in the nuclear […]
It is theoretically predicted that the energy level of nanoparticles that have a reduced diameter down to the nanometer size will be discrete in energy level, unlike bulk materials in which energy exists continuously. This effect is called the quantum size effect or the Kubo effect after the name of Prof. Ryogo Kubo. Although it has been […]
In an antiperovskite oxide Sr3SnO, an anionic state is naively expected for tin such as (Sr2+)3Sn4-O2-. Since tin is a metallic element and tends to be cations like Sn2+ and Sn4+, the “charge-inverted” state Sn4− is unusual and very rare in oxides. However, it has not been experimentally investigated how many electrons tin actually possesses in antiperovskite oxides. We made […]
Superconductivity is known as a phenomenon where electrical resistance becomes zero when a substance is cooled to a low temperature. In superconductivity, two electrons form a paired state (superconducting pair), and in most cases the spins of the two electrons are antiparallel (called the spin singlet state). Therefore, superconductivity is destroyed under a strong magnetic field. However, the […]