Department of Interface Quantum Science aims to create new electronic devices and sensing principles that satisfy various social needs by drawing out and integrating the potential of various materials such as spintronics materials, nanocarbon materials, and flexible materials. In particular, we are pioneering flexible and chiral spintronics, and developing new functional spintronics materials based on nanofabrication technique, physics, and chemistry. Our aim is to develop new applications that are not extensions of conventional spintronics, such as sensing of mechanical motion. We are also developing biosensing technology utilizing the excellent electrical properties of graphene.
Staff
April 2023 - Present |
Director, International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, Tohoku University |
April 2019 - Present |
Professor (Honorary Professor at Osaka University), SANKEN, Osaka University |
November 2022 - March 2023 |
Professor (concurrently), International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, Tohoku University |
April 2013 - March 2019 |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
October 2010 - March 2014 |
Researcher (concurrently), The PRESTO program “Nanosystems and Emergent Functions”, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
April 2012 - March 2013 |
Associate Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University |
April 2009 - March 2012 |
Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University |
October 2008 - March 2009 |
Project Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University |
April 2004 - September 2008 |
Researcher, ERATO Ohno Semiconductor Spintronics Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
Current Research Topics
- Investigation of sensing technology based on elastic property and change in physical properties of nano-thin films (nano-elastronics)
- Application of spintronics devices for mechanical sensing
- Investigation of artificial chiral magnetic material using nanoscale modulation of magnetic properties
- Development of non-destructive testing for infrastructure monitoring using magnets and magnetic sensors