Professor

Akari Takayama

Professor

Tadashi Abukawa

Associate Professor

Taiki Hoshino

Assistant Professor

Hajime Yamamoto

Atomic-level characterization of solid surfaces and interfaces for new surface functions.

We study surfaces and interfaces at the atomic level to create surfaces and interfaces with various functions. We have developed novel methods for surface structure analysis, such as Correlated Thermal Diffuse Scattering and Weissenberg Reflection High-energy Electron Diffraction (W-RHEED). W-RHEED is an excellent method that can measure a large amount of data required for three-dimensional surface structure analysis in only about 20 minutes. Using the developed methods and microscopy techniques such as Photoelectron Emission Microscopy (PEEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), we will reveal the structures of newly created surface and new materials, and elucidate their electronic structures by means of synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy at NanoTerasu.

Themes

• Development of novel techniques for surface structure analysis.
• Synthesis of novel surface materials and surface structure analysis.
• Explore new materials by high-pressure synthesis.
• Study of material dynamics using synchrotron radiation.