Welcome to the Nano Interface Laboratory

World Primer International Research Center  Advanced Institute for Materials Research   Tohoku University

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The Nano Interface Technology Research Group (IKUHARA Laboratory) is a part of the WPI Research Center, Advanced Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University. Our main aim is to unveil the fundamental principle that governs the stable atomic structure of crystalline defects and the mechanism of their functional properties. We combine direct characterization of materials by state-of-art atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy, determination of electronic/magnetic states by advanced spectroscopy, explorations of functional properties by atomistic first-principles calculations, and the establishment of the universal geometrical theory of crystalline interfaces by pure mathematical approaches. Thereby we make an essential contribution for the development of advanced materials.

 

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