Prof. Shibata was selected as a Highly Cited Researcher 2025 by Clarivate. Detail

We have published a paper on the direct observation of a novel atomic diffusion mechanism along a ceramics grain boundary, and issued a press release. Detail

We have issued a press release for our newly published paper on the direct observation of fast atomic diffusion along ceramic grain boundary. Detail

We are pleased to announce that the "2nd Public Symposium of the Shibata Ultra-Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy Project" was held with a great number of attendees. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who attended.

We held the 25th Crystal Interface Seminar. Detail

Prof. Eric Stach from University of Pennsylvania gave a lecture Detail

Li Aowen won Poster Award at IAMNano 2025. Detail

Yan Jingyuan won Poster Award at the IAMNano 2025. Detail

Nanami Yamamoto won the Poster Award at the M&M2025 Detail

Prof. Naoya Shibata has been elected as a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America and was honored at the M&M 2025 meeting. Detail

Lecturer Takehito Seki’s research project, “Development of Innovative Electron Microscopy Methods and Their Application to Materials Research,” has been selected for funding under the JST FOREST Program. Detail

Ayumu Oyaizu and Koudai Tabata won Oral Presentation Award at the 81th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail

A paper on the observation of domain wall charges in ferroelectrics has been published in Science Advances. We have also issued a press release regarding this publication. Detail

Associate Professor Ishikawa receives the Seto Award. Detail

ERATO-Shibata project, JEOL, and Dectris jointly held a 4D-STEM workshop.

Mr. Xu, a second-year master's student, has received the Poster Award at International Workshop On In Situ Electron Microscopy Detail

B4 students, Naoyuki Ichiryu, Yuki Imai and Yu Nishiuchi have joined our group. Detail

PhD candidate Mr. Cao, and master’s students Mr. Arai and Mr. Kojima, have successfully obtained their degrees and are now setting off on new paths in their careers. Detail

Prof. Shibata has been selected as an Ambassador of Shimane Prefecture. Detail

Mr. Arai, a second-year master's student, has received the Outstanding Master's Thesis Award. Detail

Prof. Naoya Shibata has been elected as a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America. Detail

We co-hosted a student workshop with Professor Eva Olsson's group from Chalmers University of Technology. Detail

Prof. Fujiyoshi from Institute of Science Tokyo gave a lecture Detail

Prof. Eva Olsson's group from Chalmers University of Technology is currently visiting.

Dr. Toyama has been awarded the Kazato Research Encouragement Prize. Detail

Prof. Robert Klie, University of Illinois and Prof. Si-Young Choi, POSTECH gave lectures. Detail

We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail

Shinsuke Hashimoto won the Excellent Presentation Award at 15th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices '24. Detail

Prof. Toma Susi from University of Vienna gave a lecture. Detail

Prof. Elizabeth C. Dickey gave a lecture. Detail

The introduction website for the magnetic-field-free electron microscope, MARS, which was jointly developed by our lab and JEOL Ltd., has been launched. Detail

Koudai Tabata won Best Oral Presentation Award at 2024 Peking University "Boya M-Talents" International Doctoral Students Academic Forum. Detail

A paper on Direct observation of space-charge layers at oxyde grain boundaries has been published in Nature Communications. We have also issued press release on this paper. Detail

Koudai Tabata won the Presentation Award at 21th Annual Meeting of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan.

We held the 24th Crystal Interface Seminar. Detail

Dr. Toyama's research has been selected for the JST PRESTO [Measurement and Analysis Foundation] program. Detail

Koudai Tabata won Student Scholar Award at M&M 2024 Detail

Masaki Arai won Poster Award at iib 2024. Detail

Dr. Toshihiro Futazuka won Poster Award at IIB 2024. Detail

Koudai Tabata, Masaki Arai, Yoshifumi Kojima received the Student Presentation Award at the 80th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy Detail

Professor Nellist gave a lecture

M1 student Michael Xu received the Poster Award at the 80th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy

Dr. Gabriel Sánchez Santolino gave a lecture

B4 students, Yuya Asano, Ayumu Oyaizu and Kounosuke Oe have joined our group.

Satoko Toyama has been appointed as an Assistant Professor.

Toshihiro Futazuka has been appointed as Project Researcher.

Yan Jingyuan has been appointed as Project Researcher.

Prof. Eva Olsson gave a lecture. Detail

Michel Xu won Dean's award of Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Futazuka won Dean's award of Faculty of Engineering.

The first public symposium of "Shibata Ultra-Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy Project" was held on March 7, 2024.

Satoko Toyama was featured in JST News. Detail

Assistant Professor Seki has been promoted to Senior Assistant Professor.

A paper has been published in Science Advances and a press release has been issued on real-time tracking of three-dimensional atomic dynamics of Pt trimer. Detail

A paper entitled "Direct Imaging of Atomic Rattling Motion in a Clathrate Compound" has been published. Detail

We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail

Japan Metal Bulletin published an article on our group's research results. Detail

A paper has been published in Nature Communications and a press release has been issued on the direct observation of the atomic structure of grain boundaries in steel using a magnetic field-free electron microscope. Detail

Yoshifumi Kojima received the Best Poster Award at the 66th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail

Yoshiki O. Murakami received the Best Oral Presentation Award for his presentation at the International Microscopy Congress held in Korea in September.

Yoshiki Murakami received the Best Presentation Award at the Fall Meeting of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy.

Tokyo Shimbun, Chubu Keizai Shimbun, San-in Chuo Shimpo, and others published an article on our group's research results. Detail

Minjian Cao received the Best Poster Award at JIMM workshop "Microdomain mechanical characterisation and multiscale modelling."

Newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun published an article on our group's research results. Detail

A paper on visualization of atomic sites in zeolite using the OBF STEM method was published in Science Advances and a press release was issued. Detail

Kodai Tabata received the Best Presentation Award (Bronze Prize) at the Young Scientists' Meeting of "New Materials Science on Nanoscale Structures and Functions of Crystal Defect Cores". Detail

Photos of the winners of the Japanese Society of Microscopy and IAMNano2023 with their award certificates were taken. Detail

Mr. Tabata received the Best Student Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail

At the international conference IAMNano 2023, Mr. Tabata received the Best Poster Award and Mr. Imada received the Poster Award.

Mr. Kojima received the Best Poster Award at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy .

Prof. Naoya Shibata received the Japan Academy Prize with Prof. Yuichi Ikuhara. Detail

The group photo has been updated.

Two undergraduate students have just joined.

Internet media, EE Times Japan, published an article on our group's research results. Detail

Dr. Toyama received the Dean's Award (doctoral thesis) of the Graduate School of Engineering and Mr. Tabata received the same award (master's thesis). Detail

Press release on the direct observation of two-dimensional electron gas, which was published in Nature Nanotechnology. Detail

Prof. Shibata was selected for the Japan Academy Prize. Detail

Assistant Professor Seki received the Tsai AnPang Award at the 27th Quasicrystals Research Meeting.

We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail

Prof. Shibata received the Inoue Prize for Science. Detail

Mr Murakami received the Student Lecture Award (Sakurai Lecture Award) at the 46th Annual Conference on Magnetics in Japan. Detail

Prof. Naoya Shibata's research project "Ultra-Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy" has been selected for "ERATO", Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

A paper entitled "Linear imaging theory for differential phase contrast and other phase imaging modes in scanning transmission electron microscopy" has been published. Detail

Magnetic field-free Atomic Resolution STEM (MARS) project was featured in the June issue of JST News (in Japanese). Detail

Assistant Professor Seki received Encouragement Prize from The Japan Society of Microscopy.

A paper entitled "Quantitative electric field mapping in semiconductor heterostructures via tilt-scan averaged DPC STEM" is now available. Detail

Group photo has been updated.

Two undergraduate students and one PhD student have just joined.

The commencement ceremony for the graduate school was held. Detail

Mr. Iwata was awarded the An-Pang Tsai (Student Division) at the 23rd Quasicrystals Meeting. Detail

We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail

Press release was issued on the results of real-space visualization of intrinsic magnetic fields of an antiferromagnet, which was published in Nature. Detail

Four students received presentation awards at the 46th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail

Assistant Professor Seki's research project has been selected as a "PRESTO" project by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Detail

Member photos have been updated.

Two undergraduate students and one PhD student have just joined.

Assistant Professor Seki received Kazato Research Encouragement Prize. Detail

We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail

Mr. Ooe, a PhD student, received Poster Presentation Award at the 63rd Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail

At the 63rd Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy, our presentations received three "Like! Award" and one "Views Ranking Award". Detail