Past Topics
11/24/2024
Award
Shinsuke Hashimoto won the Excellent Presentation Award at 15th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices '24. Detail
10/29/2024
Notice
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
10/28/2024
Award
Koudai Tabata won Best Oral Presentation Award at 2024 Peking University "Boya M-Talents" International Doctoral Students Academic Forum. Detail
10/20/2024
プレスリリース
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
9/25/2024
Award
Koudai Tabata won the Presentation Award at 21th Annual Meeting of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan.
9/18/2024
Notice
Dr. Toyama's research has been selected for the JST PRESTO [Measurement and Analysis Foundation] program. Detail
6/10/2024
Award
Koudai Tabata, Masaki Arai, Yoshifumi Kojima received the Student Presentation Award at the 80th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy Detail
6/5/2024
Notice
Professor Nellist gave a lecture
6/4/2024
Award
M1 student Michael Xu received the Poster Award at the 80th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
5/6/2024
Notice
Dr. Gabriel Sánchez Santolino gave a lecture
4/8/2024
Notice
B4 students, Yuya Asano, Ayumu Oyaizu and Kounosuke Oe have joined our group.
3/31/2024
Notice
Satoko Toyama has been appointed as an Assistant Professor.
3/31/2024
Notice
Toshihiro Futazuka has been appointed as Project Researcher.
3/31/2024
Notice
Yan Jingyuan has been appointed as Project Researcher.
3/21/2024
Award
Michel Xu won Dean's award of Faculty of Engineering
3/20/2024
Award
Dr. Futazuka won Dean's award of Faculty of Engineering.
3/6/2024
Notice
The first public symposium of "Shibata Ultra-Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy Project" was held on March 7, 2024.
2/29/2024
Notice
Assistant Professor Seki has been promoted to Senior Assistant Professor.
2/28/2024
Press release
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
2/16/2024
Publication
A paper entitled "Direct Imaging of Atomic Rattling Motion in a Clathrate Compound" has been published. Detail
2/5/2024
Notice
We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail
12/5/2023
Press release
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
11/16/2023
Award
Yoshifumi Kojima received the Best Poster Award at the 66th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail
11/13/2023
Award
Yoshiki O. Murakami received the Best Oral Presentation Award for his presentation at the International Microscopy Congress held in Korea in September.
11/5/2023
Award
Yoshiki Murakami received the Best Presentation Award at the Fall Meeting of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy.
9/11/2023
Media
Tokyo Shimbun, Chubu Keizai Shimbun, San-in Chuo Shimpo, and others published an article on our group's research results. Detail
8/27/2023
Award
Minjian Cao received the Best Poster Award at JIMM workshop "Microdomain mechanical characterisation and multiscale modelling."
8/2/2023
Media
Newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun published an article on our group's research results. Detail
8/2/2023
Press release
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
7/31/2023
Award
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
7/25/2023
Notice
Photos of the winners of the Japanese Society of Microscopy and IAMNano2023 with their award certificates were taken. Detail
7/17/2023
Award
Mr. Tabata received the Best Student Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail
6/29/2023
Award
At the international conference IAMNano 2023, Mr. Tabata received the Best Poster Award and Mr. Imada received the Poster Award.
6/26/2023
Award
Mr. Kojima received the Best Poster Award at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy .
6/11/2023
Award
Prof. Naoya Shibata received the Japan Academy Prize with Prof. Yuichi Ikuhara. Detail
4/24/2023
Notice
The group photo has been updated.
4/6/2023
Notice
Two undergraduate students have just joined.
3/22/2023
Media
Internet media, EE Times Japan, published an article on our group's research results. Detail
3/22/2023
Award
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
3/20/2023
Press release
Press release on the direct observation of two-dimensional electron gas, which was published in Nature Nanotechnology. Detail
2/28/2023
Award
Assistant Professor Seki received the Tsai AnPang Award at the 27th Quasicrystals Research Meeting.
2/1/2023
Notice
We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail
11/21/2022
Award
Mr Murakami received the Student Lecture Award (Sakurai Lecture Award) at the 46th Annual Conference on Magnetics in Japan. Detail
9/25/2022
Notice
Prof. Naoya Shibata's research project "Ultra-Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy" has been selected for "ERATO", Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
7/28/2022
Publication
A paper entitled "Linear imaging theory for differential phase contrast and other phase imaging modes in scanning transmission electron microscopy" has been published. Detail
6/2/2022
Media
Magnetic field-free Atomic Resolution STEM (MARS) project was featured in the June issue of JST News (in Japanese). Detail
5/11/2022
Award
Assistant Professor Seki received Encouragement Prize from The Japan Society of Microscopy.
4/27/2022
Publication
A paper entitled "Quantitative electric field mapping in semiconductor heterostructures via tilt-scan averaged DPC STEM" is now available. Detail
4/26/2022
Notice
Group photo has been updated.
4/6/2022
Notice
Two undergraduate students and one PhD student have just joined.
2/22/2022
Award
Mr. Iwata was awarded the An-Pang Tsai (Student Division) at the 23rd Quasicrystals Meeting. Detail
2/15/2022
Notice
We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail
2/9/2022
Press release
Press release was issued on the results of real-space visualization of intrinsic magnetic fields of an antiferromagnet, which was published in Nature. Detail
11/25/2021
Award
Four students received presentation awards at the 46th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail
9/30/2021
Notice
Assistant Professor Seki's research project has been selected as a "PRESTO" project by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Detail
7/29/2021
Notice
Member photos have been updated.
4/7/2021
Notice
Two undergraduate students and one PhD student have just joined.
2/2/2021
Notice
We will hold a laboratory tour for third-year students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Detail
12/20/2020
Award
Mr. Ooe, a PhD student, received Poster Presentation Award at the 63rd Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail
11/30/2020
Award
At the 63rd Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy, our presentations received three "Like! Award" and one "Views Ranking Award". Detail
11/19/2020
Press release
Press release on the foundation symposium of the Next Generation Electron Microscopy Social Cooperation Program has been made (Japanese). Detail
11/5/2020
Publication
A paper entitled "Towards Quantitative Electromagnetic Field Imaging By Differential Phase Contrast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy" has been published. Detail
10/21/2020
Notice
Website of Next Generation Electron Microscopy Social Cooperation Program has been launched. Detail
10/16/2020
Publication
A paper entitled "Ultra-high contrast STEM imaging for segmented/pixelated detectors by maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio" has been published. Detail
9/8/2020
Press release
Press release was issued on the results of atomic-level elucidation of the charging process of a next-generation high-capacity lithium battery, which was published in Nature Communications. Detail
8/17/2020
Press release
Press release on the publication of a paper in Communications Materials in collaboration with the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. Detail
5/29/2020
Publication
A paper entitled "Quantitative electric field mapping of a p–n junction by DPC STEM" has been published. Detail
5/25/2020
Publication
A paper entitled "Magnetic-structure imaging in polycrystalline materials by specimen-tilt series averaged DPC STEM" has been published. Detail
4/8/2020
Notice
Two undergraduate students have just joined.
3/31/2020
Notice
Web site launched.
11/29/2019
Award
Mr. Murakami, a first-year master's student, received the Student Presentation Award at the 62nd Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. Detail
8/4/2019
Award
Mr. Ooe, a PhD student, received the Student Scholar Award at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2019. Detail
6/1/2019
Media
NHK News reported the result of developing the world's first electron microscope.
5/23/2019
Media
Numerous media reported the development of the world's first electron microscope. Detail
5/23/2019
Press release
A joint research group between Prof. Shibata and JEOL has succeeded in developing the world's first electron microscope that can directly observe magnetic materials at the atomic level without being affected by a magnetic field. Detail