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2/29/2024

Notice

Satoko Toyama was featured in JST News. Detail

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

12/6/2023

Media

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

3/13/2023

Award

Prof. Shibata was selected for the Japan Academy Prize. 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

12/15/2022

Award

Prof. Shibata received the Inoue Prize for Science. 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.

3/23/2022

Notice

The commencement ceremony for the graduate school was held. Detail

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.

3/5/2021

Award

Assistant Professor Seki received Kazato Research Encouragement Prize. Detail

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

10/15/2020

Media

Our joint research with JEOL was featured in Nikkei Business (Japanese). 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

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