Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials
| Prof. Tsuyoshi Yoshitake | |
| Research Fields | Sensing, Thin Solid Films, Electronic Materials, Electric Devices, Photovoltaics, Applied Physics |
| Key words: | thin film growth, sensors, quantum centers, photovoltaics, photodiodes, diamond, hard coating, sputtering, coaxial arc plasma deposition |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Formation of quantum centers in diamond lattices and their applications to sensing and luminescent markers 2. Fabrication of nanocrystalline diamond films by physical vapor depositions and their application to sensors, photovoltaics, and hard coating 3. Growth of semiconducting iron disilicides thin films by sputtering and their application to near-infrared sensors |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of electronics or materials |
| Prof. Kiichi Hamamoto | |
| Research fields: | Opto-electronics, Photonic device, Semiconductor, Opto-electronic communication |
| Key words: | Optical switch for future optical router, multi-mode multiplexing device for future high capacity transmission, laser diode by using active-MMI for high speed and high capacity communication, and optical integrated circuits for breath-sensing (gas-sensing) |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Optical mode switch for future data center 2. High speed laser diode 3. Compact breath-sensing system |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Electro-magnetic theory, Fourier analysis, Computer programming |
| Applicants who want to be supervised by this professor MUST contact directly with the professor by email to ask for an invitation letter. (*) NHK morning news has broadcasted our recent research progress on optical mode switch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqEg6U76I2A (We apologize that the news was taken in Japanese, however, you may see the device image and experimental setup in the video.) |
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| Prof. Wataru Saito | |
| Research fields: | Power semiconductor devices Power semiconductor device control Power electronics |
| Key words: | Semiconductor, Power devices, Power MOSFETs, IGBT, Pin diode, SBD, SiC, GaN, Power electronics, Electric power conversion, Inverter circuit |
| Potential research themes: |
Novel power semiconductor devices Intelligent control technologies of power semiconductor devices Integration technologies of high functional power modules |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge on semiconductor physics Fundamental knowledge on electric circuit |
| Assoc. Prof. Kungen Teii | |
| Research fields: | Inorganic materials, Electronic materials and devices, Biomedical materials and devices |
| Key words: | Electric and electronic materials, Wide bandgap material, Ultrahard material, Biomaterial, Dielectric material, Power semiconductor device, Field electron emitter, Doping, Plasma engineering, Diamond, Nano-carbon, Boron nitride, Silicon carbide, Electrostatic probe, Optical spectroscopy |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Development of power semiconductor devices using wide bandgap materials 2. Development of vacuum micro/nano-electronic devices using field electron emitters 3. Development of cutting tools and biomedical devices using ultrahard materials |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of materials science and engineering or semiconductor physics |
| Assoc. Prof. Masaru Itakura | |
| Research fields: | Microstructures of metallic and semiconducting materials
Electron microscopy for solid state physics |
| Key words: | Electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Magnetic materials, Semiconducting silicides |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Microstructure analysis and control of hard magnetic materials
2. Microstructure characterization of silicon-based semiconducting thin-film materials 3. Research and development of low-voltage scanning electron microscopy |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge on material science and electron microscopy
Skills for safely treating chemicals or electrical tools. |
| Prof. Michitaka Ohtaki | |
| Research Fields | Inorganic materials science, Physical chemistry, Energy-oriented materials chemistry |
| Key words: | Oxide thermoelectric materials, Thermoelectric conversion, Functional oxide ceramics, Energy conversion materials, Photocatalysis, Low-dimensional nanomaterials, Self-assembly, Organic-inorganic hybrids |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Development of oxide thermoelectric materials with unconventional crystal structure. 2. Electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of low-dimensional nanomaterials synthesized by using self-assembly molecular template. |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of chemistry and physics |
| Prof. Byung-Koog Jang | |
| Research Fields | Structural ceramics, High temperature ceramic coatings, Ceramic composites |
| Key words: | Ceramics, Composites, Sintering, Mechanical properties, Thermal properties, Chemical corrosion, Microstructure, Thermal conductivity |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Thermal and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbine applications
2. Transparent ceramics 3. Carbon nanotubes or Graphene reinforced nano composites 4. High temperature ceramics |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of materials science or metallurgy |
| Prof. Satoshi Hata | |
| Research Fields | Electron microscopy: methodology developments and applications to advanced materials |
| Key words: | Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Electron tomography (ET), Automated crystal orientation mapping (ACOM), Short-range order (SRO), Monte Carlo simulation, Three-dimensional (3D) visualization of nanostructures |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Dynamic behavior of materials studied by in-situ straining and 3D observation in TEM 2. ACOM-based nanostructural characterization in TEM 3. Structures of SRO in alloys studied by 3D electron microscopy and modeling 4. Nanostructural characterization of advanced materials (steel, alloys, superconductors, glass, etc.) |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of electron microscopy, solid-state physics, and metallurgy Skills for safely treating chemicals and electrical tools Skills for programing |
| Assoc.Prof. Hikaru Saito | |
| Research Fields | Nanophotonics, Electron beam spectroscopy |
| Key words: | Plasmonics, Topological photonics, Light – matter interaction, Electron energy-loss spectroscopy, Cathodoluminescence, Data science |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Study on nanophotonic phenomena excited by an electron beam 2. Development of novel electron beam spectroscopy by utilizing light science and technology 3. Development of smart electron beam spectroscopy for in-situ observation assisted by data science |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of electromagnetics and solid state physics Skills for safely treating chemicals and operating vacuum instruments Skills for programing and simulation |
| Prof. Hirotsugu Kikuchi
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| Research Fields | Soft Matter Science, Material Chemistry and/or Physics of Polymers and /or Liquid Crystals |
| Key words: | Liquid crystal, Electro-optical device, Chiral molecule, Kerr effect, Ferroelectrics |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Control of nano-structure of soft matter consisting of liquid crystal and/or polymer 2. Creation of new liquid crystal phase and application to electro-optic devices 3. Development of novel electro-optical devices and photonic crystals 4. Highly polar liquid crystal materials |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of physical chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry or material physics |
| Assoc. Prof. Ken Albrecht | |
| Research Fields | Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Materials Chemistry |
| Key words: | Organic semiconductors, Organic light-emitting diodes, Dendrimer, Luminescence, Electrostatic Catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Secondary Battery |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Fabrication of new solution-processable OLED materials 2. Fabrication of organic secondary battery materials 3. Discovering new electrostatic catalysis reactions |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of chemistry and physics |
| Applicants who want to be supervised by this professor MUST contact directly with the professor by email to ask for an invitation letter. | |
| Prof. Jun-ichiro Hayashi | |
| Assoc. Prof. Shinji Kudo | |
| Research fields: | Chemical Engineering, Chemical Reaction Engineering |
| Key words: | Carbon resources, biomass, lignite, coal, thermochemical conversion, catalysis, pyrolysis, gasification, upgrading, production of green chemicals/materials, detailed chemical kinetics and modeling, computational fluid dynamics, reactor simulation and design |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Biomass conversion to chemicals, materials and fuels 2. Carbon-neutral/negative coproduction of power, chemicals and iron 3. New reactor and reactor systems 4. Catalysis in carbon resources conversion |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of physical chemistry, chemical engineering, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, mechanical engineering or fuel science |
| Prof. Seongho Yoon | |
| Research fields: | Functional carbon materials and their applications to energy and environmental devices |
| Key words: | High utilization of coal and petroleum residues (upgrading and pyrolysis), Functional carbons for batteries and capacitors, Activated carbons, Cokes and pitches for functional carbons, Carbon fiber and carbon nanofiber, Advanced adsorbents |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Preparation, structural analysis and advanced applications of functional carbon materials 2. High utilization of coal and petroleum residues for advanced functional carbon materials 3. Preparation and applications of carbon nanofiber |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of material science and engineering |
| Assoc. Prof. Jin Miyawaki | |
| Research fields: | Adsorption science for porous carbon materials |
| Key words: | Adsorption, Pore, Surface, Porous carbon, Analysis, Preparation, NMR |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Molecular behavior in confined space of porous carbon 2. Adsorption heat pump using activated carbon 3. Porous carbon for gas separation |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of chemistry and physics |
| Applicants who want to be supervised by this professor MUST contact directly with the professor by email to ask for an invitation letter. | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dong Wang | |
| Research fields: | Physics and technology of semiconductor material and devices |
| Key words: | Optoelectronics, CMOS, MOSFET, strain engineering, gate stack engineering, channel engineering, source/drain engineering, interface engineering, defect engineering, metal/semiconductor contact, pn junction, MOS capacitor, Ge, SiGe, Si |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Research & development of Ge based optoelectronics Strain, interface, defect, metal/semiconductor contact engineering 2. Research & development of Si/Ge CMOS devices Gate stack, channel, and source/drain engineering |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of semiconductor physics and devices. Fundamental knowledge of semiconductor optics and photonics. Fundamental skills and experiences of semiconductor fabrication process. Fundamental skills and experiences of electrical and optical measurements. |
| Prof. Reiji Hattori | |
| Research fields: | Electrical Device Engineering, Flat-panel display technology, Display electronics |
| Key words: | Oxide Thin-film transistor, Organic Thin-film transistor, Organic light-emitting diode, Touch sensor panel |
| Potential research themes: |
1. Development of a new display AMOLED, Flexible display, AR display, SoV Display 2. Development of display driving method Oxide thin-film transistor backplane design and fabrication, display driver LSI design, Wireless power transmitting technology 3. Development of display-related sensors Touch screen panel, Finger print sensor, biosensors |
| Required knowledge and skills: | Fundamental knowledge of electrical circuit and electrical device physics |
