Research Group:
Structural Materials Science
Contact:
| SUGIMOTO Kunihisa |
| 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka 577-8502 Japan |
| Telephone: 06-4307-5099 |
| sugimoto (at) chem.kindai.ac.jp |
Research Area:
Fundamental Characterization, Applied Materials, Measurements
Beamline:
BL02B1, BL02B2, BL04B2, BL08W, BL10XU, BL13XU, BL15XU, BL19B2, BL22XU, BL35XU, BL40XU, BL43LXU, BL44B2, BL46XU
Overview of Research Group, Goals and Purposes:
Structural materials science research at SPring-8 has been conducted to elucidate the characteristics of crystal structures that are involved in the origin of novel physical properties of strongly correlated electron systems, fullerene-related materials, organic solids, magnetic materials, dielectric materials, semiconductors, metals, etc. Many researchers in a wide range of fields including physics, chemistry, and earth sciences have produced numerous results.
The upgrade plan to SPring-8-II is currently underway, and advances in measurement and data analysis methods are deepening the demand for structural properties research at SPring-8 beyond simple crystal structure analysis to include multifaceted measurements combining diffraction, scattering, spectroscopy, imaging, and other techniques, as well as advanced research including dynamics to investigate responses to external fields such as temperature, light, pressure, electric field, and gas atmosphere.
The Structural Materials Science Group (SMG) aims to elucidate the mechanisms of novel physical properties produced by various materials related to physics, materials science, chemistry, earth and planetary science, and environmental science, as well as by nano- and meso-structures and composite materials formed by these materials, with a view to spreading awareness among many users and other fields, from measurement to analysis methods.
Many researchers who use elastic scattering as a main measurement method are members of the SMG. In order to lead the world in new science in the field of diffraction and scattering using the light sources that will be made available by the realization of SPring-8-II, we will collaborate with other research groups and find the best way forward through discussions with the facilities.