Research

ArticlesList

• Aug 27, 2025RIKEN RESEARCH Marrying topological insulators with ferroelectricity

  

  Two very different properties have been realized in the same material, which could be useful in new devices

• Jul 25, 2025RIKEN RESEARCH Antiferromagnet shows promise for harvesting energy

  

  A new magnetic material is very effective at changing heat into electricity

• May 28, 2025RIKEN RESEARCH Spontaneous symmetry breaking in electron systems proves elusive

  

  What looked like a genuine case of spontaneous symmetry breaking was actually caused by tiny strains in samples

• Mar 31, 2025RIKEN RESEARCH A simple way to control superconductivity

  

• Mar 31, 2025RIKEN RESEARCH Controlling self-assembly better than nature does

  

  Applying a magnetic field to rod-like viruses induces them to form disks of tunable shape and size

• Mar 27, 2025RIKEN RESEARCH Plastic-like materials that dissolve in the sea

  

  Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics pollution crisis.

PublicationsList

1. Y.-H. Kim, F. S. Yasin, N. Y. Kim, M. Birch, X. Yu, A. Kikkawa, Y. Taguchi, J. Yan, and M. Chi

   Ultralow-temperature cryogenic transmission electron microscopy using a new helium flow cryostat stage

   Ultramicroscopy 280, 114263 (2026)
2. J.-J. Lee, T.-W. Moon, F. Araoka, and S.-W. Choi

   Helically ordered chiral super spaces enable optical chirality in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite crystals

   J. Colloid Interface Sci. 702, 138899 (2026)
3. Y. Sato, S. Nagahama, S. Kitou, H. Sagayama, I. Belopolski, R. Yoshimi, M. Kawamura, A. Tsukazaki, N. Kanazawa, T. Nomoto, R. Arita, T.-h. Arima, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura

   Superconductivity and suppressed monoclinic distortion in FeTe films enabled by higher-order epitaxy

   Nat. Commun. 16, 10913 (2025)
4. H. Wang, Y. Zhu, Z. Bai, Z. Lyu, J. Yang, L. Zhao, X. J. Zhou, Q.-K. Xue, and D. Zhang

   Quantum superconducting diode effect with perfect efficiency above liquid-nitrogen temperature

   Nat. Phys. (2025)
5. Y. Maruyama, B. Manna, K. Harano, H. Kanai, Y. Ishida, and H. Maeda

   Multidirectionally Controlled Arrangement via Ion-Pairing Assembly of Amphiphilic Charged π-Electronic Systems

   Small e11729 (2025)
6. H. Sanematsu, and K. Takimiya

   Regio-Dependent Optoelectronic Properties of Oligomeric Peropyrenes

   Org. Lett. (2025)
7. S. Kasai, K. Shimizu, S. Okumura, Y. Kato, and Y. Motome

   Three-dimensional topological superstructure of magnetic hopfions threaded by meron strings in easy-plane magnets

   Phys. Rev. B 112, 184424 (2025)
8. H. Jung, K. Nakano, and K. Tajima

   One-Pot Stille Coupling Homopolymerization Toward Bithiophene-Quinoxaline Copolymers with Reduced Sequence Defects

   ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2025)
9. W. Zhou, D. Zheng, Q. Liu, D. Lu, Y. Liu, P. Lin, Y. Huang, X. Peng, J. J. Bao, C. Cai, Z. Jin, J. Wu, H. Zhang, G. Jin, Y. Ji, Z. Shen, X. Liu, L. Sun, Y. Cao, M. Sun, J. Liu, T. Chen, R. Liu, Y. Li, H. Han, X. Liang, T. Bao, Z. Deng, T. Liu, N. Chen, H. Ren, X. Zhang, Z. Liu, Y. Fu, M. Liu, Z. Li, T. Wen, Z. Tang, Y. Xu, W. Duan, X. Wang, Q. Gu, F.-Z. Dai, Q. Zheng, Y. Zhong, H. Xiang, X. Gong, J. Zhao, Y. Zhang, Q. Ou et al.

   ABACUS: An electronic structure analysis package for the AI era

   J. Chem. Phys. 163, 192501 (2025)
10. J. Song, S. H. Lee, S. Kang, D. Kim, J. H. Jeong, T. Oh, S. Lee, S. Lee, S. Lee, K.-H. Ahn, K.-W. Lee, M. Kim, T. W. Noh, B.-J. Yang, and C. Kim

    Spin-Orbit Coupling Driven Magnetic Response in Altermagnetic RuO₂

    Small 21, 2407722 (2025)