Apr. 2025

1   We got new members. Dr. Takeshi Hara as an Assistant Professor, and two undergraduate students.

Mar. 2025

24  New publication:

"Non-destructive measurement of the charge transfer across LaMnO3/SrTiO3 interfaces"

S. Miyagawa, Y. Ishii, M. Anada, K. Nagai, M. Kitamura, H. Kumigashira, Y. Wakabayashi 

J. Appl. Phys. 137, 125303 (2025).

Dec. 2024

6　Selected in Photon Factory Highlights 2023.

"Interchain Valence Correlation in Quasi-One-Dimensional Pt Complex Having 3D-Ligand Network" 

Y.Wakabayashi, H.Sagayama, K.Otsubo and H.Kitagawa

2　New publication:

"Discovery of collective nonjumping motions leading to Johari–Goldstein process of stress relaxation in model ionic glass"

M.Saito, T.Araki, Y.Onodera, K.Ohara, M.Seto, Y.Yoda, and Y.Wakabayashi

Acta Mater. (online first)  (2024).

Research news from Tohoku Univ. (English)

Nov. 2024

13    Imo-ni  (traditional out-door activity in Tohoku-area, coocking at riverside in autumn.)

12　New publication:

"Non-ferroelectric phase with disappearance of cycloidal magnetic structure in Tb0.515Gd0.485Mn2O5"

Y.Ishii, T.Sakakura, Y.Ishikawa, R.Kiyanagi, L.Jana, T.Aoyama, K.Ohgushi, Y.Wakabayashi, H.Kimura, and Y.Noda

Phys. Rev. B 110, 184404 (2024). (Editors' suggestion)

4　New publication:

"High-efficiency energy-domain multiline gamma-ray quasi-elastic scattering spectroscopy using triple absorbers"

R.Morobishi, M. Kobayashi, H. Nishino, T. Nishiyama Hiraki, Y. Honjo, K. Kobayashi, Y. Joti, K. Ozaki, Y. Imai, M. Yamaga, T. Abe, N. Nagasawa, Y. Yoda,  R. Mashita, T. Hatsui, Y. Wakabayashi, and M. Saito

Interactions  245, 349 (2024).

Oct. 2024

8   New publication:

"Quasi-elastic γ-ray scattering study of α process under stretching in crosslinked rubber filled with silica via Mössbauer time-domain interferometry"

R. Mashita, Y. Yoda, Y. Bito, H. Kishimoto, M. Seto, T. Kanaya. M.Saito 

Interactions 245, 314 (2024). 

Sep. 2024

30   Assistant Professor Yuta Ishii got new position at NIMS. Good luck!

Aug. 2024

30   New publication:

"Optoelectronic characteristics of furan substituted thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer single crystals for organic lasing" 

P. A. Praveen, T. Kanagasekaran, C. Ma, M. Terada, T. Jin, Y. Wakabayashi, and H. Shimotani

J. Mater. Chem. C 12, 15995-16003 (2024).

15   New publication:

"Symmetry change in LaNiO3 films caused by epitaxial strain from LaAlO3, SrTiO3, and DyScO3 pseudocubic (001) surfaces"

F. Izumisawa, Y. Ishii, M. Kimura, T. Katase, T. Kamiya, J. Yamaura, and Y. Wakabayashi

J. Appl. Phys.  136, 075303 (2024).

Structure analyses on perovskite oxide thin film were performed using Bayesian inference.

July 2024

22  Mr. Xu (M2 student) presented his master's thesis. He will be a PhD-course student in our group. 

15-18  Prof. Wakabayashi attends The 17th International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SXNS ). 

6 New publication:

"Microscopic evaluation of orbital magnetic moment under ferromagnetic resonance"

Y. Ishii, Y. Yamasaki, Y. Kozuka, J. Lustikova, Y. Nii, Y. Onose, Y. Yokoyama, M. Mizumaki,  J. Adachi, H. Nakao, T. Arima, and Y. Wakabayashi

Scientific Reports 14, 15504 (2024).

Time-resolved XMCD reveals precession in spin and orbital angular moment.

June 2024

26 New publication:

"Microscopic Observation of the Anisotropy of the Johari−Goldstein‑β Process in Cross-Linked Polybutadiene on Stretching by Time-Domain Interferometry"

R. Mashita, M. Saito, Y. Yoda, N. Nagasawa, Y. Bito, T. Kikuchi, H. Kishimoto, M. Seto, and T. Kanaya

ACS Macro Lett. 13, 847–852 (2024). 

Anisotropy in relaxation process found in strained rubber was reported. 

18 New publication:

"Broadband Quasielastic Scattering Spectroscopy Using a Multiline Frequency Comblike Spectrum in the Hard X-Ray Region"

M. Saito, M. Kobayashi, H. Nishino, T. Nishiyama Hiraki, Y. Honjo, K. Kobayashi, Y. Joti, K. Ozaki, Y. Imai, M. Yamaga, T. Abe, N. Nagasawa, Y. Yoda, R. Mashita, T. Hatsui, and Y. Wakabayashi

Phys. Rev.  Lett. 132, 256901 (2024).

A new method to observe nano-second atomic dynamics using x-ray frequency comb is reported. 

May 2024

17 New publication:

"Recent advances in atomic resolution three-dimensional holography"

H. Daimon, T. Matsushita, F. Matsui, K. Hayashi, and Y. Wakabayashi

Advances in Physics: X, 9(1), 2350161-1-29 (2024). (Review article)

Apr. 2024

1 We got three new members.

Feb. 2024

9 New publication:

"A Three-Dimensionally Extended Metal–Organic Ladder Compound Exhibiting Proton Conduction"

H. Liang, K. Otsubo, Y. Wakabayashi, H. Sagayama, S. Kawaguchi, H. Kitagawa

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202400162 (2024).

May 2023

20  Dr. Praveen joined our group as a PD researcher of Shimotani-group to develop organic laser devices. 

Apr. 2023

26 　New publication:

"Quantitative measurement of structural fluctuation at LaNiO3/LaAlO3 interfaces as a function of thickness" 

K. Nagai, M. Anada, K. Kowa, M. Kitamura, H. Kumigashira, H. Tajiri, and Y. Wakabayashi

Phys. Rev. Materials 7, 043604 (2023).

3  Four new undergraduate students joined our group.

Mar. 2023

29  Assistant Professor Yuta Ishii received Young Scientist Award of Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan. Congratulations! 

Jan. 2023

7  Assistant Professor Yuta Ishii received Young Scientist Award of Japanese Society of Synchrotron Radiation Research. Congratulations! 

Oct. 2022

11 New member, Xuhui Xu joined our group.

7 New publication:

"Time-resolved resonant soft X-ray scattering combined with MHz synchrotron X-ray and laser pulses in the Photon Factory"

R. Fukaya, J. Adachi, H. Nakao, Y. Yamasaki, C. Tabata, S. Nozawa, K. Ichiyanagi, Y. Ishii, H. Kimura and S. Adachi

J. Synchrotron Rad. 29, (2022).

Aug. 2022

28 New publication:

"Microscopic observation of the effects of elongation on the polymer chain dynamics of crosslinked polybutadiene using quasi-elastic γ-ray scattering"

R. Mashita, M. Saito, Y. Yoda, H. Kishimoto, M. Seto and T. Kanaya

J. Synchrotron Rad. 29, 1180 (2022).

19 New publication:

"Light-induced magnetization driven by interorbital charge motion in the spin-orbit assisted Mott insulator α-RuCl3"

T. Amano, Y. Kawakami, H. Itoh, K. Konno, Y. Hasegawa, T. Aoyama, Y. Imai, K. Ohgushi, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Wakabayashi, K. Goto, Y. Nakamura, H. Kishida, K. Yonemitsu, and S. Iwai

Phys. Rev. Research 4, L032032 (2022).

May 2022

26 New publication:

"Phonon dispersion of the organic semiconductor rubrene"

K.Takada, K.Yoshimi, S.Tsutsui, K.Kimura, K.Hayashi, I.Hamada, S.Yanagisawa, N.Kasuya, S.Watanabe, J.Takeya, and Y.Wakabayashi

Phys. Rev. B 105, 205205 (2022).  Editors’ Suggestion 

Apr.2022

1  Four students  joined our group.

Mar.2022

17   We had an earthquake last night (M7.3, 100km away), but we are OK.

Jan. 2022

28 New publication:

"Microscopic observation of hidden Johari-Goldstein-β process in glycerol"

Makina Saito, Masayuki Kurokuzu, Yoshitaka Yoda, and Makoto Seto

Phys. Rev. E 105, L012605 (2022).

21 New publication:

"Topological charge of soft X-ray vortex beam determined by inline holography"

Yuta Ishii, Hironori Nakao, Masaichiro Mizumaki, Yusuke Wakabayashi, Taka-hisa Arima, and Yuichi Yamasaki

Scientific Reports 12, 1044 (2022).

Dec. 2021

13 New publication: 

"Effect of silica-nanoparticle fillers on the Johari-Goldstein-β process in polymer nanocomposites"

M. Saito, R. Mashita, T. Kanaya, H. Kishimoto, Y. Yoda, M. Seto

Hyperfine Interact. 242, 58 (2021).

Nov. 2021

5    Our work is selected in Photon Factory Highlights 2020.

      Soft X-ray Vortex Beam Detected by Inline Holography

      Y. Ishii

Aug. 2021

26   2 articles are published in  SPring-8/SACLA Research Frontiers 2020

Solid-liquid Interface:

Early stages of iron passivation: defective growth of oxide layer observed by quick X-ray reflectometry

Y. Wakabayashi

Quasi-elastic Scattering:

Direct observation of molecular motions in soft materials: study of basic and applicational liquid crystal systems

M. Saito

23-25　We had an admission exam for the graduate school.

12 New publication:

"Relationship between Viscosity and Acyl Tail Dynamics in Lipid Bilayers"

M. Nagao, E. G. Kelley, A. Faraone, M. Saito, Y. Yoda, M. Kurokuzu, S. Takata, M. Seto, and P. D. Butler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 078102 (2021).

press release

9   New publication:

"Local polarization and valence distribution in LaNiO3/LaMnO3 heterostructures"

M. Anada, S. Sakaguchi, K. Nagai, M. Kitamura, K. Horiba, H. Kumigashira, and Y. Wakabayashi

Phys. Rev. B, 104, 085111 (2021).

Interfacial structure and valence distribution was examined for a few unit cell thick films of LaNiO3/LaMnO3. 

Jul. 2021

21  New publication:

"Spin reorientation in tetragonally distorted spinel oxide NiCo2O4 epitaxial films"

H. Koizumi, I. Suzuki, D. Kan, J. Inoue, Y. Wakabayashi, Y. Shimakawa, H. Yanagihara

Phys. Rev. B 104, 014422 (2021).

Collaboration with Yanagihara lab, Tsukuba Univ. We did low-temperature X-ray diffraction.

May 2021

7   New publication:

"Laser oscillation of an organic distributed-feedback laser at the edge of a mini stopband"

T.Miura, T. Kanagasekaran, H.Shimotani, and K. Tanigaki

Appl. Phys. Express 14 052007 (2021).

Apr. 2021

1  New members joined our group. Associate Prof. M. Saito, a PhD course student, and three under graduate students.  

Dec. 2020

24 New publication

“Soft-X-Ray Vortex Beam Detected by Inline Holography" 

Yuta Ishii, Kohei Yamamoto, Yuichi Yokoyama, Masaichiro Mizumaki, Hironori Nakao, Taka-hisa Arima, and Yuichi Yamasaki

Phys. Rev. Applied 14, 064069 (2020). 

17 New publication

"Metallic ground states of undoped Ti2O3 films induced by elongated c-axis lattice constant"

K. Yoshimatsu, N. Hasegawa, Y. Nambu, Y. Ishii, Y. Wakabayashi and H. Kumigashira

Scientific Reports 10, 22109 (2020).

Nov. 2020

10 　One of our works have selected in PF highlights 2019

Oct. 2020

7 New publication

"Structure of quasi-free-standing graphene on the SiC (0001) surface prepared by the rapid cooling method"

T. Sumi, K. Nagai, J. Bao, T. Terasawa, W. Norimatsu, M. Kusunoki, and  Y. Wakabayashi

Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 143102 (2020).

June 2020

30 New publication

“Electronic charge transfer driven by spin cycloidal structure" 

Y. Ishii, S. Horio, Y. Noda, M. Hiraishi, H. Okabe, M. Miyazaki, S. Takeshita, A. Koda, K. M. Kojima, R. Kadono, H. Sagayama, H. Nakao, Y. Murakami, and H. Kimura 

Phys. Rev. B 101 224436 (2020). Editors’ Suggestion 

May 2020

29 New publication

"Direct Evidence of Simultaneous Reversal of Ferrimagnetically Coupled Sm 4f and Mn 3d Angular Momenta in SmMnO3"

J.-S. Jung, T. Nakamura, Y. Wakabayashi and T. Kimura

J. Korean Phys. Soc. 76 904-910 (2020). (Highlight)

Apr.2020

1  New members joined our group. Associate Prof. H. Shimotani and his graduate students, Assistant Prof. Y. Ishii, and three under graduate students.  

Mar.2020

25  2 PhDs and one Master of Engineering left our lab to the world.

11 New publication

"Tuning of ferrimagnetism and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in NiCo2O4 epitaxial films by the cation distribution"

Y. Shen, D. Kan, Z. Tan, Y. Wakabayashi, and Y. Shimakawa

Phys. Rev. B 101, 094412 (2020).

9 New publication:

"Robust surface structure analysis with reliable uncertainty estimation using the exchange Monte Carlo method"

K. Nagai, M. Anada, Y. Nakanishi-Ohno, M. Okada and Y. Wakabayashi

J. Appl. Cryst. 53 387-392 (2020).

3 New publication:

"Early stages of iron anodic oxidation: Defective growth and density increase of oxide layer"

Hiromasa Fujii, Yusuke Wakabayashi, and Takashi Doi

Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 033401 (2020).

Jan. 2020

23 New publication:

"Sub-molecular structural relaxation at a physisorbed interface with monolayer organic single-crystal semiconductors"

A. Yamamura, H. Fujii, H. Ogasawara, D. Nordlund, O. Takahashi, Y. Kishi, H. Ishii, N. Kobayashi, N. Niitsu, B. Blülle, T. Okamoto, Y. Wakabayashi, S. Watanabe, and J. Takeya

Commun Phys 3, 20 (2020). 

Oct. 2019

31  Selected in Photon Factory highlights 2018 

Sep. 2019

28 New publication:

"Insights into magnetoelectric-coupling mechanism of room-temperature multiferroic Sr3Co2Fe24O41 from domain observation"

H. Ueda, Y. Tanaka, Y. Wakabayashi, and T. Kimura, Phys. Rev. B, 100, 094444 (2019).

Jul. 2019

3-5   Instruments have finally arrived from Osaka. 

May 2019

22 New publication:

"Correlations between oxygen octahedral distortions and magnetic and transport properties in strained La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 thin films"

Y. Heo, D. Kan, M. Anada, Y. Wakabayashi, H. Tajiri, and Y. Shimakawa, 

Phys. Rev. B 99, 174420 (2019).

Apr.2019

23  New publication:

"Kinetics of Iron Passivation Studied by Sub-Second Resolution Realtime X-ray Reflectivity Technique"

H.Fujii, Y.Wakabayashi, and T.Doi, 

J. Electrochem. Soc. 166, E212-E216 (2019).

Lab moved to Tohoku University.

Dec. 2018

New book has been published:

W.Voegeli and Y.Wakabayashi, Chapter 3, Surface/Interface holography, 3D Local Structure and Functionality Design of Materials, World Scientific Publishing (2018).

Oct. 2018

16 New publication:

"Surface structure of organic semiconductor [n]phenacene single crystals"

Y.Wakabayashi, M.Nakamura, K.Sasaki, T.Maeda, Y.Kishi, H.Ishii, N.Kobayashi, S.Yanagisawa, Y.Shimo, and Y.Kubozono, 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140,  14046-14049 (2018).

11 New publication:

"Observation of collinear antiferromagnetic domains making use of the circular dichroic charge-magnetic interference effect of resonant x-ray diffraction"

H.Ueda, Y.Tanaka, Y.Wakabayashi, and T.Kimura, Phys. Rev. B, 98, 134415 (2018).

Spt. 2018

14 New publication:

"Spin-Orbital Entangled Liquid State in the Copper Oxide Ba3CuSb2O9"

H. Man, M. Halim, H. Sawa, M. Hagiwara, Y. Wakabayashi and S. Nakatsuji,

 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (Topical Review)

Jul. 2018

15-19 Prof. Wakabayashi and four students attended International Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering Conference (Pohang, Korea).

11  New publication:

"Spatial coherence of the insulating phase in quasi-two-dimensional LaNiO3 films"

 M. Anada, K. Kowa, H. Maeda, E. Sakai, M. Kitamura, H. Kumigashira, O. Sakata, Y. Nakanishi-Ohno, M. Okada, T. Kimura and Y. Wakabayashi, 

Phys. Rev. B, 98, 014105-1-8 (2018).

Jun. 2018

20   New publication:

  "Oxygen octahedral distortions in compressively strained SrRuO3 epitaxial thin films"

  D. Kan, M. Anada, Y. Wakabayashi, H. Tajiri, and Y. Shimakawa, J. Appl. Phys. 123, 235303 (2018). (Editor's pick)

Apr. 2018

26   New publication:

            "Soft x-ray resonant diffraction study of magnetic structure in magnetoelectric Y-type hexaferrite"

            H. Ueda, Y. Tanaka, Y. Wakabayashi, T. Kimura, Physica B, 536,  118–121 (2018).

12 New publication:

            "Structural Switching of Self-Assembled Monolayer by External Electric Field"

            H. Fujii, K. Sasaki, Y. Wakabayashi, H. Tajiri, K. Miwa, S. Ono, R. Nouchi, 

e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech.  16 76-78 (2018).

Mar. 2018

27 New publication:

"Observation of Structure of Surfaces and Interfaces by Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction: Atomic-Scale Imaging and Time-Resolved Measurements"

Y. Wakabayashi, T. Shirasawa, W. Voegeli, and T. Takahashi, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 87, 061010-1-12  (2018). (Review article)

22  Congratulations! Mr. Kazuki Nagai (B4) got a Dept. of Eng. Sci. Award.

Nov. 2017

14 New publication:

"Non-destructive method for the determination of the electric polarization orientation in thin films: illustration on gallium ferrite thin films"

C. Lefevre, A. Demchenko, C. Bouillet-Ulhaq, M. Luysberg, X. Devaux, F. Roulland, G. Versini, S. Barre, Y. Wakabayashi, N. Boudet, C. Leuvrey, M. Acosta, C. Meny, E. Martin, S. Grenier, V. Favre-Nicolin and N. Viart, 

Small Methods, 1, 1700234-1-8 (2017).

Oct. 2017

23-26 Prof. Wakabayashi and Mr. Fujii attended ISSS-8(Tsukuba) to make their presentations.

23 New publication:

"Bayesian inference of metal oxide ultrathin film structure based on crystal truncation rod measurements"

M. Anada, Y. Nakanishi-Ohno, M. Okada, T. Kimura and Y. Wakabayashi, 

J. Appl. Cryst.  50 1611-1616 (2017).

reported by several news sites.

Jul. 2017

24-28 Prof. Wakabayashi attended ICSOS-12 (Atlanta) to give a talk.

1st Prof. Tsuyoshi Kimura moved to Univ. of Tokyo, which makes Wakabayashi lab. started. 

March 2017

22nd    Congratulations! Mr. Masato Anada (M2) got the department head prize.  

19th      One of Prof. Wakabayashi's papers (J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 2007) receives The 22nd Outstanding Paper Award of the Physical Society of Japan.

15th    Published a new paper:

“Structural deformation of the S=1 kagome-lattice compound KV3Ge2O9” 

E. Takagi, T. Aoyama, S. Hara, H. Sato, T. Kimura, and Y. Wakabayashi, 

Phys. Rev. B 95, 104416 (2017)

14th Congratulations! Mr. Masato Anada (M2) got a Poster prize  at quantum beam science festa.

Announcement:

構造物性物理とX線回折 丸善出版 (2017). 

was written by Prof. Wakabayashi.

3D Local Structure and Functionality Design of Materials World Scientific 

Chap. 3 was written by Prof. Wakabayashi.

Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan