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- 27 November 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave the 407th colloquium entitled “Superconductivity and quantum magnetism in p-electron systems: a personal ongoing voyage into the unexpected” in the series of Solid State Physics Seminars, held at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Nagoya University and supported by the Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, . - 21 October 2019
A paper entitled “Elusive Valence Transition in Mixed-Valence Sesquioxide Cs4O6” was published in Inorganic Chemistry. - 7 October 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave an invited lecture entitled “Emergent electronic phenomena in mixed valence rare-earth fullerides” at the International Conference on Electron Correlation in Superconductors and Nanostructures (ECSN-2019), held in Odessa, Ukraine.
Jump to Gallery - 23 September 2019
Naoya Yoshikane gave a lecture entitled “Tuning of mixed valency in asymmetrically-coordinated rare-earth fullerides” at The 69th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, held at Nagoya University. - 19 September 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave a lecture entitled “Emergent electronic phenomena in hybrid f-/p- electron molecular materials” at the J-Physics 2019 International Conference & KINKEN-WAKATE 2019 Multipole Physics, held at Kobe University.
Jump to Gallery - 12 September 2019
Naoya Yoshikane gave a lecture entitled “Mixed valence transitions in rare-earth fullerides” at the 2019 Autumn Meeting, The Physical Society of Japan, held at Gifu University. - 17 July 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave a lecture entitled “Emergent electronic phenomena in intermediate valence rare-earth fullerides” at the J-Physics Mini-Workshop in Osaka, held at Osaka University. - 9 July 2019
A paper entitled “Chemical reduction of Li+@C60 by decamethylferrocene to produce neutral Li+@C60•–” was published in Carbon. - 23 June 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave a keynote lecture entitled “Emergent electronic phenomena in mixed valence rare-earth fullerides” at the International Conference on Quantum Physics in Complex Matter: Superconductivity, Magnetism and Ferroelectricity, Superstripes 2019, held in Ischia, Italy. - 16 June 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave an invited lecture entitled “Emergent Electronic Phenomena in All-Carbon π-Electron Molecular Systems” at The 1st Nanjing Conference on Quantum Materials (NCQM-2019), held at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. - 28 May 2019
Associate Professor Ioannis Arvanitidis from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece is visiting our laboratory for collaborative work at SPring-8. - 14 May 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave a lecture entitled “Metal-directed asymmetric spatial assembly of diverse building blocks – spheres, planes, and bowls” at the 2019 Coordination Asymmetry Annual Meeting held at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Jump to Gallery - 7 May 2019
Kosmas Prassides gave an invited lecture entitled “Quantum magnetism in fully‐frustrated all‐carbon π‐electron systems” at the International Workshop on Phase Transition and Dynamical Properties of Spin Transition Materials (PDSTM 2019), held in Gainesville, Florida, USA. - 24 April 2019
Professor Katsuya Shimizu from Osaka University visited our Department and gave a colloquium entitled “Room-temperature superconductivity: are we there yet?”
Jump to Gallery - 5 April 2019
Ohanami party with Makiura laboratory at Shirasagi Park.
Jump to Gallery - 1 April 2019
Our laboratory joined the Coordination Asymmetry project funded by KAKENHI under the Innovative Areas program. - 1 April 2019
Assistant Professor Naoki Tarutani and Bachelor (B4) students Tomoaki Fushimi, Yuta Ido, Keisuke Matsui, and Kota Mino joined our laboratory. Naoya Yoshikane continues his research as a Masters (M1) student.
Jump to Gallery - 24 March 2019
Naoya Yoshikane (B4 student) was presented with the Department of Materials Science top award ― Gold Medal ― for his research “Tuning of mixed valency in rare-earth fullerides by pressure”.
Jump to Gallery - 19 March 2019
Kosmas Prassides organized a symposium entitled “Chemical design of exotic states of matter ― quantum spin liquids ” at the 99th Annual Meeting 2019 of the Chemical Society of Japan held at the Konan University, Kobe.
He gave an introductory talk with the same title and a special program lecture entitled “Quantum magnetism in fully-frustrated all-carbon π-electron systems”.
Other contributors to the Symposium were:
Professor Harald Jeschke - “Identifying and understanding quantum spin liquid materials”,
Professor Reizo Kato - “Exotic electronic states in and around quantum spin liquid based on Pd(dmit)2“,
Professor Hatsumi Mori - “Quantum liquid of magnetic and electric dipoles in a proton-electron coupled molecular crystal”,
Professor Yuko Hosokoshi - “Study on quantum spin states and spin liquids by organic radicals”, and
Professor Kunio Awaga - “Quantum Spin Liquid State in Organic Hyper-Kagome Lattice of Mott Dimers”.
Naoya Yoshikane also gave a lecture entitled “Pressure evolution of Sm valence in
(Sm1-xCax)2.75C60 fullerides” at the same meeting.
Jump to Gallery - 19 March 2019
A paper entitled “Structural and electronic properties of the overexpanded quaternary superconducting fulleride K0.25Rb0.25Cs2.5C60” was published in the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.