Miori Kishi, a new fourth-year student in the Department of Chemistry, and Lan Yao, a research student, have been assigned as members for the fiscal year 2024. I look forward to working with them.

The paper on the epitaxial growth of tantalum disulfide triangle crystals has been published in CrystEngComm. This is the result of joint research with Toho University. “Unidirectional growth of epitaxial tantalum disulfide triangle crystals grown on sapphire by chemical vapour deposition with a separate-flow system“

Chikamatsu gave an invited talk titled “Topochemical fluorination of transition metal oxide thin films” at Mini Workshop on Functional Materials Science held at Hokkaido University in Sapporo.

M1 Kamigaito and M1 Sano gave poster presentations titled “Ferroelectric and magnetic properties of a perovskite-type bismuth iron oxyfluoride thin film” and Topochemical fluorination of bismuth iron oxide epitaxial thin films” at The 14th APCTP Workshop on Multiferroics held at the University of Tokyo.

Reina Tsuiji, a three-year student in the Department of Chemistry, has been assigned as our member for the second half of FY2023. I look forward to working with her.

M1 Kamigaito and M1 Sano gave oral presentations titled “Ferroelectric and magnetic properties of perovskite-type bismuth iron oxyfluoride thin films” and “Temperature dependence of topochemical fluorination of bismuth iron oxide thin films” at The 84th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2023 held at Kumamoto city.

The research article on topochemical fluorination of layered oxide single crystalline thin films has been published in Vacuum and Surface Science. “Topochemical Fluorination and Changes in Electronic Properties of Layered Oxide Single Crystalline Thin Films“

The paper on the anisotropic proton conduction of cobaltites has been published in Appl. Phys. Lett.. This is the result of joint research with Hokkaido University and the University of Tokyo. “Anisotropic proton conduction in double-perovskite GdBaCo2O5.5“

The paper on the flexible ferrite nanosheets has been published in Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.. This is the result of joint research with Hokkaido University and the University of Tokyo. “Solid phase epitaxy of perpendicular magnetic BaFe12O19 flexible sheets on a mica substrate“

The paper on the Gallium Oxysulfide has been published in Inorg. Chem.. This is the result of joint research with NIMS. “La4Ga2S8O3: A Rare-Earth Gallium Oxysulfide with Disulfide Ions“