Our joint research project, Functional Thin-Film Ferroelectric Materials for CMOS Compatible Photonics (FF-Photon), in collaboration with ETH Zürich (Switzerland), Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) and Shizuoka University (Japan) has begun.
Visit & seminar: Dr. Ping Ma
On Nov. 14, Dr. Ping Ma (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich – ETHZ, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields) visited us and lectured on ferroelectric EO devices.
| Lecturer | Seminar title |
| Dr. Ping Ma (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich – ETHZ) | Thin-film ferroelectric materials for Si electro-optic devices |
Awarded: Yoshinori TANAKA
Yoshinori TANAKA won the Poster Award of the 6th China-Japan Symposium on Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications held in Yamanashi, Japan for his poster “In-situ Analysis of Strain Influence on Dielectric Constant of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 Films with Different Orientations”.
Awarded: Yosuke TAKAGI
Yosuke TAKAGI won the Excellent Poster Award (Second Prize) of the 9th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity and the 9th Asian Meeting on Electroceramics (AMF-AMEC-2014) held in Shanghai, China for his poster “Ab-initio Study on Face Azimuth Dependency of Surface Energy and Structure in Ferroelectric PbTiO3”.
Awarded: Yosuke TAKAGI
Yosuke TAKAGI won the Excellent Poster Award of The 27th Fall Meeting of The Ceramic Society of Japan held in Kagoshima, Japan for his poster.
Visit: Prof. Nava Setter
On Feb. 9, Prof. Nava Setter (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne – EPFL) visited us.
Visit & lecture: Prof. Barbara Malic
On July 4, Prof. Barbara Malic (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) visited us and lectured on lead-free piezoelectrics.
| Lecturer | Lecture title |
| Prof. Barbara Malic (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) | Lead-free piezoelectric materials based on sodium potassium niobate |
Awarded: Takaaki SHIBATA
Takaaki SHIBATA won the Excellent Poster Award of The 25th Fall Meeting of The Ceramic Society of Japan held in Nagoya, Japan for his poster “Structural Control of Bi4Ti3O12 Nanoplates by Pulsed Laser Deposition“.
Special research student: Mr. Wylie-van Eerd
Mr. Benjamin Wylie-van Eerd (Prof. Joe Trodahl group, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) joined us as a special research student for the project ‘Strain-induced ferroelectric phase transition in strontium titanate films’ (June 1 – June 30).
Visit & lecture: Prof. Joe Trodahl
On May 7, Prof. Joe Trodahl (Victoria University of Wellington, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, New Zealand) visited us and lectured on Raman spectroscopy of ferroelectrics.
| Lecturer | Lecture title |
| Prof. Joe Trodahl (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) | Raman studies of strain-influenced ferroelectric phases in nanowires and films |