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Project Associate Professor Ishikawa win the Young Scientist Award by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on 14 April 2021.
The American Ceramic Society has released the interview for Prof. Ikuhara on their web site.
The memorial symposiums for the 15th anniversary of "University of Tokyo-JEOL Industry-Academia Collaboration Office" and "Next Generation Electron Microscopy Social Collaboration Program (established on December 4, 2020)" were held on April 1, 2020 at the Keidanren Kaikan International Conference Hall.
The lecture video by Professor Yuichi Ikuhara, the director of the University of Tokyo-JEOL Industry-Academia Collaboration Office, has been uploaded.
By the combinination of atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and electron beam irradiation technique, it has been clarified the process of grain boundary migration in ceramics at the atomic level. It was also found that the migration procee was recognized with a new mechanism in which the grain boundary migrates due to the sequential change of the atomic structure polyhedron at the grain boundary. From the results obtained by the atomic level analysis, it would lead the creation of high-performance ceramic materials with controlled grain boundaries. The result was published in the "Nature Materials" on January 12 (Tuesday), Japan time at 1:00 am (UK time: 4:00 pm on Monday, November 11), and were reported in various newspapers.
The charging process of next-generation high-capacity lithium batteries was revealed at the atomic level for the first time. This result is expected to lead the deterioration mechanism of batteries and the development of long-life batteries. The results were published in the "Nature Communications" on September 8 (Tuesday), Japan time at 6:00 pm (UK daylight saving time: 10:00 am on Tuesday, September 8), and were reported in various newspapers.