V Laboratory
Department of Physics
Nagoya University
Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya
464-8602
Japan

2013

April 2013 - March 2014

Papers

    1. High photodegradation efficiency of Rhodamine B catalyzed by bismuth silicate nanoparticles
      J. Duan, Y. Liu, X. Pan, Y. Zhang, J. Yu, K. Nakajima, H. Taniguchi
      Catalysis Communications 39 (2013) pp. 65-69.
      DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2013.04.029
    2. Ferroelectricity Driven by Twisting of Silicate Tetrahedral Chains
      H. Taniguchi, A. Kuwabara, J. Kim, Y. Kim, H. Moriwake, S. Kim, T. Hoshiyama, T. Koyama, S. Mori, M. Takata, H. Hosono, Y. Inaguma, and M. Itoh
      Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52 (2013) 1-6.
      DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302188 
    3. Confocal micro-Raman imaging on 180°-domain structure in periodically poled stoichiometric LiNbO3
      H. Taniguchi, Y. Fujii, and M. Itoh
      Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 121 (2013) 1-4.
      DOI: 10.2109/jcersj2.121.579
    4. Transport Properties of an Intermetallic with Pseudo-hollandite Structure as a Potential Thermoelectric Material: The Example of TlxCr5Se8
      H. Takahashi , N. Raghavendra , F. Gascoin, D. Pelloquin, S. Hébert and E. Guilmeau
      Chem. Mater. 25 (2013) pp 1809–1815.
      DOI: 10.1021/cm400365q 
    5. Ultrafast Real Space Dynamics of Photoexcited State in a Layered Perovskite-type Spin Crossover Oxide La1.5Sr0.5CoO4
      Y. Okimoto, T. Egawa, R. Fukaya, Y. Matsubara, Y. Yamada, N. Yamada, T. Ishikawa, K. Onda, S. Koshihara, H. Taniguchi, M. Itoh, A. Isayama, and T. Sasagawa
      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82 (2013) 074721.
      DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.82.074721
    6. Disordered conduction in crystallographic clean dimer-Mott compounds
      M. Abdel-Jawad, N. Tajima, R. Kato and I. Terasaki
      Phys. Rev. B 88 (2013) 075139.
      DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.075139
    7. Current-induced gap suppression in the Mott insulator Ca2RuO4
      R. Okazaki, Y. Nishina, Y. Yasui, F. Nakamura, T. Suzuki, and I. Terasaki
      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82 (2013) 103702.
      DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.82.103702
    8. X-ray crystal structure analysis and the Ru valence of Ba4Ru3O10 single crystals
      T. Igarashi, Y. Nogami, Y. Klein, G. Rousse, R. Okazaki, H. Taniguchi, Y. Yasui and I. Terasaki
      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82 (2013) 104603
      DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.82.104603 
    9. Spin state of Co3+ in LaCo1-xRhxO3 investigated by structural phenomena
      S. Asai, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, Y. Yasui, W. Kobayashi, A. Nakao, K. Kobayashi, R. Kumai, H. Nakao, Y. Murakami, N. Igawa, A. Hoshikawa, T. Ishigaki, O. Parkkima, M. Karppinen, and H. Yamauchi
      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82 (2013) 114606
      DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.82.114606 
    10. Origin of the energy gap in the narrow-gap semiconductor FeSb2 revealed by high-pressure magnetotransport measurements
      H. Takahashi, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, and Y. Yasui
      Phys. Rev. B 88 (2013) 165205.
      DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.165205
    11. Photo-Seebeck effect in tetragonal PbO single crystals
      P.S. Mondal, R. Okazaki, H. Taniguchi, and I. Terasaki
      J. Appl. Phys. 114 (2013) 173710.
      DOI: 10.1063/1.4829460
    12. Optical conductivity measurement of a dimer-Mott to charge-order phase transition in a two-dimensional quarter-filled organic salt compound
      R. Okazaki, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, T. Shikama, K. Takahashi, H. Mori, H. Nakaya, T. Sasaki, Y. Yasui, and I. Terasaki
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 217801.
      DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.217801
    13. Quantum-limit linkage of 'strange' and conventional metal states of high-Tc superconductors
      L. Krusin-Elbaum, T. Shibauchi, Y. Kasahara, R. Okazaki, Y. Matsuda, R.D. McDonald, C.H. Mielke, M. Hasegawa
      Physica C 493 (2013) 15.
      DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2013.03.009
    14. Growth and Characterization of Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)4 Allows Grown by the Melting Method
      A. Nagaoka, K. Yoshino, H. Taniguchi, T. Taniyama, K. Kakimoto, and H. Miyake
      J. Cryst. Growth 386 (2014) 204.
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.10.001
    15. Epitaxial Growth of Metastable Multiferroic AlFeO3 Film on SrTiO3 (111) Substrate
      Y. Hamasaki, T. Shimizu, H. Taniguchi, T. Taniyama, S. Yasui, and M. Itoh
      Appl. Phys. Lett. 104 (2014) 082906.
      DOI: 10.1063/1.4866798

Reviews

    1. Layered cobalt oxides: Correlated electrons for thermoelectrics
      Ichiro Terasaki
      in "Thermoelectric Nanomaterials" (Springer Seriers in Materials Science vol. 182), K. Koumoto and T. Mori (eds) (Springer, 2013) pp.51-70
    2. Hidden Order and Exotic Superconductivity in the Heavy-Fermion Compound URu2Si2
      Ryuji Okazaki
      Springer Theses (2013).

International Invited Talks

    1. Intoroduction to oxide thermoelectrics
      Ichiro Terasaki
      Distinguished Lecture Series, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 15 May 2013 
    2. Photo-Seebeck effect in transition-metal oxides
      I. Terasaki, A. Horikawa, R. Okazaki, P. S. Mondal, Y. Yasui 
      10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, San Diego, 2-7 June 2013 
    3. Optically-Controlled Thermoelectric Properties in Oxide Materials
      R. Okazaki
      Collaborative Conference on Materials Research (CCMR) 2013, Jeju island, South Korea, 24-28 June 2013
    4. A search for photo-thermoelectrics
      I. Terasaki, A. Horikawa, P. S. Mondal, R. Okazaki, H. Ohta
      The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2013), Kobe, 30 June - 4 July 2013
    5. Oxide photo-thermoelectrics
      I. Terasaki, A. Horikawa, P. S. Mondal, R. Okazaki and H. Ohta
      The 15th Asian Chemical Congress (15ACC), Singapore, 19-23 August 2013
    6. Dielectric response of some low-dimensional quantum magnets --- Rb2Cu2Mo3O12 and kappa-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3
      I. Terasaki
      Workshop on Advanced Quantum Magnetism, Crete, 9-13 September 2013
    7. New directions to thermoelectrics --- photo-transport and nonlinear transport
      I. Terasaki
      The IUMRS International Conference on advanced Materials IUMRS-ICAM2013, Qingdao, 22-28 September 2013
    8. A search for new thermoelectrics: photo-doping and non-equilibrium effects
      I. Terasaki, A. Horikawa, Y. Nishina and R. Okazaki
      4th International Symposium on Advanced Ceramics and Technology for Sustainable Energy Applications toward a Low Carbon Society (ACTSEA2013), Taipei, 10-13 November 2013 
    9. Thermoelectric conversion using solar light
      R. Okazaki
      The 2nd LIA Next PV International Workshop, Tokyo, 13 November 2013
    10. Photothermoelectric property in oxide compounds
      R. Okazaki, A. Horikawa, P. S. Mondal, M. Fujita, H. Ohta, and I. Terasaki
      The International Union of Materials Research Societies – International Conference in Asia – 2013 (IUMRS-ICA-2013), Bangalore, 16-20 December 2013
    11. Spin-state control in cobalt oxides
      I. Terasaki
      Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting (EMA 2014), Orlando, 22-24 January 2014 
    12. Thermoelectric energy conversion in nonequilibrium states
      I. Terasaki
      Muju International Winter School, Muju, 9-15 February 2014
    13. Lattice Dynamics and Ferroelectric Phase transition in Ferroelectric Oxides
      H. Taniguchi
      2014国際電子材料科学家講座, 中国科学院上海硅酸塩研究所，22-25 March 2014

International Conference

    1. Electrical conductivity of La4BaCu5Ox thin film at high temperature
      W. S. Shin, N. Izu,  T. Itoh, T. Akamatsu, D. Mori, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki
      10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, San Diego, 2-7 June 2013 
    2. Optical control of thermoelectric property in ZnO
      R. Okazaki, A. Horikawa, I. Terasaki
      The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2013), Kobe, 30 June - 4 July 2013
    3. Investigation of photo-Seebeck effect in PbO single crystals
      P. S. Mondal, A. Horikawa, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki
      The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2013), Kobe, 30 June - 4 July 2013
    4. Thermoelectric properties and device performance of Bi-doped Ca3Co4O9 single crystal
      Y. C. Hsieh, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki
      The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2013), Kobe, 30 June - 4 July 2013
    5. Π-structured Bi-Te micro-thermoelectric device fabricated by electro-deposition process
      K. Uda, Y. Seki, M. Saito, Y. Sonobe, Y.-C. Hsieh, H. Takahashi, I. Terasaki, T. Homma
      The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2013), Kobe, 30 June - 4 July 2013 
    6. Optical Study of a Novel Phase Transition from Dimer-Mott to Charge-Order Insulator
      R. Okazaki, Y. Yasui, I. Terasaki, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, T. Shikama, K. Takahashi, H. Mori, H. Nakaya and T. Sasaki
      The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES) 2013, Tokyo, 5-9 August 2013 
    7. Structure-function relationship in Ba4Ru3O10
      T. Igarashi, Y. Nogami, R. Okazaki, Y. Yasui, Y. Klein, G. Rousse, I. Terasaki
      The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES) 2013, Tokyo, 5-9 August 2013 
    8. Magnetic properties of the quasi-1D frustrated magnet Li2ZrCuO4
      M. Hagiwara, T. Fujita, M. Inada, Y. Yasui and I. Terasaki
      The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES) 2013, Tokyo, 5-9 August 2013
    9. Low temperature Magnetic Properties of Frustrated Quantum Spin Chain System Rb2Cu2Mo3O12
      Y. Yasui, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, M. Hase, M. Hagihala, T. Masuda, and T. Sakakibara
      The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES) 2013, Tokyo, 5-9 August 2013 
    10. Weak ferromagnetism of LaCo1-xRhxO3 driven by controlling the spin state of Co3+ ions
      S. Asai, R. Okazaki, Y. Yasui, I. Terasaki
      The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES) 2013, Tokyo, 5-9 August 2013  
    11. Self-absorption correction study for L-edge of 3d transition metals
      T. Sudayama, Y. Takahashi, J. Okamoto, Y. Yamasaki, H. Nakao, Y. Murakami, S. Asai, N. Furuta, R. Okazaki, Y. Yasui, I. Terasaki
      Light and Particle Beams in Materials Science 2013 (LPBMS2013), Tsukuba, 28-31 August 2013
    12. Ferroelectric phase transition Driven by Twisting of Silicate Tetrahedral Chains
      H. Taniguchi, A. Kuwabara, J. Kim, Y. Kim, H. Moriwake, S. Kim, T. Hoshiyama, T. Koyama, S. Mori, M. Takata, H. Hosono, Y. Inaguma, and M. Itoh
      The Fifth International Symposium on the New Frontiers of Thermal Studies of Materials, Yokohama, 27-29 October 2013
    13. Giant pressure effect on the thermopower of Sr3YCo4O10.5 
      H. Takahashi, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki
      MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, 1-6 December 2013
    14. Transport Properties and Thermoelectric Device Performance of Novel Composite Crystal Ca3Co4O9/Bi2Ca2Co2Oy
      Y.-C. Hsieh, R. Okazaki, H. Taniguchi, I. Terasaki
      MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, 1-6 December 2013
    15. Ferroelectric phase transition driven by twisting of silicate tetrahedral chains
      H. Taniguchi
      2014 Workshop on the Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials, Washington, 26-29 January 2014
    16. Photo-Seebeck effect of ZnO single crystals and thin films
      R. Okazaki, A. Horikawa, M. Fujita, H. Taniguchi, I. Terasaki, H. Ohta
      APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, 3-7 March 2014
    17. Ferromagnetism and unconventional impurity effects in Rh- and Ga-doped LaCoO3
      S. Asai, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, Y. Yasui
      APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, 3-7 March 2014
    18. A possible origin for the colossally large Seebeck coefficient in FeSb2
      H. Takahashi, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, Y. Yasui
      APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, 3-7 March 2014

Preprints

    1. Evidence for magnetic Rh3+ in the layered rhodium oxide LaSrRhO4
      N. Furuta, S. Asai, R. Okazaki, Y. Yasui, I. Terasaki, M. Ikeda, T. Fujita, and M. Hagiwara
      Phys. Rev. B (Submitted)
    2. A possible existence of two charge-ordered phases in Pr1-xCaxMnO3 for 0.40 ≤ x ≤ 0.50
      P. S. Mondal, S. Asai, T. Igarashi, T. Suzuki, Y. Yasui, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki K. Kobayashi, R. Kumai, H. Nakao, and Y. Murakami
      Phys. Rev. B (Submitted)
    3. Disorder effect for an orbital order in Ca2RuO4 revealed by infrared imaging spectroscopy
      R. Okazaki, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, F. Nakamura, T. Suzuki, Y. Yasui, and I. Terasaki
      (Submitted)
    4. Low Temperature Magnetic Properties of Frustrated Quantum Spin Chain System Rb2Cu2Mo3O12
      Y. Yasui, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, M. Hase, M. Hagihara, T. Masuda, and T. Sakakibara
      JPS Conf. Proc. (Accepted)
    5. Optical Study of a Novel Phase Transition from Dimer-Mott to Charge-Order Insulator
      R. Okazaki, Y. Yasui, I. Terasaki, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, T. Shikama, K. Takahashi, H. Mori, H. Nakaya, and T. Sasaki
      JPS Conf. Proc. (Accepted)
    6. Magnetic properties of Li2ZrCuO4 which was regarded as a quasi 1D J1-J2 magnet near a ferromagnetic QCP
      T. Fujita, M. Hagiwara, M. Inada, Y. Yasui, and I. Terasaki
      JPS Conf. Proc. (Accepted) 
    7. Weak Ferromagnetic Ordering Disordered by Rh3+ Ions for LaCo0.8Rh0.2O3
      S. Asai, R. Okazaki, I. Terasaki, Y. Yasui, N. Igawa, and K. Kakurai
      JPS Conf. Proc. (Accepted)
    8. Oxide-based thermoelectric materials for waste heat recovery
      Ichiro Terasaki
      in “Thermoelectric Technology for Electrical Power Generation from Waste Heat - Applications, Systems, Devices, and Materials” (Springer Series in Materials Science vol. xxx) edited by G. P. Meissner, J. Yang, and J. R. Salvador (Springer) 
    9. Pseudogap observed in the charge transport in the thermoelectric oxide Ca3-xBixCo4O9 single crystals
      Y.-C. Hsieh, R. Okazaki, H. Taniguchi and I. Terasaki
      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. (Accepted) 
    10. Photo-Induced Change of Dielectric Response in BaCoSiO4 Stuffed Tridymite
      H. Taniguchi, H. Moriwake, A. Kuwabara, T. Okamura, T. Yamamoto, R. Okazaki, M. Itoh, and I. Terasaki
      (submitted)
    11. Electrical oscillation in SmS induced by constant external voltage
      H. Takahashi, R. Okazaki, H. Taniguchi, I. Terasaki, M. Saito, K. Imura, K. Deguchi, N. K. Sato
      (submitted)

Publication bofore 2013