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11/8 News from the Institute for Materials Research

Prof. Masashi Kawasaki wins the 19th Japan IBM Science Award

 

We are proud of announcing that Prof. Masaki Kawasaki, the Institute for Materials Research wins the 19th Japan IBM Science Award for his outstanding research progress of “Exploration of Oxide Electronics through Integrated Atomic Epitaxy.  Prof. Kawasaki has established the technology for controlling oxide thin film growth in an atomic scale. Moreover, his study of laser molecular-beam epitaxial growth enabled his research team to develop novel electric functionalities of oxides such as zinc oxide based blue light emitting diode. A series of these research achievements have worldwide recognition as great research achievements which further enhance the capability of electric oxides.

 

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Masashi Kawasaki

Institute for Materials Research

Tohoku University

Tel: +81-22-215-2085