中島 良太さん
The 14th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Magnets (ISCOM2022) was held in person in Le Pouliguen, France, from September 25 to 30, 2022. ISCOM is a long-running series of conferences in the field of conducting, magnetic and dielectric molecular crystals, which began in 1995 (Mittelberg, Austria) and had been held every two years until 2019 (Tomar, Portugal). The symposium is a forum for comprehensive and interdisciplinary discussion on the most recent developments in the chemistry, physics, materials science, and technology of crystalline molecular solids.
ISCOM2021 was postponed for a year due to Covid-19 restrictions, then this was held for the first time in three years. This symposium had fewer participants than the previous one. I made a poster presentation entitled “Giant spin polarization in a chiral molecular superconductor”, where spin accumulation emerging in an antiparallel pair created by CISS effect was discovered with a high polarization rate (see my poster above). I’m convinced that such research will open up new avenues for chiral spintronics.
Face-to-face symposium brings together worldwide senior and young scientists for frank discussions. This conference provided the participants with significant opportunities to exchange information and idea. And I thank SOKENDAI and IMS for their enormous fi nancial support.
By the way, Shinkansen was halted due to a strong typhoon on the day of departure and I couldn't reach Haneda Airport. I had to change my flight and was not sure if I would be able to arrive there before the day of my presentation. After being stuck at Toyohashi station for more than six hours, I managed to book a new fl ight for another day and finally made it in time for my presentation session (even though I was two days behind schedule). It could have been worse, but luckily, I avoided “the perfect storm”.
