Details of the available projects

Materials Molecular Science

Project Title: Materials Characterization Using Newly Exploited Spectroscopic Techniques
Professor: Toshihiko YOKOYAMA
http://msmd.ims.ac.jp/yokoyama_g/index_e.html

Details of the project:

1) Preparation of magnetic thin films epitaxially grown on single crystalline substrates in ultrahigh vacuum and spectroscopic characterization of the magnetic thin films by magneto-optical techniques using lasers and/or synchrotron radiation, and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
2) Characterization of fuel cells under working conditions using ambient-pressure hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
3) Pico- and femtosecond x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy of photocatalysts

References:

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 131602; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 17633; Phys. Rev. Lett. 2013, 110, 075901; Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 107, 065901; Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006, 96, 237402.

Required skills:

Experience of ultrahigh vacuum and/or x-ray spectroscopic techniques is preferable.