INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2019

＜Topical Seminar for IMSC 2019＞ NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2019 will be held.
Let’s Join International Video Exchange Live Lectures on Nano-Science between OU and UG !!

Date:：Every Friday from October 11th to November 15th, 2019 except on November 1st.
Time:：16:00-18:15 for October 11th, 18th and 25th, and 17:00-19:15 for November 8th and 15th.
Places：【Toyonaka Campus】 INSD Lecture Room 305, 3rd floor, Interdisciplinary Research Building
　　　　【Suita Campus】 INSD Satellite Room, F390, 3rd floor, 1st research building, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research

The abstracts of the lectures will be soon uploaded on the website: http://www.insd.osaka-u.ac.jp/nano/

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FY 2019 4th Solid-State Physics Seminar

FY 2019 4th Solid-State Physics Seminar will be held.

Date: 14:40-16:10,Thursday 3rd October, 2019
Place: G215-221 Seminar Room
Speaker: Dr. Lev Levitin (Royal Holloway, Univ. of London)
Contents: Superconductivity in YbRh2Si2

Abstract: Cooper pairing of electrons to form a superconductor can occur via multiple mechanisms [1]. The well-established phonon-mediated pairing in conventional superconductors, such as Al and Nb, results in spin-singlet pair wavefunction that has uniform phase over the Fermi surface. Alternative mechanisms, such as superconductivity driven by spin fluctuations, can lead to both spin-singlet and spin-triplet pairs with complex structures in momentum space. Such unconventional pairing is understood to be required for high temperature superconductivity; moreover some of the spin-triplet superconductors are predicted to have exotic topological properties [2]. There are numerous unconventional superconductors among heavy-fermion metals, however the precise pairing state is rarely known unambiguously. The canonical heavy-fermion metal YbRh2Si2 hosts both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic fluctuations [3]. It orders antiferromagnetically at 70 mK, but doping allows to tune the magnetism across two antiferromagnetic and one ferromagnetic phase [4]. Evidence for superconductivity and nuclear magnetism below 2 mK have been reported recently from a study of magnetic properties of YbRh2Si2 [5]. Transport measurements in this temperature regime are challenging and I will report on novel SQUID-based techniques we have developed and applied to probe high-quality single crystals of YbRh2Si2 and microstructures machined from such crystals using focussed ion beam. We observe unambiguous signatures of superconductivity, such as quantised persistent currents. A complex phase diagram emerges in magnetic field, demonstrating interplay between superconductivity and magnetism. The observed superconductivity beyond Pauli limit and distinct transport regimes, that potentially represent different superfluid phases, point towards unconventional spin-triplet superconductivity driven by the ferromagnetic fluctuations. This opens an intriguing possibility that YbRh2Si2 is a crystalline topological superconductor, a sought-after material with promising applications in quantum information processing.

[1] P. Monthoux, D. Pines and G. G. Lonzarich, Nature 450, 1177 (2007).
[2] T. Mizushima et al., J. of Phys. Soc. Japan 85, 022001 (2016).
[3] C. Stock et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 127201 (2012).
[4] S. Hamann et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 077202 (2019).
[5] E. Schuberth et al., Science 351, 495 (2016).

Contact Information：Takeshi Mizushima（D318, Graduate School of Engineering Science）
Tel:06-6850-6441, E-mail:mizushima@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

Topical Seminar for IMSC by Dr. Toshihide Kobayashi

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2019 will be held.

Lecturer: Dr. Toshihide Kobayashi（Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, France）

Title: "Lipid organization in biomembranes"

Course Objective:
Current advance of lipid research changed our concept of lipids from building blocks of the membrane to the central platform of various biological events. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the current view of lipid organization in biomembranes and to the recent techniques of imaging lipids and lipid domains.

Schedule:
Nov. 27 (Wed.) 10:30-12:00, 13:00-14:30, 14:40-16:10 
Nov. 28 (Thu.)  10:30-12:00, 13:00-14:30, 14:40-16:10 
Nov. 29 (Fri.)     10:30-12:00, 13:00-13:45 

Place: E204, Graduate School of Science, Toyonaka campus

ＩＳＮＳ -5th Cadet Program International Symposium- will be held

On November 27-28, Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program will host "The International Symposium for Nano Science" (ＩＳＮＳ).

Please visit  ＩＳＮＳ website for details.

ＩＳＮＳ "International Symposium for Nano Science"

ＩＳＮＳ Call for Presenters & Participants

 

INSD Summer School 2019, Osaka-Tsukuba

＜Topical Seminar for IMSC 2019 ＞The Institute for NanoScience Design, Osaka University will invite foreign lecturers from abroad and hold the INSD summer school 2019 on nanoscience and technology, composed of four topics of lectures that are usually taught in topmost foreign universities.
The summer school is aimed at fostering international young talent on nanoscience and nanoengineering.
This program is shared with University of Tsukuba and connects three campuses, Toyonaka, Suita, and Tsukuba, via video conferencing systems.
The lecture documents will be uploaded on URL: http://www.insd.osaka-u.ac.jp/nano/.

INSD Summer School 2019, Osaka-Tsukuba
(Summer Lectures in 2019 on Nanotechnology/Nanoscience) 

Tuesday, July 23rd - Monday, August 5th except on Saturday, August 3rd and Sundays
Let’s participate in the original graduate-level lectures on nanoscience and nanoengineering delivered live by four lecturers from top foreign universities!

■Lecturers: This year the following four lectures will offer four topics, two from Osaka and two from Tsukuba.
　Osaka University:　　   Prof. Masashi Watanabe (Dept. Mater. Sci. & Eng., Lehigh University, USA)
　　　　　　　　　　　   Prof. Remco Havenith (Zernike Institute, University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
     University of Tsukuba: Prof. Etienne Gheeraert and Prof. Henri Mariette (University of Grenoble-Alpes, France),
                                                    Asst. Prof. Mukesh Kumar (School Phys. & Mater. Sci., Thapar Institute of Engineering Technology, India) 　Canceled!!
　*Schedule and abstracts of lectures are on the reverse side. Pay attention to the change of the order and time of each topics.
■Lecture rooms:
　Toyonaka Campus, capacity: 40) R.N. 305, INSD Seminar Room, 3rd floor of Interdisciplinary Research Building
     Suita Campus, capacity 12) R.N. F390, INSD Satellite Room, 3rd floor of the first research building of Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research.
　※Prof. M. Watanabe and Prof. Havenith will give lectures at Toyonaka.

Topical Seminar by Prof. Stewart Gregory Randall

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2019 will be held.

Instructor: Prof. Stewart Gregory Randall (University of Florida)
Title:「High Temperature (Room Temperature?) Superconductivity」
Course Objective:
An introduction to current topics on HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY/PREDICTION AND EXPERIMENT in condensed matter science is given in this lecture course. The course will cover the fundamental principles of SUPERCONDUCTIVITY and how to PREDICT Tc, and discuss recent discoveries of (almost) ROOM TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (Tc up to 260 in LaH10 superhydride) under HIGH PRESSURE.
Schedule:
June 19  8:50-10:20 10:30-12:00 
June 26  8:50-10:20 10:30-12:00
July 3      8:50-10:20 10:30-12:00
July 10    8:50-10:20 10:30-12:00
Place: E310 ,Graduate School of Science ,Toyonaka campus

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FY 2019 2nd Solid-State Physics Seminar

FY 2019 2nd Solid-State Physics Seminar
Date：June.6(Thu.) 14:40-16:10
Place：G215, Graduate School of Engineering Science
Lecturer：Distinguished Scientist Koji Azuma（NTT Basic Research Laboratories）

Contact Information：Takashi Yamamoto(D407, Graduate School of Engineering Science）
Tel: 06-6850-6445
E-mail: yamamoto@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

FY 2019 1st Solid-State Physics Seminar

FY 2019 1st Solid-State Physics Seminar
Date：May.23(Thu.) 14:40-16:10
Place：G215, Graduate School of Engineering Science
Lecturer：Director Tetsuya Ido（The Space-Time Standards laboratory, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology）

Contact Information：Takashi Yamamoto(D407, Graduate School of Engineering Science）
Tel: 06-6850-6445
E-mail: yamamoto@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

2nd Internship Program (international) Debriefing Session will be held

On March 27, 2nd Internship Program (international) Debriefing Session will be held.
You can join us without reservation.

Date : March 27, 2019   13:00~
Place : G215 (2F of Bulid. G, Graduate School of Engineering Science)

Internship Program (domestic) Debriefing Session will be held

On March 26, Internship Program (domestic) Debriefing Session will be held. 
You can join us without reservation.

Date : March 26, 2019 13:00~
Place : G215 (2F of Bulid. G, Graduate School of Engineering Science)

Topical Seminar by Prf. Watson Loh of UNICAMP

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2018 will be held.

Lecturer:
Prof. Watson Loh, Institute of Chemistry, UNICAMP, Brazil
(Specially appointed professor of Research Center for Structural Thermodynamics, Osaka University)

Title:
Calorimetry ―Introduction and its application for solutions and other condensed systems―

Purpose:
In this lecture course, thermodynamic properties based on calorimetry of materials and experimental methods of calorimetry are explained. Students who are interested in physical chemistry of materials, solutions, polymers, surfactants, and biological systems can learn from basic points of thermodynamics and how they can apply that idea for materials.

Outline of the course:
In the beginning, fundamental picture of chemical thermodynamics is explained. Then principles of experimental methods and several techniques and apparatuses for calorimetry is given. After understanding the scanning calorimetry and its application in chemistry and biology, the modern technique such as isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) are explained in detail. The application for kinetics analysis performed by isothermal calorimetry is also studied.

Schedule:
Jan. 23 (Wed.)  1st and 2nd Periods
Jan. 30 (Wed.)  1st, 2nd and 3rd Periods
Feb.   6 (Wed.)  1st, 2nd and 3rd Periods

Place: Graduate School of Science ,Toyonaka campus

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Topical Seminar by Prf. Ferdi Aryasetiawan of Lund University

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2018 will be held.

Lecturer: Ferdi Aryasetiawan, Mathematical Physics, Lund University

Title: Fundamentals of Density Functional Theory and Green's Function Formalism

Course Objective:
The course is an introduction to Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Green’s function technique,both are essential for describing the electronic structure of real materials from first principles.
The former is the method of choice for computing ground-state properties while the latter is suitable for describing spectroscopic properties.
A wide range of materials properties can nowadays be computed using these two approaches.

Schedule:
Jan.  4 (Fri. )  13:00-14:30  1st lecture
Jan.  7 (Mon.) 13:00-14:30  2nd lecture
Jan.  8 (Tue.)  13:00-14:30  3rd lecture
Jan.  9 (Wed.) 13:00-14:30  4th lecture
Jan. 10 (Thu.) 13:00-14:30  5th lecture
Jan. 11 (Fri. )  13:00-14:30  6th lecture
Jan. 15 (Tue.) 13:00-14:30  7th lecture   15:00-15:45  Special Lecture

Place: 412, M1 Building, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita campus

more info.⇒

 

Program briefing session will be held

Program briefing session will be held for the student who is considering going to graduate school next spring.

【Suita campus】

date： Dec 14(Fri.) 13：00～14：00

Place: 312, C1 Building, Graduate School of Engineering

【Toyonaka campus】

date： Dec 14(Fri.) 15：00～16：00

Place: G215, Graduate School of Engineering Science

 

⇒Application Gidelines (Sorry, this entry  is only available  in Japanese)

“The International Symposium for Materials Scientists III” will be held.

On December 3-4, Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program will host the International Symposium for Materials Scientists III (ISMS III) at Sigma Hall (Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus).

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” Hong Kong – Osaka University 2nd Joint Symposium on Materials Research” will be held.

On December 3-4, Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program will host Hong Kong – Osaka University 2nd Joint Symposium on Materials Research, at Nambu Yoichiro Hall (Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus).

 

Topical Seminar by Dr.Vladimir Torbeev of University of Strasbourg

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2018 will be held.

Lecturer: Dr. Vladimir Torbeev
Institute for Supramolecular Science and Engineering, University of Strasbourg

Title: Introduction to soft matter and molecular ferroelectric science

Course objectives:
The aim of the course is to provide students with the basic fundamental knowledge of
protein chemistry and engineering as well as to illustrate practical applications in this field.
Students will obtain knowledge regarding the understanding of protein structure and factors
that contribute to the functions of proteins, methods of preparing proteins in laboratory,
as well as designing new proteins with defined structures and functions.

Schedule:
Nov.21 (Wednesday) 10:30-12:00,13:00-14:30,14:40-16:10, 16:20-17:50
Nov. 22 (Thursday) 10:30-12:00,13:00-14:30,14:40-16:10

Research Seminar:
"Chemical protein synthesis to study protein structure and function"
Nov.22 (Thursday ) 16:20-17:50

Place:
LecRoom 4, 7F, Interdisciplinary Research Building

　

Topical Seminar by Mirosław Gałązka of Polish Academy of Sciences

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2018 will be held.

Lecturer: Mirosław Gałązka, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title: Introduction to soft matter and molecular ferroelectric science

Schedule & Place:
Day 1: Nov. 14, 8:50-10:20, 10:30-12:00  (E210, Buildings of Graduate School of Science)
Day 2: Nov. 21, 8:50-10:20, 10:30-12:00  (E204, Buildings of Graduate School of Science)
Day 3: Nov. 28, 8:50-10:20, 10:30-12:00  (E204, Buildings of Graduate School of Science)
Day 4: Dec. 12, 8:50-10:20, 10:30-12:00  (E211, Buildings of Graduate School of Science)

more info. ⇒

Topical Seminar by Dr. H.Hirao of City University of Hong Kong

Topical Seminar for IMSC 2018 will be held.

Lecturer: Dr. Hajime HiraoDepartmentof Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong

Title: Introduction to Computational Chemistry

Course Objective:
Computational chemistry is nowadays an indispensable tool for investigating a variety of chemical phenomena at the atomic level. The availability of many elaborate software packages allows us to apply computational chemistry techniques to specific problems immediately without paying much attention to underlying theories. Although this black-box-like nature is in a sense a good aspect of computational chemistry, in this course, emphasis will be placed rather on discussing derivation processes and other details of a few fundamental concepts.

Schedule
Day 1: Aug. 21, 13:00-14:30, 14:40-16:10
Day 2: Aug. 22, 13:00-14:30, 14:40-16:10
Day 3: Aug. 23, 13:00-14:30, 14:40-16:10
Research seminar:
“Applications of Computational Chemistry to Chemical Reactions”
Aug.23,16:20-
Place
LecRoom 3, 7F, Interdisciplinary Research Building
Room F390, First Research Building of I.S.I.R*

For more info., please contact IMSC office.

Syposium on “Diverse Facets of Chemistry Ⅱ”

 

Cadet Program will have guests from Strasbourg University, and have joint symposium.

Symposium title: Diverse Facets of ChemistryⅡ
Date: June 14-15, 2018
Place: Nambu Yoichiro Hall, Toyonaka Campus Osaka University

 

For inquiries: IMSC office 06-6850-6403

1st International Symposium on Interactive Material Science Cadet Program

General Information

• Date : Nov. 17-19, 2014
• Place : Hotel Hankyu Expo Park, Osaka, Japan
• Organizer : Professor Tsuyoshi Kimura, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
• Abstract Submission : by the August 30, 2014[Student], by the September 22, 2014[Other]
• Registration : by the end of October, 2014
• Board size for each poster : A0 size (hight : 1189 mm × bredth 841 mm)