Project
outline
The project will bring about new developments in materials science by creating “chimeras” (hybrids) by “chemically reacting” a wide variety of quasiparticles and clarifying the physical properties and functionality of the chimera quasiparticles. In order to hybridize various quasiparticles, which have been studied individually in the past, it is essential to introduce various new schemes, such as artificial structures, material and molecular design, and symmetry design via interdisciplinary approaches.
Quasiparticles are quantum mechanical entities that behave like particles in materials, a concept useful for understanding complex physical phenomena. Different quasiparticles behave almost independently, but under certain conditions, they can be hybridized. The goal of this research area is to study the physical properties produced by various hybrid quasiparticles (chimera quasiparticles) in a cross-disciplinary manner.
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Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
Shunsuke Fukami
Administrative work / Intellectual property
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Yosuke Nakata
Homepage / Publicity
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Professor, School of Science Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo
Kouji Taniguchi
Meeting planning / Liaison and coordination
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Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology Department of Physics, Keio University
Yukio Nozaki
Strategy
New time and space scales can be added by introducing various structures to promote hybridizations of quasiparticles. Artificial structures such as metamaterials can be utilized in the macroscopic approach, while precisely designed materials and molecules can be utilized in the microscopic approach. Furthermore, the symmetry design of structures is critically important from a broader perspective.
