Research Area

• Invention and exploration of inorganic solids and their functionalities

Research Subjects

• Oxide electronics/spintronics
• Magnetism and superconductivity in transition metal oxides
• Thin film epitaxy of inorganic solids
• Synthesis of nonequilibrium solids
• Development of functional fused materials

Overview of Research

Innovative functionalities are involved in newly synthesized compounds. Our group aims to construct scientific principle of solid state chemistry by synthesizing new inorganic solids and by exploring novel physical/chemical properties and functionalities. Young prospect students will learn material design of novel compounds, development of new synthetic routes, state-of-the-art measurement techniques, and properties design utilizing solid state physics, in order to create scientific foundation of next generation innovations.

Selected Publications

• Electrically-induced ferromagnetism at room temperature in cobalt-doped titanium dioxide
  Y. Yamada, K. Ueno, T. Fukumura, H. T. Yuan, H. Shimotani, Y. Iwasa, L. Gu, S. Tsukimoto, Y. Ikuhara, and M. Kawasaki, Science, 332, 1065-1067 (2011).
• Possible ferroelectricity in perovskite oxynitride SrTaO2N epitaxial thin films
  D. Oka, Y. Hirose, H. Kamisaka, T. Fukumura, K. Sasa, S. Ishii, H. Matsuzaki, Y. Sato, Y. Ikuhara, T. Hasegawa, Sci. Rep., 4, 4987-1-6 (2014).
• Reductive solid phase epitaxy of layered Y2O2Bi with Bi2− square net from (Y, Bi) powders and Y2O3 amorphous thin film
  R. Sei, T. Fukumura, T. Hasegawa, Cryst. Growth Des., 14, 4227-4229 (2014).
• 2D Electronic Transport with Strong Spin–Orbit Coupling in Bi2- Square Net of Y2O2Bi Thin Film Grown by Multilayer Solid-Phase Epitaxy
  R. Sei, T. Fukumura, T. Hasegawa, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 24998-25001 (2015).
• Two dimensional superconductivity emerged at monatomic Bi2− square net in layered Y2O2Bi via oxygen incorporation R. Sei, S. Kitani, T. Fukumura, H. Kawaji, T. Hasegawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 11085−11088 (2016).

Contact Information

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Tomoteru FUKUMURA
(TEL +81-22-795-7719, Email: tomoteru.fukumura.e4@/tohoku.ac.jp)
Masamichi NEGISHI
(TEL +81-22-795-3585, Email: masamichi.negishi@/tohoku.ac.jp)
Website: http://issc.chem.tohoku.ac.jp/FukumuraLabHP/home.html