Graduate Recruitment

If you are interested in graduate programs, please contact the head of the lab T. Mori (mori_at_ims.tsukuba.ac.jp) at any time. Laboratory tours will be available upon request. Further details of graduate entry is here.

Undergraduate Recruitment for Advancing Researcher Experience (ARE) Program

News

2023.  3.25:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and a poster at JPS 2022 Spring Meeting Online (Mar. 22-25, 2023）
・D. Kyotani「シリカガラスとグリセロールのボゾンピークの振る舞いの不均一弾性体理論に基づく定量的解釈」（Oral）
・D. Kyotani「水素結合性ガラス形成物質グリセロールのボゾンピークのテラヘルツ分光による研究(II)」（Poster）

2023.  3.  1:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from KAKENHI.

2022.  9.15:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a poster at JPS 2022 Autumn Meeting in Meguro (Sep. 12-15, 2022）
・D. Kyotani「水素結合性ガラス形成物質グリセロールのボゾンピークのテラヘルツ分光による研究」（Poster）

2022.  9.  1:

(Congrats) The research content of our laboratory was introduced in the Product/Application Introduction Movies for ADVANTEST's Terahertz Spectroscopic / Imaging Systems, titled "Expected applications of terahertz waves."

2022.  7.  8:

  [Invited Talk]   T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Boson peak and terahertz absorption of sodium silicate glass" at 26th International Congress on Glass (ICG 2022) in Berlin, Germany.

2022.  6.24:

  [Invited Talk]   T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of amorphous system" at CIMTEC 2022 - 15th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies - in Perugia, Italy.

　　 　

2022.  3.18:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented two posters at APS March Meeting 2022, Online.
・S. Nakagawa "Boson peak of self-healable polymers: terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and low-temperature specific heat measurement"（Poster）
・Yu Duan "Phonon-polariton dynamics in sodium silicate glasses investigated by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy"（Poster）

2022.  2.16:

  [Graduate Research Presentation]  S. Nakagawa and Y. Duan presented their master thesis. Good work everyone!

2022.  2.  3:

  [Undergraduate Research Presentation]  K. Watanabe presented his undergraduate research results. Well done!

2021.  9.24:

(Congrats) The paper on "Investigation of the vibrational density of states of sodium carboxymethyl starch glass via terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" in collaboration with Prof. B. Grabowska and Dr. K. Kaczmarska of AGH University in Poland has been published in Spectrochim. Acta A.

2021.  9.23:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and three posters at JPS 2021 Autumn Meeting Online (Sep. 20-23, 2021）
・Y. Duan「Evaluation of the density of vibrational states of sodium silicate by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy II」（Oral）
・S. Nakagawa「塩化リチウム水溶液の赤外光振動結合定数に関するテラヘルツ分光研究」（Poster）

2021.  9.20:

(Congrats) The paper on "Investigation of the vibrational density of states of sodium carboxymethyl starch glass via terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" in collaboration with Prof. B. Grabowska and Dr. K. Kaczmarska of AGH University in Poland has been accepted to Spectrochim. Acta A.

2021.  9.  3:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and four posters at IRMMW-THz 2021 (46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves) a virtual event hosted from Chengdu, Sichuan, China, August 29-September 3, 2021.
・Yu Duan "Terahertz Dynamics Of Sodium Silicate Glass Investigated By Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Poster）
・Shin Nakagawa "Boson Peak And Fracton Of Polymethyl Methacrylate Detected By Terahertz-band Infrared And Raman Spectroscopies"（Oral）
・Soo Han Oh "Boson Peak Investigation Of LiCl-H2O System Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Oral）

2021.  5.28:

(Congrats) The paper on "Understanding the scaling of boson peak through elastic heterogeneity insensitive to bending rigidity in polymer glasses" in collaboration with Dr. K. Kim of Osaka Univ. and Dr. H. Mizuno of Univ. of Tokyo has been published in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.

2021.  5.12:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "ナノスケール不均一構造を示す非晶質一酸化シリコンのマルチボゾンピークの分光研究" at 「ガラスおよび関連する複雑系の最先端研究」, Online.

2021.  4.27:

(Congrats) The paper on "Understanding the scaling of boson peak through elastic heterogeneity insensitive to bending rigidity in polymer glasses" in collaboration with Dr. K. Kim of Osaka Univ. and Dr. H. Mizuno of Univ. of Tokyo has been accepted for publication in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.
　 　　

2021.  3.23:

(Congrats) The paper on "Boson peak and structural heterogeneity in ternary SiO2-Al2O3-B2O3 glasses" in collaboration with Prof. L. Wondraczek of Jena University et al. has been published in J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 　　 　

2021.  3.18:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented four posters at APS March Meeting 2021, Online.
・S. Nakagawa "Terahertz spectroscopic study on polymethyl methacrylate: Boson peak and fracton"（Poster）
・S. Nakagawa "Boson peak analysis of Sodium carboxymethyl starch glass by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy"（Poster）
・J. Kim "Terahertz time-domain spectroscopic study on boson peak of Li0.25Na0.25K0.25Cs0.25PO3 glass"（Poster）
・Y. Duan "Boson Peak Behavior of Sodosilicate Glasses Probed by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Poster）

2021.  3.18:

  [Talk]   T. Kashiwagi delivered a talk titled "Development of high-Tc superconducting THz emitters using wafer bonding techniques" at The 68th JSAP Spring Meeting 2021, Online Virtual Meeting. 　　　

2021.  3.12:

　

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and a poster at 2021 (76th) Annual Meeting of JPS / online .
・N. Nakagawa「ポリメタクリル酸メチルの赤外光振動結合定数に関するテラヘルツ帯分光研究」（Oral）
・Y. Duan「テラヘルツ時間領域分光によるソディウムシリケートの振動状態密度の評価」（Poster）

2021.  3.  9:

(Congrats) T. Mori et al.'s article titled "Universal excitation boson peak of glass: Heterogeneous elasticity theory" has been run in the March issue of NEW GLASS.

2021.  2.22:

(Congrats) The paper on "Boson peak and structural heterogeneity in ternary SiO2-Al2O3-B2O3 glasses" in collaboration with Prof. L. Wondraczek of Jena University et al. has been accepted to J. Am. Ceram. Soc.

2021.  1.26:

（Congrats）"Integrated Optics: From fundamentals to recent advances" edited by G. Righini, M. Ferrai, et al. has been published by IET. T. Mori and Y. Fujii contributed to writing Chapter 16, " Integrated spectroscopy utilizing THz time-domain spectroscopy and low-frequency Raman scattering".

2021.  1.  8:

（Congrats）T. Mori's article titled "Spreading the Sound" has been run in University of Tsukuba.
　　　

2021.  1.  8:

The article related to the paper "Physics of Phonon-Polaritons in Amorphous Materials" (J. Chem. Phys.) has been run in OPTRONICS ONLINE.

　

2021.  1.  4:

(Congrats) The paper on "Physics of Phonon-Polaritons in Amorphous Materials" in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Zaccone of Cambridge University et al. has been published in J. Chem. Phys. and press release has been issued.

2020.12.28:

(Congrats)Press release for the paper titled "Structure and properties of densified silica glass: characterizing the order within disorder" has been issued on the 京都大学HP and 筑波大学HP. Also, related articles have been run in the 日本経済新聞WEB, INFORMATION CENTER, JPubb, iptops.com, テック・アイ技術情報研究所, fabcross, eplus2.jp, OPTRONICS ONLINE.

2020.12.23:

(Congrats) The paper titled "Structure and properties of densified silica glass: characterizing the order within disorder" in collaboration with Y. Onodera of Kyoto University and S. Kohara of NIMS has been published in NPG Asia Mater..

2020.12.  9:

(Congrats) The paper on "Physics of Phonon-Polaritons in Amorphous Materials" in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Zaccone of Cambridge University et al. has been accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys..

2020.11.13:

(Congrats) T. Mori et al.'s article titled "Universal excitation boson peak of glass: from the perspective of spectroscopy" has been run in the November issue of NEW GLASS.

2020.11.  9:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and four posters at IRMMW-THz 2020 (45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves) a virtual event hosted from Buffalo, New York, USA.
・Tatsuya Mori "Boson Peak Investigation Of Unusual Disproportionated Amorphous Silicon Monoxide By Terahertz Spectroscopy"（Oral）
・Junlan Zhong "Boson Peak Analysis of Glucose Polymers via Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Poster）
・Shin Nakagawa "Boson Peak and Fracton of Polymethyl Methacrylate Detected by Terahertz Time-Domain and Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopies"（Poster）
・Jeonghyuk Kim "Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopic Study of Oxide Glass with Entropic Elasticity"（Poster）
・Yu Duan "Boson Peak Evaluation of Sodosilicate Glass by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Poster）

2020.  9.15:

（Congrats）T. Mori's article titled "Shining a light on disordered and fractal systems" has been run in University of Tsukuba, Phys.org, Sciencedaily.

2020.  9.  8:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and three posters at JPS 2020 Autumn Meeting Online (Sep. 8-11, 2020）
・T. Mori「テラヘルツ帯分光による非晶質一酸化シリコンのボゾンピークの研究 II」（Oral）
・S. Nakagawa「ポリメタクリル酸メチルのTHz帯励起(ボゾンピーク、フラクトン)の分光検出」（Poster）
・J. Kim「テラヘルツ時間領域分光法を用いたLi0.25Na0.25K0.25Cs0.25PO3ガラスのボゾンピークに関する研究」（Poster）
・Y. Duan「テラヘルツ分光によるケイ酸ナトリウムガラスのボゾンピーク評価」（Poster）

2020.  9.  1:

The article on "Detect fractal in protein by light" related to the paper（Phys. Rev. E) has been run in OPTRONICS ONLINE.

　　　　

2020.  8.31:

(Congrats) The paper on "Detection of boson peak and fractal dynamics of disordered systems using terahertz spectroscopy" has been published in Phys. Rev. E and press release has been issued.

2020.  8.11:

(Congrats）J. Zhong' paper on "Characteristic terahertz absorption spectra of paramylon and paramylon-ester compounds" has been accepted to Spectrochim. Acta A.

2020.  8.10:

(Congrats) T. Mori's paper on "Detection of boson peak and fractal dynamics of disordered systems using terahertz spectroscopy" has been accepted to Phys. Rev. E.

2020.  6.30:

Marc Bernet Garcia from Spain has completed a productive visit for 4 months as a TSSP student. Nice work!

2020.  3.20:

S. Nakagawa has been an undergraduate student working in our lab since April 2019 and he remains a member of the lab as a master student.

2020.  2.  6:

  [Undergraduate Research Presentation]  S. Nakagawa presented his undergraduate research results.

2020.  2.  2:

Our lab welcomes Marc Bernet Garcia from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. He will work utilizing terahertz band spectroscopy as Short-Term Study Program(TSSP) from February to June 2020.

2020.  1.27:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "テラヘルツ分光を用いた不規則系物質の普遍的ダイナミクスの検出 －ボゾンピーク・フラクトン－" at the 37th Research Presentation of Inorganic Materials in Tokyo.

2020.  1.22:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "タンパク質リゾチームの不規則およびフラクタル構造に起因したボゾンピークとフラクタルダイナミクス" at Molecular Protoscience Research Center of Kobe University in Kobe.

2020.  1.  8:

The paper on 阪大など、ガラス状プラの高分子振動解明 in collaboration with Dr. K. Kim of Osaka University and Dr. H. Mizuno of Tokyo University (Sci. Rep.) has been reported on the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.

2019.12.27:

(Congrats) A PhD student in the Kadowaki lab, J. Zhong's paper on "Molecular Vibration and Boson Peak Analysis of Glucose Polymers and Ester via Terahertz Spectroscopy" has been accepted to Carbohydr. Polym..

2019.12.23:

The article related to the paper on "Elucidation of molecular vibrations of polymer glass"（Sci. Rep.）has been run in OPTRONICS ONLINE.

2019.12.20:

(Congrats) The paper on "Boson peak, elasticity, and glass transition temperature in polymer glasses: Effects of rigidity of chain bending" in collaboration with Dr. K. Kim of Osaka University and Dr. H. Mizuno of Tokyo University has been published in Sci. Rep. and press release has been issued. The news on Nikkei can be found here.

2019.12.11:

  [Talk]   T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Fractal dimension, persistent homology dimension, and fractal dynamics in the terahertz region: the case of protein lysozyme" at Materials Research Meeting 2019 in Yokohama.

2019.12.  1:

  [Open Lab]  Students who would like to tour our lab, please come to visit 3G404 on Thursday December 12 from 15:15 to 18:00.

2019.11.30:

  [Invited Talk]   T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "テラヘルツ光で検出するガラス形成物質の普遍的ダイナミクス" at Symposium on Frontier of Terahertz Science VI. in Tokyo.

2019.11.18:

  [Talk]  Dr. M. Ono of Hokkaido University delivered a seminar talk on Materials Science at 3B213, presentation room, on November 18 at 16:45. Special thanks to Dr. Ono!
・Speaker：小野円佳, 北海道大学 電子科学研究所 光電子ナノ材料分野, AGC株式会社
・Title："高温高圧処理を用いたシリカガラスの超低損失化"

2019.  9.12:

  [Invited Talk]   T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Terahertz spectroscopic investigation of boson peak and fractal dynamics in glass and single crystal" at 4th Int. Workshop on Glass & Entropy & 9th Otto Schott Colloquium (Glass & Entropy 4 / OSC 9) in Jena, Germany.

2019.  9.  6:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and a poster at IRMMW-THz 2019 (44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves) in Paris, France.
・T. Mori "Terahertz Spectroscopy on Myoglobin: Boson Peak and Fracton"（Oral）
・Junlan Zhong "Spectroscopic characterization at THz frequencies of glucose-based biomaterials: paramylon, paramylon-ester and cellulose"（Poster）

2019.  8.30:

The paper on "Spectroscopic properties of antimony modified germanate glass doped with Eu3+ ions" in collaboration with Dr. J. Dorosz and Dr. R. Szal of AGH University in Poland has been accepted to Ceram. Int..

2019.  8.  9:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Boson peak and fractal dynamics of polymer glass: the case of protein lysozyme" at Polymers and networks via topology and entanglement in Otsuka.

2019.  6.14:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and low-frequency Raman scattering of alkali borate glass" at 25th International Congress on Glass (ICG 2019) in Boston, USA.

2019.  5.31:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "A study of universal dynamics in protein myoglobin by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" at 68th SPSJ Annual Meeting in Osaka.

2019.  5.19:

  [Invited Talk]   T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "THz and Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Universal Dynamics of Amorphous Materials" at 4th Symposium on Weak Molecular Interactions in Shimane.

2019.  3.21:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak and fracton in glass and single crystal probed by THz time-domain spectroscopy" at CNR、CMSFO LAB in Trento, Italy on March 21. Special thanks to Lam thi ngoc Tran、all lab members and M. Ferrari's wife!

2019.  3.20:

  [Talk]   T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak and fracton in glass and single crystal probed by terahertz spectroscopy" at XV International Workshop on Complex Systems in Trento, Italy.

2019.  3.17:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "ガラス的熱物性を発現する格子系に対するテラヘルツ帯分光研究" at 2019 (74th) Annual Meeting of JPS in Fukuoka in honor of winning a Young Scientist Award.

2019.  3.  8:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented two talks and two posters at APS March Meeting 2019 in Boston, USA.
・T. Mori "Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy of Alkali Borate Glass: Boson Peak Dynamics"（Oral）
・L. Motoji "Terahertz Spectroscopic Study on Protein Myoglobin: Polymer-Like Behavior of Vibrational Density of States"（Oral）
・T. Mori "Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy and Low-Temperature Specific Heat Investigation of Vitreous Glucose"（Poster）
・W. Terao "Terahertz Dynamics of Carboxymethyl Starch"（Poster）

2019.  2.14:

  [Graduate Research Presentation]  Y. Iijima, W. Terao and L. Motoji presented their master thesis. Good work everyone!

2019.  2.  7:

  [Undergraduate Research Presentation]  M. Masubuchi presented her undergraduate research results. Well done!

2018.12.  4:

(Congrats) T. Mori received the 21st Century Award of International Exchange Encouragement Award from the Ceramic Society of Japan.

2018.10.19:

(Congrats) T. Mori received a Young Scientist Award from the Physical Society of Japan.

2018.10.  2:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Terahertz Spectroscopy Study on Universal Behavior of Glassy Materials - Boson Peak and Fractal Dynamics -" at D-Photon 2018 (1st International Conference on Dielectric Photonic Devices and Systems Beyond Visible) in Bari, Italy.

2018.  9.26:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak dynamics of densified silica glass probed by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" and M. Masubuchi presented a poster titled "Boson Peak Dynamics of Amorphous Silicon Monoxide Investigated by Terahertz Time-domain Spectroscopy" at ICG Annual Meeting 2018 in Yokohama.

2018.  9.22:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Boson peak dynamics of densified silica glass probed by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" at TGSW2018 (Tsukuba Global Science Week 2018) in Tsukuba.

2018.  9.22:

  [Visit]  Dr. Maurizio Ferrari and Dr. Giancarlo Righini from CNR, Italy visited our lab.

2018.  9.14:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented two talks and three posters at IRMMW-THz 2018 (43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves) in Nagoya.
・T. Mori "Detection of Boson Peak and Fractal Dynamics of Protein by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Oral）
・W. Terao "Boson Peak and Fracton of Sodium Carboxymethyl Starch Detected by Terahertz Time-Domain and Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopies"（Oral）
・Y. Iijima "Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy and Low-Frequency Raman Scattering of Boson Peak Dynamics of Lithium Borate Glasses"（Poster）
・L. Motoji "Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy of Protein Myoglobin: Detection of Boson Peak and Fracton"（Poster）
・S. Yajima "Boson Peak Detection of Colored Craft Glass by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy"（Poster）

2018.  8.29:

  [Visit]  T. Mori and W. Terao visited the labs of Dr. B. Grabowska and Dr. D. Dorosz, who are our collaborators of AGH University in Poland.

2018.  8.24:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented two talks and a poster at EUCMOS 2018 (XXXIV EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY) in Coimbra, Portugal.
・T. Mori "Detection of fractal dynamics of protein by terahertz spectroscopy"（Oral）
・W. Terao "Detection of boson peak and fracton of sodium carboxymethyl starch by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy"（Oral）
・W. Terao "Investigation of light-vibration coupling coefficient of glassy glucose by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and low-temperature specific heat"（Poster）

2018.  8.10:

Our lab offered an Introductory Research-Oriented Course for high school students titled 携帯電話を使って電磁波の透過実験をしてみよう under the 2018 Summer Program of University of Tsukuba .
We would like to thank you all high school students who participated in the program.

2018.  8.  1:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "ガラス形成物質のテラヘルツ帯普遍的ダイナミクスを光で視る －ボゾンピーク、フラクトン－" at the 50th Summer Seminar of Glass Division, JCS in Osaka.

2018.  7.14:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Investigation of boson peak and fracton in protein lysozyme by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" and a poster titled "Investigation of boson peak of densified silica glass by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" at PNCS-ESG 2018 (15th International Conference on the Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids & 14th European Society of Glass Conference) in Saint Malo, France.
（Congrats）T. Mori won the Best Poster Award.

2018.  5.18:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Dynamics of boson peak and fracton in glass and single crystal" at RCBJSF 2018 (Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposia on Ferroelectricity 2018) in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2018.  5.12:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "テラヘルツ時間領域分光によるフラクトン励起の検出" at 「ガラス転移と関連分野の最先端研究」ISSP Workshop of Tokyo University in Chiba.

2018.  4.  1:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive a grant for KAKENHI of "Discrete Geometric Analysis for Materials Design of Scientific Research on Innovative Areas."

2018.  3.25:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and three posters at 2018 (73rd) Annual Meeting of JPS in Chiba.
・T. Mori「テラヘルツ時間領域分光によるタンパク質リゾチームのボゾンピークとフラクトンの検出」（Oral）
・Y. Iijima「アルカリホウ酸塩ガラスのボゾンピーク近傍の赤外振動結合定数の定量的評価」（Poster）
・W.Terao「デンプングリコール酸ナトリウムのテラヘルツ帯ダイナミクス研究」（Poster）
・L.Motoji「タンパク質ミオグロビンのボゾンピークおよびフラクトンダイナミクス研究」（Poster）

2018.  3.24:

(Congrats) S. Yajima（ARE)'s paper on Terahertz dynamics of craft glass has been accepted to FUTURUM - Tsukuba Science Journal. This work is a collaboration with Dr. Jeong from Faculty of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba.

2018.  3.17:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and two posters at the 2018 JCS in Sendai.
・T. Mori「タンパク質リゾチームのボゾンピークおよびフラクトンのテラヘルツ分光による検出」（Oral）
・Y. Iijima「アルカリホウ酸塩ガラスのテラヘルツ帯赤外振動結合定数の定量的評価」（Poster）
・S. Yajima「テラ.ルツ時間領域分光法による工芸ガラスのボゾンピーク評価」（Poster）

2018.  3.  9:

  [Talk]  T. Mori and Y. Jiang delivered talks titled "Detection of Boson Peak of Densified Silica Glass by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy" and "A Study of Boson Peak and Fracton in Protein Lysozyme by Terahertz Time-domain Spectroscopy" at APS March Meeting 2018 in Los Angeles, USA.

2018.  3.  1:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive a grant for 2018 Industry-University Collaboration from University of Tsukuba for his project on「テラヘルツ分光による機能性ガラスの新規物性評価法の普及のための基盤構築とニーズ探索」（森プロジェクト).

2018.  2.15:

  [Graduate Research Presentation]  M. Kabeya, K. Nakano and Y. Jiang presented their master thesis. Good job everyone!

2018.  2.  8:

  [Undergraduate Research Presentation]   S. Hisano and T. Miyagawa presented their undergraduate research results. Well done!

2017.12.14:

  [Open Lab]   Students who would like to tour our lab, please come to visit 3G310 or 3G311 on Thursday December 14 from15:15 to 18:00.

2017.12.11:

(Congrats) Y. Jiang has been selected to receive a grant for 2017 Study Abroad from University of Tsukuba and will deliver a talk titled "A Study of Boson Peak and Fracton in Protein Lysozyme by Terahertz Time-domain Spectroscopy" at APS March Meeting 2018 in Los Angeles, March 5-9, 2018.

2017.12.  6:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak investigation of glassy materials by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy" at CNR、CMSFO in Trento, Italy.
Special thanks to Dr. M. Ferrari, all lab members, and M. Ferrari's wife for an invitation and a Christmas present!

2017.12.  2:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak investigation of glassy materials by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy: As a complementary method of Raman scattering" at PRE'17 (Photoluminescence of Rare-Earth: Photonic Materials and Devices) in Rome, Italy.

2017.12.  1:

(Congrats) T. Mori together with Dr. T. Kashiwagi applied for the patent.
【Application number】Patent application 2017-227977
【Invention title】ボゾンピークの測定値に基づいて、物質の結晶化度及び/又は密度を測定する方法及び測定装置

2017.11.24:

(Congrats) W. Terao's paper on "Boson peak dynamics of natural polymer starch investigated by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and low-frequency Raman scattering" has been accepted to Spectrochim. Acta A.

2017.11.  3:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak investigation by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy: As a complementary method of Raman spectroscopy" at THE 58th SYMPOSIUM ON GLASSES AND PHOTONIC MATERIALS in Nagoya.

2017.10.18:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "テラヘルツ分光によるガラスの普遍的励起の検出と解析" at Materials Scope Engineering Laboratory of Ehime University, Matsuyama on Wednesday October 18.
Special thanks to Dr. Takebe, Dr. Saito and lab members!

2017.  9.26:

  [Talk]   Our lab presented eight posters at TGSW-IWP2017 (TGSW-Interdisciplinary Workshop on Science and Patents 2017) in Tsukuba.
・S. Yajima「Terahertz dynamics of craft glass」（Poster）
・S. Hisano「Boson peak detection of soda-lime glass by terahertz-band spectroscopy」（Poster）
・T. Miyagawa「Study of natural glass obsidian by terahertz spectroscopy」（Poster）
・Y. Iijima「Boson peak dynamics of lithium borate glass」（Poster）
・W. Terao「Terahertz-band spectroscopy of starch」（Poster）
・L.Motoji「Boson peak and fractal dynamics study of protein keratin」（Poster）
・M. Kabeya「Study of light-vibration coupling coefficient of vitreous glucose in the terahertz region」（Poster）
・K. Nakano「Boson peak behavior of densified silica glass」（Poster）
・Y. Jiang「Boson peak and fracton behavior of lysozyme」（Poster）
（Congrats）S.Yajima（ARE）, W. Terao and Y. Jiang received the Best Poster Award! Congratulations to all!

2017.  9.24:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented a talk and four posters at the 2017 Autumn Meeting of JPS in Iwate.
・T. Mori「テラヘルツ帯分光と低温比熱による高密度シリカガラスのボゾンピーク研究」（Oral）
・W. Terao「天然高分子デンプンのテラヘルツ帯分光」（Poster）
・L. Motoji「タンパク質ケラチンのボゾンピークおよびフラクトンダイナミクス」（Poster）
・Y. Iijima「アルカリホウ酸塩ガラスのテラヘルツ帯赤外・ラマン分光と低温比熱による光振動結合定数の研究」（Poster）
・M. Kabeya「グルコースガラスのテラヘルツ帯の光振動結合定数の研究」（Poster）

2017.  9.21:

  [Talk]  Our lab presented three talks and a poster at the 30th Fall Meeting of JCS in Kobe.
・K. Nakano「テラヘルツ帯分光による高密度シリカガラスのボゾンピークダイナミクス」（Oral）
・T. Mori「自然ガラス黒曜石のボゾンピークダイナミクス」（Oral）
・Y. Jiang「テラヘルツ帯赤外・ラマン分光によるリゾチームのボゾンピークおよびフラクトンダイナミクス」（Oral）
・Y. Iijima「テラヘルツ帯分光および低温比熱によるアルカリホウ酸塩ガラスのボゾンピークダイナミクス」（Poster)

2017.  9.15:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "ガラスの普遍的励起ボゾンピークのテラヘルツ分光を用いた検出と解析" at　Mie Prefecture Industrial Research Institute Ceramic Branch みえ産学官技術連携研究会事業 基盤技術研究会「テラヘルツ波検討会」in Yokkaichi.

2017.  9.  7:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "Terahertz-band spectroscopy investigation of boson peak in glassy glucose" and a talk titled "Boson peak dynamics of natural polymer starch investigated by terahertz spectroscopy" at ICMS 2017（XIVth International Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy）in Białka Tatrzańska, Poland.

2017.  9.  1:

  [Talk]  M. Kabeya delivered a talk titled "Boson Peak Investigation of Glassy Glucose by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy and Low-Frequency Raman Scattering" at IRMMW-THz 2017（42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves） in Cancún, México. This talk was supported by an Overseas Research Grant from Tamura Foundation for the Promotion of Science.

2017.  8.10:

Our lab offered an Introductory Research-Oriented Course for high school students titled 携帯電話を使って電磁波の透過実験をしてみよう under the 2017 Summer Program of University of Tsukuba.
We would like to thank you all high school students who participated in the program.（Postscript, August 17）

2017.  8.  3:

  [Invited Talk]  T. Mori delivered an invited talk titled "テラヘルツ時間領域分光法を用いたガラスの普遍的励起の振動構造解析" at 評価技術研究会「テラヘルツ波を用いた固体材料の分光,分析,およびセンシング技術の最前線」 hosted by New Glass Forum in Tokyo.

2017.  7.25:

  [Talk]  T. Mori delivered a talk titled "Boson peak of alkaliborate glass probed by terahertz time-domain and low-frequency Raman spectroscopies" at Borate & Phosphate 2017 in Oxford, UK. This talk was supported by a Research Grant from Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering.

2017.  7.14:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive a grant for Industry-University Collaboration Activities from University of Tsukuba.

2017.  7.  3:

(Congrats) T. Mori et al.'s interpretive article titled "Boson peak dynamics investigated by terahertz spectroscopy" has been run in the July issue of NEW GLASS.

2017.  6.20:

(Congrats) W. Terao's paper on "Investigation into low temperature behavior of boson peak of natural polymer starch by terahertz time-domain and low-frequency Raman spectroscopies" has been accepted to JSCC Journal.

2017.  6.  7:

(Congrats) M. Kabeya has been selected to receive the 33rd Overseas Research Grant from Tamura Foundation for the Promotion of Science and he will deliver a talk titled "Boson Peak Investigation of Glassy Glucose by Terahertz Time-Domian Spectroscopy and Low-Frequency Raman Scattering" at IRMMW-THz 2017 in Cancún, México, August 27-September 1, 2017.

2017.  6.  5:

(Congrats) The first year undergraduate student, S. Yajima has been selected to receive a grant for Advancing Researcher Experience（ARE) from University of Tsukuba. He will join our lab and work with us!

2017.  5.31:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive an Overseas Research Grant from Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering. He will deliver a talk titled "Boson peak of alkaliborate glass probed by terahertz time-domain and low-frequency Raman spectroscopies" at Borate & Phosphate 2017.

2017.  5.22:

  [Talk]  W. Terao delivered a talk titled "低温における天然高分子デンプンのテラヘルツ時間領域分光" at the 62th Annual Meeting of JSCC in Hokkaido.

2017.  4.  7:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive a Research Grant from the Asahi Glass Foundation.

2017.  4.  3:

Our lab will offer an introductory research-oriented course for high school students titled 携帯電話を使って電磁波の透過実験をしてみよう under the 2017 Science and Engineering Spring School of University of Tsukuba on April 4.（Web information 、Poster）
→We would like to thank you all high school students who participated in the program. （Postscript, April 5）

2017.  4.  1:

(Congrats) T. Mori has been selected to receive a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) from KAKENHI.

2017.  4.  1:

The recent paper on"グルコースガラスのボソンピークのテラヘルツ分光" can be found here（M. Kabeya et al., Physical Review B, 94, 224204 (2016).). Press release（2016.12.26）is here.

2017.  4.  1:

Mori lab opened the webpage!