Our mission
Observation of physical phenomena that no one has yet seen, new discoveries, and new technologies. We aim to be a laboratory where the enjoyment of pursuing new things gives birth to values and leads to people, knowledge, and technology that are useful to society. We are pioneering “phonon engineering”—the next-generation semiconductor thermal management technology made possible by semiconductor nanostructures based on deep physical understanding and design. Phonons are heat carriers, and advanced control of their transport will lead to applications such as thermal management in semiconductor devices, quantum communication networks, and thermoelectric energy harvesting. We hope that our physical exploration based on intellectual curiosity and the development of new technologies aimed at solving social problems will contribute to the construction of a knowledge society, green transformation, and carbon neutrality.
News
| Apr01 | Mr. Ahn and Mr. Osumi as M1 students, and Ms. Lundy, Mr. Rognon and Mr. Defradas from Ecole Polytechnique as research interns have joined our group. |
| Mar14 | Dr. Diego received The Japan Society of Applied Physics Presentation Award. Dr. Yanagisawa received the Research Encouragement Award of the Silicon Technology Subcommittee of the Japan Society of Applied Physics. |
| Feb16 | Dr. Zhou has joined our group as Project Researcher. |
| Feb01 | Dr. Pradal has joined our group as Project Researcher. |
| Nov21 | Ms. Okochi has been certified as UTokyo Research Administrator. |
| Oct25 | Prof. Nomura received 23rd Docomo Mobile Science Award. |
| Oct17 | Dr. Huang’s paper has been published in Nature. Click here to see the press release. |
| Oct01 | Mr. Yuan, M1 student, joined our group. |
| Sep17 | Dr. X. Huang’s thermal Tesla valve work was accepted for publication in Nature. |
| Sep01 | Ms. Mazevet-Schargrod from Esiee Paris has joined our group as a research intern. |
| Jun01 | Mr. Hanma from Tokyo Institute of Technology has joined our group as a research intern. |
| May18 | Dr. Diego received Best Presentation Award and Mr. Shi received the Best Poster Award at the 8th Phonon Engineering WS. |
| May17 | Dr. Diego’s paper on phonon dispersion of genetically designed nanophononic metasurface was accepted for publication in ACS Nano. |
