Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, and classical and fluid mechanics

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

Electrically driven liquid-crystal turbulence generates self-sustained flow and negative apparent viscosity. The fluorinated, chemically robust nematic PPDFB shows a substantially larger negative-viscosity effect than Schiff-base nematics.

Atomic and molecular physics

Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Nuclear physics

Magnetic neutron scattering holography (MNH) were performed on a Fe_0.08Co_0.92 single crystal. the resulting holograms provided the first experimental evidence that MNH is sensitive to magnetic signals.

Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

In many energy devices, electron transfer occurs between ions dissolved in the electrolyte and the electrodes. For keep current flowing, new ions must be supplied continuously to the electrode surface from the bulk region. The diffusion layer’s role in diffusive mass transfer was clarified using the rotating disk electrode method.

Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Magnetic properties in condensed matter

An effective model based on magnetic anisotropy arising from a crystalline electric field is constructed for icosahedral approximants, which not only explains measured ferromagnets and antiferromagnets but also reveals new types of noncollinear magnetic orders.

Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling

This study shows how quantum fluctuations can stabilize droplets in the Bose-Einstein condensates consisting of strong magnetic dipolar interactions using path-integral Monte Carlo method, explaining past experimental observations.