2026 Mini Workshop on functional materials science

2026 Mini Workshop on functional materials science

July 3rd-4th, 2026 - Sapporo, Japan

The mini-workshop will be held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. The goal of this workshop is to discuss current functional materials toward various applications. The growth, characterization, material design, and property prediction and optimization of functional materials will be discussed to bring together researchers, scientists, and students to exchange ideas and foster collaborations. We are looking forward to meeting you in Sapporo!

Organizers of the 2026 mini-workshop on functional materials science

Date: July 3rd-4th, 2026

Venue: Research Institute for Electronic Science 1F Conference Room, Hokkaido University (N20W10, Kita, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan) (43.083620967395, 141.33669415861152)

Registration fee: Free of charge

Note: Registration is required and it will be closed when the number of attendees reaches 40

program

July 3rd (Fri), 2026

10:00 – 12:00 Lab tour 1

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 14:50 Informal discussion at the Cafe

15:00 – 15:05 Opening remark  Prof. Hiromichi Ohta (HU)

(Chair: Prof. Hiromichi Ohta)

15:05 – 15:35 Prof. Ying-Hao Chu (NTHU)     "Unleashing the Potential of van der Waals Heteroepitaxy on Muscovite for Next-Generation Flexible Electronics "

15:35 – 16:05 Prof. Xiaojia Wang (U. Minesota)    "Tuning thermal transport in oxide thin films "

(Chair: Prof. Hidekazu Tanaka)

16:05 – 16:35 Prof. Haeyong Kang (PNU)    "The Janus Vacancy: When a Defect Becomes a Function"

16:35 – 17:05 Prof. Yoshiaki Nakamura (U. Osaka)    "Thermoelectric performance boosting by controlling non-parabolicity of an electronic band"

18:00 – 21:00 Informal discussion (important event)

July 4th (Sat), 2026

(Chair: Prof. Ahrong Jeong)

09:30 – 10:30 Poster session

10:30 – 11:00 Prof. Hidekazu Tanaka (U. Osaka)    "Beyond Oxide Heterostructures: ~Heteroepitaxial Growth of Quantum Oxides on van der Waals Materials and Silicon~"

(Chair: Prof. Yoshiaki Nakamura)

11:00 – 11:30 Prof. Jaekwang Lee (PNU)    "Beyond Harmonicity: Anharmonic phonon as a route to emergent quantum functionalities"

11:30 – 12:00 Hyoungjeen Jeen (PNU)   "Modification of Properties in Topotactic Oxides"

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch meeting

13:30 – 15:00 Student chapter

15:00 – 17:00 Lab tour 2

Poster session

01 Weikun Zhou "Water-soluble CaO sacrificial layer heteroepitaxially grown on yttria-stabilized zirconia and R-plane sapphire substrates for large ferroelectric BaTiO3 sheets"

02 Kentaro Sakano "Observation of the crossover between coherent and diffusive vibron in amorphous Si/Ge multilayers "

03 Hyeonjun Kong "High-Performance Flexible In2O3 Thin-Film Transistors and Their Mechanical Durability under Bending "

04 Mitsuki Yoshimura "Effect of "Resonant Scattering" on Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Lanthanoid Oxides"

05 Sayuri Yonehara "Correlation among Crystallinity, Optical Conductivity, and Thermal Transport Properties in LaNiO3 Thin Films"

06 Mizuki Sato "Preparation of Wide-Range Rare-Earth Nickelate Solid-Solution Thin Films and Their Proton Conduction Properties"

07 Hikaru Sadahira "Thermal conductivity of In2O3 thin films "

organizer

Hiromichi Ohta (RIES, Hokkaido University)

Secretary

Tomoka Sasaki (RIES, Hokkaido University)

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