Hiroi, Zenji
Professor
solid state physics
University of Tokyo
Japan
Biography
The remarkable discovery of high-Tc superconductivity and the following enthusiastic research in the last few decades have clearly exemplified how the finding of new materials would give a great impact on the progress of solid state physics. Now related topics are spreading over not only superconductivity but also unusual metallic behavior, which are often observed near the metal-insulator transition in the strongly correlated electron systems. We believe that for the next few decades it will become more important to explore novel physics through searching for new materials. A family of transition-metal oxides is one of the most typical systems where Coulomb interactions play a critical role on magnetic and electronic properties. Especially interesting is what is expected when electrons localized due to the strong Coulomb repulsion start moving by changing the bandwidth or the number of electrons. We anticipate there unknown, dramatic phenomena governed by many-body effects and quantum fluctuations.
Research Interest
Search for new materials realizing quantum spin systems or strongly correlated electron systems Ground state of the spin-1/2 kagome antiferromagnet High-Tc superconductors
Publications
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Successive spatial symmetry breaking under high pressure in the spin-orbit-coupled metal Cd2Re2O7: J.-I. Yamaura, K. Takeda, Y. Ikeda, N. Hirao, Y. Ohishi, T. C. Kobayashi and Z. Hiroi, Phys. Rev. B 95 (2017) 020102.
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Magnetic transitions under ultrahigh magnetic fields of up to 130 T in the breathing pyrochlore antiferromagnet LiInCr4O8: Y. Okamoto, D. Nakamura, A. Miyake, S. Takeyama, M. Tokunaga, A. Matsuo, K. Kindo and Z. Hiroi, Phys. Rev. B 95 (2017) 134438(1-5).
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J1−J2 square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets with 4d1 spins: AMoOPO4Cl (A = K, Rb): H. Ishikawa, N. Nakamura, M. Yoshida, M. Takigawa, P. Babkevich, N. Qureshi, H. M. Rønnow, T. Yajima and Z. Hiroi, Phys. Rev. B 95 (2017) 064408.
