【Award】The 31st Outstanding Paper Award of the Physical Society of Japan (JSPS)

Jan 26
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Our collaborative paper on field-induced switching of ferro-quadrupole order in PrTi₂Al₂₀ has been selected for the 31st Outstanding Paper Award of the Physical Society of Japan. This paper is led by Assistant Professor Dr. Takanori Taniguchi of the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, and is co-authored by Prof. Satoru Nakatsuji and Lecturer Dr. Akito Sakai. Congratulations to all the authors on this achievement!

Awarded Paper: Takanori Taniguchi, Kazumasa Hattori, Makoto Yoshida, Hikaru Takeda, Shota Nakamura, Toshiro Sakakibara, Masaki Tsujimoto, Akito Sakai, Yosuke Matsumoto, Satoru Nakatsuji, and Masashi Takigawa, “Field-Induced Switching of Ferro-Quadrupole Order Parameter in PrTi₂Al₂₀,” Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 88, 084707 (2019).

Citation (excerpt): “This work demonstrates an exceptionally high level of achievement in both experiment and theory, significantly advancing the physical understanding of complex phenomena involving quadrupolar order as a higher-rank degree of freedom. It is therefore deemed highly deserving of the Physical Society of Japan Paper Award.”