YASUYUKI SHIMURA

Last Updated :2025/01/07

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
Web Site
E-mail
simuhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My major is single crystal growth of new rare-earth compounds and measurements for magnetic/thermal properties at very-low temperature mainly below 1 K, to find exotic quantum phenomena.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2013/04, 2015/03, The University of Tokyo/National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, ICAM Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2015/04, 2017/09, The University of Tokyo
  • 2017/10, 2020/03, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Assistant Professor
  • 2020/04, 2023/03, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
  • 2023/04, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Japan, 2004/04, 2008/03
  • The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2008/04, 2010/03
  • The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2010/04, 2013/03

Academic Degrees

  • The University of Tokyo
  • The University of Tokyo

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Physics

Research Fields

  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Physics;Condensed matter physics II

Research Keywords

  • Heavy Fermion, Rare Earth, Low Temperature, Magnetic Property, Crystal Growth

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Exercises in Quantum Mechanics
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Laboratory in PhysicsI
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Laboratory in PhysicsII
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation A
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation B
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Basic Sciences of Matter A
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Basic Sciences of Matter B
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Academic Presentation in Basic Sciences of Matter
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Exercises in Basic Sciences of Matter A
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Exercises in Basic Sciences of Matter A
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Exercises in Basic Sciences of Matter B
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Exercises in Basic Sciences of Matter B
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Magnetism A
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Advanced Study in Quantum Matter
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Advanced Study in Quantum Matter

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Collinear Antiferromagnet SmPt6Al3 with a Sm Honeycomb Structure Centered by Pt Triangles, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 93(3), 20240315
  2. Weak Kondo Coupling Antiferromagnet CePd3Sn2 with Quasi-One-Dimensional Ce Chains, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 93(2), 20240226
  3. Magnetic properties of a spin-1/2 octagonal lattice, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 109(5), 20240201
  4. Suppression of Geometrical Frustration in Defective Yb Triangular Lattice Compounds Yb2Cu2nSn+3 with n = 2.2 and 3.6, New Phys.: Sae Mulli, 73(12), 1037-1040, 20231231
  5. Transport and magnetic properties in the Nd diluted system NdxY1-xCo2Zn20, SciPost Phys. Proc., 11(010), 1-7, 20230605
  6. Antiferromagnetic Order and a Superzone Gap in YbPt5Al2 with the Tetragonal ZrNi2Al5-type Structure, JPS Conference Proceedings, 38, 011110-1-011110-6, 20230523
  7. Inelastic neutron scattering study of crystalline electric field excitations in the caged compounds NdT2Zn20 (T = Co, Rh, and Ir), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 107(7), 20230207
  8. GdPt6Al3: A Canted Antiferromagnet with a Honeycomb Structure br, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 91(12), 20221215
  9. Observation of thermodynamics originating from a mixed-spin ferromagnetic chain, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 106(10), 20220915
  10. Anisotropy-driven quantum criticality in an intermediate valence system, Nature Communication, 13, 2141, 20220419
  11. Magnetic structure of an antiferromagnet NdRh2Zn20 investigated by powder neutron diffraction, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2164, 012053, 20220317
  12. High-field magnetization and magnetoresistance of the honeycomb Kondo lattice alloys Ce(Pt1-xPdx)6Al3, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2164, 012033, 20220317
  13. Magnetic properties of rare-earth zigzag chain systems RAgSe2 (R = Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb), Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2164, 012025, 20220317
  14. Magnetic refrigeration down to 0.2 K by heavy fermion metal YbCu4Ni, Journal of Applied Physics, 131(1), 013903, 20220105
  15. Quantitative investigation of the 4f occupation in the quasikagome Kondo lattice CeRh1−xPdxSn, Physical Review B, 104(23), 235150, 20211227
  16. Development of high-resolution capacitive Faraday magnetometers for sub-Kelvin region, Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(12), 123908, 20211220
  17. Effect of Ga and Cd substitutions on the first-order antiferromagnetic transition in NdCo2Zn20, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 104(15), 155112, 20211007
  18. Antiferromagnetic order in the honeycomb Kondo lattice CePt6Al3 induced by Pd substitution, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 104(10), 104411, 20210907
  19. Antiferromagnetic Correlations in Strongly Valence Fluctuating CeIrSn, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 126(21), 217202, 20210527
  20. High-temperature antiferromagnetism in Yb based heavy fermion systems proximate to a Kondo insulator, PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, 3(2), 023140, 20210524
  21. Heavy-Fermion Behavior in a Honeycomb Kondo Lattice CePt6Al3, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 89(10), 104705, 20201015
  22. Quantum Phase Transitions in an Yb-based Semiconductor YbCuS2 with an Effective Spin-1/2 Zigzag Chain, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 89(9), 093701, 20200915
  23. Fragile superheavy Fermi liquid in YbCo2Zn20, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 101(24), 241102, 20200601
  24. Giant Anisotropic Magnetoresistance due to Purely Orbital Rearrangement in the Quadrupolar Heavy Fermion Superconductor PrV2Al20, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 122(25), 256601, 20190625
  25. Antiferromagnetic Order of NdT2Zn20(T = Co and Rh) with the Kramers Gamma(6) Doublet Ground State, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 88(4), 044703, 20190415
  26. Crystal Structure in Quadrupolar Kondo Candidate PrTr2Al20 (Tr = Ti and V), JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 88(1), 015001, 20190115
  27. Metamagnetic crossover in the quasikagome Ising Kondo-lattice compound CeIrSn, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 98(15), 155147, 20181029
  28. Magnetic and structural quantum phase transitions in CeCu6-xAux are independent, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 121(8), 087203, 20180821
  29. Bulk Fermi surface of the Weyl type-II semimetallic candidate gamma-MoTe2, Physical Review B, 96(16), 165134, 20171017
  30. Substitution effect on the metamagnetic crossover in the super-heavy Fermion YbCo2Zn20, JPS Conference Proceedings, 30, 011121, 202003
  31. Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth Sulfides RCuS2 (R = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb), JPS Conference Proceedings, 30, 011167, 202003
  32. Properties of a Diluted Nd System Y1−xNdxCo2Zn20 for x = 0.20 with a \Gamma 6 Doublet Ground State, JPS Conference Proceedings, 29, 015006, 202002
  33. Non-Kramers \Gamma 3 doublet ground state in a diluted Pr system Y1−xPrxCo2Zn20, JPS Conference Proceedings, 29, 015001, 202002
  34. Quantum valence criticality in a correlated metal, SCIENCE ADVANCES, 4(2), eaao3547, 201802
  35. Specific heat and electrical resistivity at magnetic fields in antiferromagnetic heavy fermion CeAl2, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 807(1), 012011, 201704
  36. Thermodynamic study of gap structure and pair-breaking effect by magnetic field in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu2Si2, Physical Review B, 94(5), 054514, 201608
  37. Very Low Temperature Magnetoresistance in the Quadrupole Ordered System PrV2Al20, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 683, 012012, 201602
  38. High Magnetic Transition Temperature and Semiconductor like Transport Properties of Mn-doped \alpha-YbAlB4, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 683, 012009, 201602
  39. Field-induced phase transitions and magnetoferroelectricity in the perfect triangular lattice antiferromagnet RbFe(MoO4)2 in a vertical magnetic field, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 400(15), 70-72, 201602

Publications such as books

  1. 2023/08, Butsuri, Researches, Developments of the Yb-Based Magnetic Refrigerants for Cooling Down below 1 K, The Physical Society of Japan, Others, Joint work, Yasuyuki Shimura, Yoshifumi Tokiwa

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. JPS Steering Committee (Area 8), 2018/10/01, 2019/09/30, The Physical Society of Japan