• Inorganic Materials Chemistry

Laboratory of Structural Inorganic Chemistry

Main Research Theme
Preparation of emerging functional ceramics 　Microstructure control of ceramics and their property evaluation 　New oxynitrides for optical, electromagnetic and chemical application
Research Field
Inorganic Material Science 　Solid State Chemistry
Keyword
Ceramics 　Oxynitride 　Crystal structure 　Single crystal

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PI Akira Miura 　Associate Professor

PI message

Just as informatics and artificial intelligence are changing our daily lives, they are also changing the creation of materials in chemistry. However, there are currently many challenges in creating materials with these new methods, and it seems that the combination of classical theory, computational chemistry, and researchers’ sense and observation is indispensable in the “post-informatics era” to clarify the properties of materials. We aim for breakthroughs in new synthetic methods, novel properties, new theories, and untapped analytical methods to create innovative materials from the vast combinations of elements in the periodic table handled by inorganic materials chemistry. We hope that you will experience the addictive nature of expressing your creativity in the world through the creation of new materials.

Research

Inorganic chemistry creates new materials by combining elements from the periodic table in countless ways. These materials, like those used for energy or memory, have world-changing potential. Fueled by intellectual curiosity, we explore new materials and investigate their synthesis-structure-property relationships to understand their functions deeply. Our aim is to leverage this fundamental understanding for the efficient discovery and design of innovative functional inorganic materials.

Member

  • Akira Miura
    Professor
    Research Field
    Synthesis reaction design, nitrides, sulfides, crystal structure analysis
  • Yuji Masubuchi
    Associate Professor
    Research Field
    functional oxynitride, crystal structure

Main Research Achievements

  • Hand Milling Induced Phase Transition for Marcasite-type Carbodiimide, Yuzuki Yamamoto, Kazuki Kume, Suzuka Miyazaki, Ayako Shinozaki, Peng Song, Sayed Sahriar Hasan, Kenta Hongo, Ryo Maezono, Hiroki Ubukata, Hiroshi Kageyama, Mikio Higuchi, Yuji Masubuchi, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (2025) 11390-11398,
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00962
  • The Detail Matters: Unveiling Overlooked Parameters in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of Solid Electrolytes, Abdulkadir Kızılaslan, Mustafa Çelik, Yuta Fujii, Zheng Huang, Chikako Moriyoshi, Shogo Kawaguchi, Satoshi Hiroi, Koji Ohara, Mariko Ando, Kiyoharu Tadanaga, Saneyuki Ohno, Akira Miura, ACS Energy Letters, 10 (2025) 156-160,
    DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c02156
  • Efficient Exploratory Synthesis of Quaternary Cesium Chlorides Guided by In Silico Predictions, Akira Miura, Muratahan Aykol, Shumma Kozaki, Chikako Moriyoshi, Shintaro Kobayashi, Shogo Kawaguchi, Chul-Ho Lee, Yongming Wang, Amil Merchan, Simon Batzner, Hiroshi Kageyama, Kiyoharu Tadanaga, Pushmeet Kohli, Ekin Dogus Cubuk, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146 (2024) 29637-29644,
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c10294
  • Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformation in Na3YCl6, Akira Miura, Koki Muraoka, Kotaro Maki, Saori Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Hikima, Hiroyuki Muto, Atsunori Matsuda, Ichiro Yamane, Toshihiro Shimada, Hiroaki Ito, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Chikako Moriyoshi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Shigeo Mori, Hiroshi Oike, Akira Nakayama, Wenhao Sun, Nataly Carolina Rosero-Navarro, Kiyoharu Tadanaga, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146 (2024) 25263-25269,
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09476

Contact

amiura(at)eng.hokudai.ac.jp

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