Professor Shimakawa's Institute for Chemical Research team wins 2016 Daiwa Adrian Prize (1 August 2016)

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From left: Professor Shimakawa, Professor Emeritus Mikio Takano, and Assistant Professor Takashi Saito

Professor Yuchi Shimakawa of the Institute for Chemical Research (ICR), Kyoto University, and his team have been awarded a 2016 Daiwa Adrian Prize from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

The Daiwa Adrian Prizes honor exceptional scientific collaboration between British and Japanese research teams in a field of pure or applied science. Assessment is based on excellence in scientific achievement, past records, and long-term contribution to UK-Japan relations.

This year's prize winners include a collaborative project between a Japanese team led by Professor Shimakawa of the International Research Center for Elements Science (IRCELS), and a British team led by Professor J Paul Attfield of the Center for Science at Extreme Conditions at the University of Edinburgh.

Focusing on functional oxide materials, the scientists conducted material synthesis under high pressure, and electric and magnetic characteristics evaluations at low temperatures or high pressures, resulting in their discovery of several transitional metal oxides with novel properties. They also elucidated the manifestation mechanism of specific functional properties by analyzing the crystal and magnetic structures of these new materials. These achievements are expected to lead to the development of new materials in the field of electronics and spintronics, as the team widens the scope of their research and works to train junior researchers.

The Japanese team is comprised of: Professor Shimakawa, Professor Emeritus Mikio Takano, and Assistant Professor Takashi Saito of ICR. The award ceremony will take place at the Royal Society in the UK on 15 November 2016.

Research topic awarded the 2016 Daiwa Adrian Prize

Materials Discovery using Extreme Conditions

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity organization, established in 1988 to promote mutual understanding between the UK and Japan. The Foundation honors scientific collaboration between British and Japanese research teams on a triennial basis with the Daiwa Adrian Prizes.

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