This is an important field of study for understanding various functional materials that are essential in our high-tech society, and students learn about the bonding patterns of atoms in crystals, methods for analyzing atomic arrangements using X-rays, and the propagation of lattice (atomic) vibrations. In "Solid State Physics B," which builds on this foundation, students further utilize basic physics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics to understand the behavior of electrons in crystals, and develop this into the specifics of functional materials in "Materials Science" and "Quantum Matter Science."

"Strong correlation" refers to a system in which electrons and other particles in a substance interact strongly with each other.
Representative phenomena of strongly correlated states include superconductivity, heavy fermion states, and giant magnetoresistance.
These phenomena are expected to bring about a revolution in energy and electronics materials. In order to pursue unique research, our laboratory focuses on amorphous alloys, whose constituent atoms have a random structure, and is developing "strongly correlated amorphous alloys," which have hardly been studied anywhere in the world. We aim to elucidate the superconducting phenomena and heavy electron states realized in strongly correlated amorphous alloys, and develop next-generation energy and electronics materials.