Ai Osaka
Assistant Professor | Ph.D. in Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course
Electronic Materials and Devices Research Group
Bridging fundamental physical principles with the devices encountered in everyday life, Assistant Professor Osaka helps students see the connections that link basic science, technology, and society. Her research centers on fabricating three-dimensional structures at the nanoscale and microscale with high precision, aiming to create devices that fully harness the distinctive properties of the materials from which they are built.
Realizing High-Performance Thin-Film Devices through Precise Control of Material Structures
What students can learn
In this laboratory, students gain hands-on experience in device design and fabrication, the operation of vacuum equipment, thin-film deposition, X-ray structural analysis, and fundamental electrical characterization techniques.
This research explores the development of multifunctional devices by fabricating thin-film materials on solid surfaces whose shape and chemical state are controlled at the atomic scale. Through nanoscale and microscale fabrication, the group seeks to control electronic correlations in transition-metal oxides and thereby create novel devices in which multiple physical properties coexist. Because these oxides can exhibit large and diverse responses to small external stimuli such as temperature and light, they hold promise for low-power, high-performance devices.
