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TANIGUCHI Hiromi

Faculty: Graduate School of Science and Engineering TEL:
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Address: 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, JAPAN ■Mail Address:
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Faculty of Science

Awards

2007
2006
2005
2005 , Challenger 21 Prize
2004 , The Sythetic Metals young scientist award

Research

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Articles
Probing uniform and nonuniform charge ordering with polarized femtosecond optical pulses in geometrically frustrated θ−(BEDT− TTF) 2 M Zn (SCN) 4 (M= Rb, Cs)
,Physical Review Research,5(1):013024 2023
K Nakagawa, S Tsuchiya, H Taniguchi, Y Toda

μ SR investigation of magnetism in κ−(ET) 2 X: Antiferromagnetism
,Physical Review Research,5(1):013015 2023
BM Huddart, T Lancaster, SJ Blundell, Z Guguchia, H Taniguchi, SJ Clark, FL Pratt

Pseudogap formation in organic superconductors
,Physical Review Materials,7(12):124803 2023
Shusaku Imajo, Takuya Kobayashi, Yuki Matsumura, Taiki Maeda, Yasuhiro Nakazawa, Hiromi Taniguchi, Koichi Kindo

Antiferromagnetic ordering and estimation of the exchange interaction in the π-d system λ-(BEDSe-TTF)2FeCl4 studied using 13C NMR
,Physical Review B,108(15):155112 2023
Rikumaru Saito, Takuya Kobayashi, Hiromi Taniguchi, Shuhei Fukuoka, Atsushi Kawamoto

Role of hydrogen bonding in charge-ordered organic conductor α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 probed by 127I nuclear quadrupole resonance
,Physical Review B,108(11):115108 2023
T. Kobayashi, Y. Kato, H. Taniguchi, T. Tsumuraya, K. Hiraki, S. Fujiyama

Magnetic Susceptibility Study of Hole-Doped Organic Metal κ-(ET)4Hg3-δCl8, δ=22% and κ-(ET)4Hg3-δBr8, δ=11%
,Solid State Phenomena,345:47 2023
Dita Puspita Sari, Utami Widyaiswari, Yuta Someya, Eiki Yamada, Hiromi Taniguchi, Isao Watanabe, Yasuyuki Ishii

Thermoelectric signature of quantum critical phase in a doped spin-liquid candidate
,Nature Communications,14(1):3679 2023
Kodai Wakamatsu, Yuji Suzuki, Takenori Fujii, Kazuya Miyagawa, Hiromi Taniguchi, Kazushi Kanoda

Superconductivity nearby quantum critical region in hole-doped organic strange metal κ-(ET) 4Hg3-δBr8, δ= 11%
,Journal of Physics: Conference Series,2462(1):012061 2023
DP Sari, M Kaito, Y Someya, U Widyaiswari, I Watanabe, H Taniguchi, Y Ishii

Thermal Transport of a Layered Organic Mott Insulator κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl
,Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT29):011143 2023
Tetsuya Furukawa, Hiromi Taniguchi, Takahiko Sasaki

Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy in the Normal State of Organic Superconductor β-(BEDT-TTF)2I3
,Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT29):011038 2023
Satoshi Tsuchiya, Kensho Nagata, Hiromi Taniguchi, Yasunori Toda

Antiferromagnetic ordering of organic Mott insulator λ-(BEDSe-TTF)2GaCl4
,Phys. Rev. B,106:045114 2022
A Ito, T Kobayashi, DP Sari, I Watanabe, Y Saito, A Kawamoto, H Tsunakawa, K Satoh, H Taniguchi

Magnetic state in the quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor λ-(BEST)2FeCl4 and the path of π-d interaction
,Phys. Rev. B,105:165115 2022
R. Saito, Y. Iida, T. Kobayashi, H. Taniguchi, N. Matsunaga, S. Fukuoka, A. Kawamoto

Mott-Driven BEC-BCS Crossover in a Doped Spin Liquid Candidate, κ-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg2.89Br8
,Phys. Rev. X,12:011016 2022
Y Suzuki, K Wakamatsu, J Ibuka, H Oike, T Fujii, K Miyagawa, H Taniguchi, K Kanoda

Dynamics of ethylene groups and hyperfine interactions between donor and anion molecules in λ-type organic conductors studied by Ga 69, 71-NMR spectroscopy
,Physical Review B,106(24):245103 2022
N Yasumura, T Kobayashi, H Taniguchi, S Fukuoka, A Kawamoto

Ultrafast dynamics of Mott-state quench and formation in strongly correlated BEDT-TTF molecular conductors observed by three-pulse pump probe spectroscopy
,Physical Review B,104:115152 2021
S Tsuchiya, H Taniguchi, J Yamada, Y Toda, D Mihailovic, T Mertelj

Polarized Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Electronic Phase Separation in a Dimer-Mott Organic Insulator
,Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism,33:2427 2020
K. Nakagawa, S. Tsuchiya, H. Taniguchi, Y. Toda

Spin structure at zero magnetic field and field-induced spin reorientation transitions in a layered organic canted antiferromagnet bordering a superconducting phase
,Phys. Rev. B,102:035102 2020
K. Oinuma, N. Okano, H. Tsunakawa, S. Michimura, T. Kobayashi, H. Taniguchi*, K. Satoh, J. Angel, I. Watanabe, Y. Ishii, H. Okamoto, and T. Itou

Quantum Disordering of an Antiferromagnetic Order by Quenched Randomness in an Organic Mott Insulator
,Phys. Rev. B,124:117204 2020
M. Urai, K. Miyagawa, T. Sasaki, H. Taniguchi, and K. Kanoda

Formation of nanoscale polarized clusters as precursors of electronic ferroelectricity probed by conductance noise spectroscopy
,Phys. Rev. B,102:100103 2020
J. Müller, S. Iguchi, H. Taniguchi, and T. Sasaki

Unconventional superconductivity in λ-(BETS)2GaCl4 probed by 13C NMR
,Phys. Rev. B,102:121106 2020
T. Kobayashi, H. Taniguchi, A. Ohnuma, and A. Kawamoto

Charge disproportionation in the spin-liquid candidate κ−(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 at 6 K revealed by 63Cu NQR measurements
,Phys. Rev. Research,2:042023 2020
T. Kobayashi, Q.-P. Ding, H. Taniguchi, K. Satoh, A. Kawamoto, and Y. Furukawa

Lower critical field of layered organic superconductor with asymmetrical donor κ-(MDT-TTF)2AuI2
,Key Engineering Materials,855:221 2020
DP. Sari, N. Rui, K. Miki, I. Watanabe, H. Taniguchi, Y. Ishii

κ型BEDT-TTF塩の反強磁性相のゼロ磁場磁気構造と磁場誘起スピン再配向
,固体物理,54:159-167 2019
綱川仁志, 生沼浩介, 石川瑠偉, 谷口弘三

Polarization-resolved Ultrafast Spectroscopy in an Organic Mott Insulator κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl
,Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 88 (7):074706 2019
S Tsuchiya, K Nakagawa, H Taniguchi, Y Toda

Disorder unveils Mott quantum criticality behind a first-order transition in the quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor
,Physical Review B,99 (24):245139 2019
Mizuki Urai, Tetsuya Furukawa, Yasuhide Seki, Kazuya Miyagawa, Takahiko Sasaki, Hiromi Taniguchi, Kazushi Kanoda

Zero-Field Spin Structure and Spin Reorientations in Layered Organic Antiferromagnet, κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl
,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. ,87:064701 1-12 2018
R. Ishikawa, H. Tsunakawa, K. Oinuma, S. Michimura, H. Taniguchi, K. Satoh, Y. Ishii, and H. Okamoto

Density Wave State in New α-Type Organic Conductor, α-(BEDT-TTF)2MHg(XCN)4 (M = NH4, X = Se): A Key Material for Universal Phase Diagram of X = S and X = Se Systems
,J. Phys. Chem. C,122:24321-24328 2018
A. Ohnuma, H. Taniguchi, Y. Takahashi, A. Kawamoto

Electric-field-induced intradimer charge disproportination in the dimer-Mott insulator ,β’-(BEDT-TTF)2ICl2
,Phys. Rev. B,95:085149 1-5 2017
Y. Hattori, S. Iguchi, T. Sasaki, S. Iwai, H. Taniguchi, and H. Kishida

Anomalous metallic behaviour in the doped spin liquid candidate κ-(ET)4Hg2.89Br8
,Nature Communications,8:2017 2017
H. Oike, Y. Suzuki, H. Taniguchi, Y. Seki, K. Miyagawa, and K. Kanoda

Dimer-Mott and charge-ordered insulating states in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors δ′P - and δ′C−(BPDT-TTF)2ICl2
,Physical Review B,96:115112 1-8 2017
R. Kobayashi, K. Hashimoto, N. Yoneyama, K. Yoshimi, Y. Motoyama, S. Iguchi, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, H. Taniguchi, and T. Sasaki

Photoinduced phase separation with local structural ordering in organic molecular conductors
,Physical Review B,96:134311 1-6 2017
S. Tsuchiya, K. Nakagawa, J. Yamada, H. Taniguchi, and Y. Toda

Studies on magnetism of the layered organic antiferromagnet bordered on a superconducting phase by μSR and magnetization measurements
,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. ,85: 024710 1-6 2016
T. Uehara, M. Ito, J. Angel, J. Shimada, N. Komakine, T. Tsuchiya, H. Taniguchi, K. Satoh, K. Triyana, Y. Ishii, and I. Watanabe

Pressure-Induced Mott Transition in an Organic Superconductor with a Finite Doping Level
,Phys. Rev. Lett.,114:67002 2015
H. Oike, K. Miyagawa, H. Taniguchi, K. Kanoda

Quantum criticality of Mott transition in organic materials
,Nature Physics,11:221-224 2015
T. Furukawa, K. Miyagawa, H. Taniguchi, R. Kato, and K. Kanoda

Emergence of charge degrees of freedom under high pressure in the organic dimer-Mott insulator β’-(BEDT-TTF)2ICl2
,Phys. Rev. B,92:085149 2015
K. Hashimoto, R. Kobayashi, H. Okamura, H. Taniguchi, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, S. Iguchi, M. Naka, S. Ishihara, and T. Sasaki

Quantum spin liquid emerging from Antiferromagnetic order by introducing disorder
,Phys. Rev. Lett.,115:077001(4page) 2015
T. Furukawa, K. Miyagawa, T. Itou, M. Ito, H. Taniguchi, M. Saito, S. Iguchi, T. Sasaki, and K. Kanoda

Electrical Transport in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Ionic Mott Insulator M2P-TCNQF4 under High Pressures
,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,84:104702(5page) 2015
R. Takehara, K. Miyagawa, T. Miyamoto, H. Okamoto, H. Taniguchi, K. Matsubayashi, Y. Uwatoko, K. Kanoda,

Zero-field Magnetism of a two dimensional Antiferromagnet, k-ET2Cu[N(CN2]Br, determined by muon spin rotation and magnetization measurement
,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,84:053703 2015
M. Ito, T. Uehara, H. Taniguchi, K. Satoh, Y. Ishii, I. Watanabe

Magnetic transition in dimerized radical cation salt of (BPDT-TTF)2ICl2 studied by heat capacity measurements
,J. Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry,113:1197 2013
H. Y. Guan, S. Furuoka, S. Yamashita, T. Yamamoto, H. Taniguchi, and Y. Nakazawa

Relaxor ferroelectricity induced by electron correlations in a molecular dimer Mott insulator
,Phys. Rev. B,87:075107 2013
S. Iguchi, S. Sasaki, N. Yoneyama, H. Taniguchi, T. Nishizaki, and T. Sasaki

Growth and X-ray topographic characterization of k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br single crystals
,Transactions of the Materials research society of Japan,38:565 2013
K. Mizuno, T. Kobayashi, H. Taniguchi, H. Okamoto

Supercondcuting fluctuation of the layered organic supercondcutor k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br in magnetic susceptibility
,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn,82:073706 2013
T. Uehara, M. Ito, H. Taniguchi, K. Satoh

13C-NMR studies of the paramagnetic and charge-ordered states of the organic superconductor β''-(BEDT-TTF)3Cl2 2H2O under pressure
,Phys. Rev. B,84:035105 2011
S. Nagata, T. Ogura, A. Kawamoto and H. Taniguchi

Short piston-cylinder pressure cells based on Ni-Cr-Al cylinders and their application to fragile materials
,Rev. Sci. Instrum. ,81:033903・1-9 2010
H. Taniguchi, S. Takeda, R. Satoh, H. Komatsu, and K. Satoh

有機超伝導体の圧力効果の過去、現在、未来
,高圧力の科学と技術,20:109-116 2010
谷口弘三

Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations in the Organic Superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) under Pressure
American Physical Society,Physical Review Letters,102(22):2270031-2270034 2009
M.Itaya, Y.Eto, A.Kawamoto, H.Taniguchi

Contactless conductivity measurements on the organic conductor, k-(ET)4Hg2.89Br8, under pressure
Elsevier,Physica B,404(3/4):376-378 2009
H.Oike, K.Miyagawa, K.Kanoda, H.Taniguchi, and K.Murata

Inhomogeneous spin state in the organic conductor k-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg2.78Cl8
Elsevier,Physica B,404(19):3138-3140 2009
Y.Kurosaki, A.Furuta, H.Taniguchi, K.Miyagawa, K.Kanoda

Superconductivity induced by extremely high pressures in organic Mott-insulator b'-(BEDT-TTF)2IBrCl
IOP Publishing,J. Phys. :Conf. Ser.,150:52093(4page) 2009
M.Kano, K.Uchiyama, H.Taniguchi, M.Hedo, K.Matsubayashi, Y.Uwatoko

μSR study of an layered organic superconductor k-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg2.89Br8
Elsevier,Physica B,404(5-7):597-599 2009
K.Satoh, H.Fujita, K.Katayama, H.Taniguchi, T.U.Ito, K.Ohishi, W.Higemoto

μSR study of organic antiferromagnet b'-(BEDT-TTF)2ICl2 under high pressure
Elsevier,Physica B,404(5-7):600-602 2009
K.Satoh, K.Sato, T.Yoshida, H.Taniguchi, T.Goko, T.U.Ito, K.Ohishi, W.Higemoto

Transport properties of an organic Mott insulator b'-(BEDT-TTF)(2)ICl2
EDP SCIENCES S A,EPL,83(2):27008 1-5 2008
田嶋尚也,加藤礼三,谷口弘三

Anomalous pressure dependence of superconductivity in layered organic conductor, k-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg2.89Br8
,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,76:113709 1-4 2007
H. Taniguchi, Okuhata, T. Nagai, K. Satoh, N. Mori, Y. Shimizu, M. Hedo, and Y. Uwatoko

Pressure effect on the superconductivity and the charge-density waves in Nb3X4 with X=S, Se, and Te
,Physical Review B,291(1-2):135-144 2000
H. Taniguti;M. Kuga;H. Okamoto;H. Kaneko;Y. Ishihara

Magnetization and ac susceptibility in the vortex state of kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br
,Synthetic Metals,103(1-3):1967-1968 1999
H. Taniguchi;K. Kanoda

Superconductor-insulator phase transformation of partially deuterated kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br by control of the cooling rate
,Physical Review B,59(13):8424-8427 1999
H. Taniguchi;A. Kawamoto;K. Kanoda

Phase diagram of vortices in the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor alpha-(BEDT-TTF)(2)NH4Hg(SCN)(4): A system of pancake vortices with out-of-plane coupling dominated by the electromagnetic energy
,Physical Review B,57(6):3623-3634 1998
H. Taniguchi;Y. Nakazawa;K. Kanoda

Highly anisotrspic superconductivity in the organic conductor alpha-(BEDT-TTF)(2)NH4Hg(SCN)(4)
,Physical Review B,53(14):R8879-R8882 1996
H. Taniguchi;H. Sato;Y. Nakazawa;K. Kanoda

Presentation
k-(MDT-TTF)2AuI2の圧力効果と引っ張り効果
日本物理学会,秋季大会プログラム:87 201009
月山佳子、谷口亜梨早、谷口弘三、佐藤一彦

ミュオンスピン回転・緩和法によるD8-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Brの磁性研究
日本物理学会,秋季大会プログラム:87 201009
伊藤美穂、谷口弘三、佐藤一彦、石井康之、渡邊功雄

高圧下ESR装置の開発とβ' (BEDT TTF)2ICl2の電子状態の解明III
日本物理学会,秋季大会プログラム:66 201009
谷口尚、坂本浩一、溝口憲治、竹下直、谷口弘三

電荷移動錯体の高圧下電解合成
日本物理学会,秋季大会プログラム:66 201009
岡部憲明、佐藤一彦、天川智之、谷口弘三

Effect of Strain on κ-Type Organic Conductors Fixed on a Glass Substrate
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:344 201007
Yoshiko Tsukiyama, H. Taniguchi, et al

Hall Effect on Metallic and Charge-Ordered States in θ-ET2CsZn(SCN)4
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:342 201007
Takayuki Suzuki, H. Taniguchi, et al

Physical Properties of Organic Mott Insulators, (BPDT-TTF)2X (X=ICl2, IBr2 and I3)
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:342 201007
Takaaki Shinkawa, H. Taniguchi, et al.,

Crystal Growth of Charge-Transfer Complexes under High Pressure
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:279 201007
Hiromi Taniguchi, N. Okabe et al.

Studies on Superconductivity of κ-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg3-δX8 (X=Br, Cl) by AC Susceptibility Measurements
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:282 201007
Hideyuki Sato, H. Taniguchi et al.

The Measurement on Angle-Resolved Thermoelectric Power in a Layered Organic Conductor
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:282 201007
Toshinori Yanai, H. Taniguchi, et al.

Crystal Growth and μSR Study on a Layered Antiferromagnet, κ-(D8-BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br
ICSM2010,ICSM2010 Abstract book:235 201007
Miho Ito, H. Taniguchi et al.,

ドープされたモット絶縁体κ-(ET)4Hg2.78Cl8における圧力下非接触電気抵抗測定
日本物理学会第65回年次大会 201003
大池広志、宮川和也、鹿野田一司、谷口弘三、村田恵三

超高圧下ESR装置の開発とβ'-(BEDT-TTF)2ICl2の電子状態II
日本物理学会第65回年次大会 201003
谷口尚、坂本浩一、溝口憲治、竹下直、谷口弘三

TTF-CAの超高圧下輸送測定
日本物理学会第65回年次大会 201003
竹原陵介、宮川和也、鹿野田一司、岡本博、谷口弘三、松林和幸、上床美也

Effect of Pressure on the Quasi-one-dimensional Organic Conductor, MEM(TCNQ)2
2010年1月理研RAL成果発表会 201001
谷口弘三、石井康之

高圧下電解合成法の開発
新学術領域研究「分子自由度が拓く新物質科学」第二回領域会議 201001
谷口弘三

有機導体の高圧下合成
新学術領域研究「分子自由度が拓く新物質科学」第二回領域会議 200910
谷口弘三

κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2の角度分解熱電能測定
日本物理学会2009年秋季大会,日本物理学会講演概要集(第4分冊),64:746 200909
箭内敏則、谷口弘三、佐藤一彦

超高圧下ESR装置の開発とβ'-(BEDT-TTF)2ICl2の電子状態
日本物理学会2009年秋季大会,日本物理学会講演概要集(第4分冊),64:745 200909
谷口尚、坂本浩一、溝口憲治、竹下直、谷口弘三

有機導体(BEDT-TTF)(TCNQ)の圧力下結晶合成
日本物理学会2009年秋季大会,日本物理学会講演概要集(第4分冊),64:744 200909
天川智之、谷口弘三、佐藤一彦

β''-(ET)(TCNQ)の室温SPMの研究
日本物理学会2009年秋季大会 200909
森英一、白井英正、溝口憲治、谷口弘三

Antiferromagnetic fluctuation in organic superconductor, κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, under pressure
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:278 200909
M.Itaya, Y.Eto, A.Kawamoto and H.Taniguchi

Comparison in physical properties between κ-(MDT-TTF)2AuI2 and κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:280 200909
A.Taniguchi, Y.Manabe, H.Taniguchi, K.Satoh

Diamagnetic transition of κ-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg2.78Cl8 proved by ac susceptibility measurements under pressure
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:288 200909
H.Sato, J.Watanabe, H.Taniguchi and K.Satoh

Hall effect on metallic and charge-ordered states in Θ-(BEDT-TTF)2CsZn(SCN)4
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:271 200909
T.Suzuki, H.Taniguchi and K.Satoh

The measurement of angle-resolved thermoelectricpower in a layered organic conductor, κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:270 200909
T.Yanai, H.Taniguchi and K.Satoh

Transport properties of κ-(ET)4Hg2.89Br8 investigated by contactless conductivity measurement under pressure
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:277 200909
H.Oike, K.Miyagawa, K.Kanoda, H.Taniguchi, K.Murata

High perssure synthesis of organic charge-transfer complex (BEDT-TTF)(TCNQ)
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:178 200909
T.Tenkawa, H.Taniguchi, and K.Satoh

Magnetism and ground state of an organic Mott insulator, (BPDT-TTF)2ICl2
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:207 200909
Y.Manabe, A.Taniguchi, H.Taniguchi, K.Satoh,and Y.Ishii

μSR study of an antiferromagnetic insulator β'-(BEDT-TTF)2IBrCl
8th international symposium on crystalline organic metals, superconductors and feromagnets,ISCOM2009 program and abstract:190 200909
M.Tsunoda, K.Satoh, H.Taniguchi, W.Higemoto, and T.Ito

Others
ミュオンスピン回転緩和法によるBEDT-TTF系層状有機物質の磁性研究<マイレビュー>
埼玉大学総合科学分析支援センター,MaLS FORUM,3 200603
佐藤一彦,谷口弘三

ドープ型有機超伝導体の実験研究
埼玉大学総合研究機構,総合研究機構研究プロジェクト研究成果報告書,4 (17年度) 2006
谷口弘三
Studies of a doped-type organic superconductor