For a better future: growing crystals

Crystal growth, the process by which atoms come together to form a crystal, is an indispensable part of the material manufacturing process. To grow high-quality crystals for use in solar cells and power semiconductors, which hold the key to renewable energy and energy conservation, it is necessary to control, at the atomic level, the crystal growth that occurs at high temperatures. I aim to introduce new methods to directly observe crystal shape and color changes during growth and translate them into innovative, cutting-edge materials and growth processes for such materials. This research incorporates ideas from metallurgy (the science of smelting ores to produce metals), an old discipline established by our predecessors. Through this blend of old and new in materials research, I want to contribute to carbon neutrality, our mission.

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