成果（国際共同研究）
2017年度に、JSPSサマープログラムで研究室に滞在していたJason Tam君が当研究室で行った研究成果が、Journal of Materials Chemistry A誌に掲載されました。
Jason Tam, Bin Feng, Yuichi Ikuhara, Hiromichi Ohta*, Uwe Erb*, “Crystallographic orientation – surface energy – wetting property relationships of rare earth oxides”, accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. A (DOI: 10.1039/c8ta04938f) 国際共同研究, JSPSサマープログラム共同研究, 物質デバイス領域共同研究拠点
Jason Tam 君のコメントを転記します。
My research project conducted in Japan during the summer of 2017 is finally published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2017 Impact Factor: 9.931) https://pubs.rsc.org/…/c…/articlelanding/2018/ta/c8ta04938f…
In this work, we clarified the controversy on the wettability of rare earth oxide ceramics. In 2013, a research group from MIT first reported that rare earth oxides are hydrophobic (water repelling) due to their electronic structure in a prestigious journal Nature Materials. It sounded like a dream material.
But based on my latest study, these ceramics are hydrophilic (water spreads on the surface) and water repelling properties were only observed when the surfaces were contaminated by airborne hydrocarbon species. Effectively, the mechanism proposed in 2013 is not correct.
Thanks to my professors who guided and supported me in this project. Also, thanks to my friends and colleagues in Japan! I wouldn’t have accomplished this without them.