Satoshi YAMASHITA
Special Postdoctoral Researcher		  


March 2005 Bachelor of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
March 2007 Master of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
March 2010 Doctor of Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Doctor thesis "Thermodynamic Study of Quantum Spin Liquid Behaviors in Organic Mott Insulators with Triangular Lattice Structure"


2007 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists(DC1)
2010 to 2012 Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN


Thermodynamic studies of a quantum spin liquid state and neighboring phases in molecular conductors


  1. S. Yamashita, T. Yamamoto, Y. Nakazawa, M. Tamura, and R. Kato
    Gapless Spin Liquid of an Organic Triangular Compound Evidenced by Thermodynamic Measurements
    Nature Communications, 2, 275/1-275/6 (2011).    New!

  2. S. Fukuoka, S.Yamashita, T. Yamamoto, Y. Nakazawa, H. Higashikawa, and K. Inoue
    Heat Capacity Measurements of Chiral and Racemic Molecular Magnets
    Physica B, 405, S19-S22 (2010).

  3. S. Yamashita, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Nakazawa
    Low Temperature Heat Capacity Measurements of the Spin-Liquid States of Hydrogenated and Deuterated κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3
    Physica B, 405 S240-S243 (2010).

  4. S. Yamashita, T. Moriura, Y. Nakazawa, H. Yoshida, Y. Okamoto, and Z. Hiroi
    Thermodynamic Properties of the Kagomé Lattice in Volborthite
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 79(8), 083710/1-083710/4 (2010).

  5. S. Yamashita and Y. Nakazawa
    Heat Capacities of Antiferromagnetic Dimer-Mott Insulators in Organic Charge-Transfer Complexes
    J. Therm. Anal. Cal. 99. 153-157 (2009).

  6. S. Yamashita, Y. Nakazawa, M. Oguni, Y. Oshima, H. Nojiri, Y. Shimizu, K. Miyagawa, and K. Kanoda
    Thermodynamic Properties of S=1/2 Spin-Liquid State in κ-Type Organic Salt
    Nature Physics 4, 459-462(2008).

  7. S. Yamashita, T. Fujisaki, Y. Nakazawa, M. Oguni, K. Nakata, M. Yamashita, and H. Miyasaka
    Magnetic-Field-Induced Freezing of Spin Correlations in Networkd System of [Mn4] Single-Molecule Magnets
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 77, 073708 (2008).

  8. S. Yamashita, K. Hino, Y. Inoue, Y. Okada, R. Hirahara, Y. Nakazawa, H. Miyasaka, and M.Yamashita
    Heat Capacities of Networked System of Single-Molecule Magnet with Three-Dimensional Structures
    J. Therm. Anal. Cal. 92, 439-442 (2008).

  9. S. Yamashita, T. Ishikawa, T. Fujisaki, A. Naito, Y. Nakazawa, and M. Oguni
    Thermodynamic Behavior of the 10 K Class organic Superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 Studied by Relaxation Calorimetry
    Thermochimica Acta 431, 123-126 (2005).

  10. S. Yamashita, A. Naito, Y. Nakazawa, K. Saito, H. Taniguchi1, K. Kanoda, and M. Oguni
    Drastic Cooling Rate Dependence of Thermal Anomaly Associated with the Superconducting Transition in κ-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg3-δBr8
    J. Therm. Anal. Cal. 81, 591-594 (2005).

  11. N. Tokoro, S. Yamashita, A. Igashira-Kamiyama, J. Fujioka, T. Konno, and Y. Nakazawa
    Low-Temperature Heat Capacity of Heptacopper(II) Complex [Cu7( μ3-Cl)2( μ3-OH)6-(D-pen-disulfide)3]
    J. Therm. Anal. Cal. 99, 149-152 (2010).

  12. K. Okuma, S. Yamashita, Y. Nakazawa, M. Oguni, K. Miyagawa, and K. Kanoda
    Spin Ordering and Enhancement of Electronic Heat Capacity in an Organic System of (DI-DCNQI)2(Ag1-xCux)
    J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 21, 015602 (2009).

  13. T. Ishikawa, S. Yamashita, Y. Nakazawa, A. Kawamoto, and M. Oguni
    Calorimetric Study of Molecular Superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Ag(CN)22H2O which Contains Water in the Anion Layers
    J. Therm. Anal. Cal. 92, 435-438 (2008).

  14. N. Tokoro, O. Kubota, S. Yamashita, A. Kawamoto, and Y. Nakazawa
    Thermodynamic Study of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Ag(CN)2H2O under Pressures and with Magnetic Fields
    J. Phys. Conference Series 132, 012010/1-012010/8 (2008).

  15. T. Ishikawa, Y. Nakazawa, S. Yamashita, M. Oguni, K. Saito, K. Takimiya, and T. Otsubo
    Thermodynamic Study of an Incommensurate Organic Superconductor (MDT-TSF)(AuI2)0.436
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 75, 074606 (2006).

  16. M. Ishikawa, S. Yamashita, Y. Nakazawa, N. Takeda, and N. Wada
    Novel Superconductibity Coexisting with Incipient Electron-Multipolar Order in CePtSi
    J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 17, L231-L234 (2005).


  1. ISCOM 2009 (The 8th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets) @Hokkaido
    S. Yamashita, T. Yamamoto, Y. Nakazawa, K. Kanoda, M. Tamura, and R. Kato
    Low Temperature Heat Capacity of Quantum Spin-Liquid State in Molecular Crystals EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2 and κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3


  2. The International Work Shop on Molecular Information and Dynamics 2008 @Taipei
    S. Yamashita, T. Yamamoto, Y. Nakazawa, K. Kanoda, M. Tamura, and R. Kato
    Thermodynamic Behavior of a Liquid Condensation of Electron Spins in Strongly Correlated Organic Salts


  3. Calorimetry Conference 2007 @Hawaii
    S. Yamashita, Y. Nakazawa, and M. Oguni
    Quantum Character and Spin-Liquid Formation in Organic Charge Transfer Salt with Two-Dimensional Triangular Lattice Structure


  1. Calorimetry Conference 2007, Hawaii, William F. Giauque award
    Quantum Character and Spin-Liquid Formation in Organic Charge Transfer Salt with Two-Dimensional Triangular Lattice Structure



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