Minoru YAMASHITA
Research Scientist		  





March 2000 Bachelor of Science, Department of Science, Kyoto University
March 2002 Master of Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Master thesis "Study of superfluid 3He under rotation"
March 2005 Ph.D.in Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Doctor thesis "Study of rotating superfluid 3He in aerogel"



2002/4-2005/3 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
Mizusaki Lab., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2005/4-2007/2 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
Ishimoto Lab., Institute for Solid State Physics, The Tokyo University
2007/3-2007/9 Postdoctor Associate
J.C. Davis Group, Cornell University, USA
2007/10-2012/3 Assistant Professor
Matsuda Lab., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2012/4-2013/3 Research Scientist, Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN



- Study of quantum spin liquid phases in molecular materials.
- Investigation of ultra-low temperature properties of molecular superconductors.
- Developement novel measurement technique at ultra-low temperatures.



  1. D. Watanabe, M. Yamashita, S. Tonegawa, Y. Oshima, H. M. Yamamoto, R. Kato, I. Sheikin, K. Behnia, T. Terashima, S. Uji, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    Novel Pauli-Paramagnetic Quantum Phase in a Mott Insulator
    Nature Communications, 3, 1090/1-1090/6 (2012).    New!

  2. M. Yamashita, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    (Review article) Thermal-Transport Studies on Two-Dimensional Quantum Spin Liquids
    ChemPhysChem 13, 74-78 (2012).

  3. M Yamashita, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    Thermal Transport Studies of Quantum Spin Liquids(Current Topics)
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 66, 928-932 (2011).

  4. K. Hashimoto, S. Kasahara, R. Katsumata, Y. Mizukami, M. Yamashita, H. Ikeda, T. Terashima, A. Carrington, Y. Matsuda, and T. Shibauchi
    Nodal versus Nodeless Behaviors of the Order Parameters of LiFeP and LiFeAs Superconductors from Magnetic Penetration-Depth Measurements
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 47003 (2012).

  5. Y. Mizukami, H. Shishido, T. Shibauchi, M. Shimozawa, S. Yasumoto, D. Watanabe, M.Yamashita, H. Ikeda, T. Terashima, H. Kontani, and Y. Matsuda
    Extremely Strong Coupling Superconductivity in Artificial Two-Dimensional Kondo Lattices
    Nature Physics, 7, 849 (2011).

  6. M. Yamashita, Y. Senshu, T. Shibauchi, S. Kasahara, K. Hashimoto, D. Watanabe, H. Ikeda, T. Terashima, I. Vekhter, A. B. Vorontsov, and Y. Matsuda
    Nodal Gap Structure of Superconducting BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 from Angle-Resolved Thermal Conductivity in a Magnetic Field
    Phys. Rev. B, 84, 060507(R) (2011).

  7. E. J. Pratt, B. Hunt, V. Gadagkar, M. Yamashita, M. J. Graf, A. V. Balatsky, and J. C. Davis
    Interplay of Rotational, Relaxational, and Shear Dynamics in Solid He-4
    Science, 332, 821-824 (2011).

  8. M. Yamashita, N. Nakata, Y. Senshu, M. Nagata, H. M. Yamamoto, R. Kato, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    Highly Mobile Gapless Excitations in a Two-Dimensional Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid
    Science, 328, 1246-1248 (2010).

  9. K. Hashimoto, M. Yamashita, S. Kasahara, Y. Senshu, N. Nakata, S. Tonegawa, K. Ikada, A. Serafin, A. Carrington, T. Terashima, H. Ikeda, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    Line Nodes in the Energy Gap of Superconducting BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 Single Crystals as Seen via Penetration Depth and Thermal Conductivity
    Phys. Rev. B, 81, 220501(R) (2010).

  10. M. Yamashita, N. Nakata, Y. Kasahara, T. Sasaki, N. Yoneyama, N. Kobayashi, S. Fujimoto, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    Thermal-Transport Measurements in a Quantum Spin-Liquid State of the Frustrated Triangular Magnet κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3
    Nature Physics, 5, 44-47 (2009).

  11. B. Hunt, E. Pratt, V. Gadagkar, M. Yamashita, A. V. Balatsky, and J. C. Davis
    Evidence for a Superglass State in Solid 4He
    Science, 324, 632-636 (2009).

  12. M. Yamashita, N. Nakata, Y. Senshu, S. Tonegawa, K. Ikada, H. Hashimoto, H. Sugawara, T. Shibauchi, and Y. Matsuda
    Thermal Conductivity Measurements of the Energy-Gap Anisotropy of Superconducting LaFePO at Low Temperatures
    Phys. Rev. B, 80, 220509(R) (2009).

  13. M. Yamashita, K. Izumina, A. Matsubara, Y. Sasaki, O. Ishikawa, T. Takagi, M. Kubota, and T. Mizusaki
    Spin Wave and Vortex Excitations of Superfluid 3He-A in Parallel-Plate Geometry
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 025302 (2008).

  14. M. Yamashita, A. Matsubara, R. Ishiguro, Y. Sasaki, Y. Kataoka, M. Kubota, O. Ishikawa, Yu. M. Bunkov, T. Ohmi, T. Takagi, and T. Mizusaki
    Pinning of Texture and Vortices of Rotating B-like Phase of Superfluid 3He Confined in 98% Aerogel
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 075301 (2005).

  15. R. Ishiguro, O. Ishikawa, M. Yamashita, Y. Sasaki, K. Fukuda, M. Kubota, H. Ishimoto, R. E. Packard, T. Takagi, T. Ohmi, and T. Mizusaki
    Vortex Formation and Annihilation in Three Textures of Rotating Superfluid 3He-A
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 125301 (2004).



  1. Aspen Winter Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, Novel Paradigms for Low-Dimensional Electronic Materials（招待講演）@Aspen, CO USA, 2012.2.9
    Study of Quantum Spin Liquid in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets

  2. Search for Topological Phase of Matter (invited) @Princeton, NJ USA, 2011.4.21
    Thermal-Transport Studies of Quantum Spin Liquids

  3. American Physical Society, March Meeting (invited) @Dallas, TX USA, 2011.3.23
    Thermal-Transport Studies of Quantum Spin Liquids

  4. Highly Frustrated Magnetism 2010 (HFM 2010) @Baltimore, MD, USA, 2010.8.4
    Bipartite Spin Excitations in a Two-dimensional Quantum Spin-liquid State

  5. International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals 2010 (ICSM2010) @Kyoto, 2010.7.8
    Bipartite Spin Excitations in a Two-Dimensional Quantum Spin-liquid State of EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2

  6. APS March Meeting 2010 @Portland, Oregon, USA, 2010.3.17
    Thermal-Transport Measurement in a Gapless Spin-Liquid State of EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2

  7. The 8th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets (ISCOM2009) @Hokkaido, 2009.9.14
    Thermal-Transport Measurements in Spin-1/2 Triangular Antiferromagnets κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 and EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2

  8. 25th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25) @Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.8.9
    Thermal-Transport Measurements of Spin-Liquid States of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3

  9. 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT24) @Orland, Florida, USA, 2005.8.16
    Rotating Superfluid 3He-A in Parallel Plates



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