Prof. Nagao’s article selected as “Most Cited Articles in 2014 from Vol. 82 (2013)” of JPSJ.

Dr. Masanori Nagao et al. published the research paper entitled “Structural Analysis and Superconducting Properties of F-Substituted NdOBiS2 Single Crystals” to Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (JPSJ), Vol. 82, No. 11, p. 113701 (2013). The paper was listed in the top 10 cited articles from Vol. 82 (2013) in JPSJ. (http://journals.jps.jp/page/jpsj/mc1y)

The target of the research is the single-crystal growth of a complex anion compound superconductor (NdO(F)BiS2) and
its evaluation of structural analysis and superconducting properties.

This research was performed by following collaborators:
Akira MIURA (currently:Hokkaido University), Satoshi WATAUCHI, Takahiro TAKEI, Nobuhiro KUMADA, Isao TANAKA (University of Yamanshi), Satoshi DEMURA (currently:Tokyo University of Science), Keita DEGUCHI (currently:JECC TORISHA Co., Ltd.), Yoshihiko TAKANO (National Institute for Materials Science).