Masahiro Shimizu

Masahiro Shimizu

Assistant Professor, Department of Material Chemistry

Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

A3-328, Kyotodaigaku katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

TEL: +81-75-383-2238 / FAX: +81-75-383-2461

E-mail: shimizu.masahiro.3m@kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

Introduction
I am currently working at the Department of Material Chemistry of Kyoto University in Japan as assistant professor.

My research area is glass science. I am investigating the origin of dynamical phenomena such as relaxation, Soret effect, viscous flow, chemical reaction, crystallization and thermal conductivity in glass and glass melts by molecular dynamics, first-principle simulation and experiment.

 

Disciplines
Inorganic Chemistry, Thermochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Computational Physics

 

Skills and expertise
Glass Science and Technology, Large-scale classical molecular dynamics simulation, molecular dynamics using reaxFF,

DFT Calculations, Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics, 

Optics and Lasers, Nonlinear Optics

DSC, TMA, EPMA, FE-SEM, Raman spectroscopy,

Self-made classical molecular dynamics code with Nose-hoover chain thermostat and Andersen barostat

 

Languages
Japanese, English

 

Education

2003/4 – 2007/3  Undergraduate school of Industrial Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan (Professor K. Hirao)

2007/4-2009/3  Master’s course, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (Professor K. Hirao)

2009/4-2012/3  Doctor’s course, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (Professor K. Hirao)

2012/3  Ph.D. degree in engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

 

Professional career

2009/4-2012/3  Research fellow (DC1), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan

2012/4-2013/4  Postdoctral research fellow (PD), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan

2013/5-        Assistant professor, Kyoto University, Japan

2017/7-2017/9  Visiting researcher, Alfred University, USA (Professor A. N. Cormack)

 

Current research

・Soret effect in glass melts

・Chemical reaction and viscosity in glass melts

・Structure relaxation in glass at the vicinity of Tg

・Thermal conduction in glass and melts

・Ion exchange of glass

・Crystallization in glass and melts

 

Award

  1. CerSJ 21st Century Awards: The Motoharu Kurata Award, The Ceramic Society of Japan, November, 2022.
  2. CerSJ Awards for advancements in ceramic science and technology, The Ceramic Society of Japan, “Soret effect in glass-forming oxide melts”, November 29, 2018.
  3. Academic presentation award, Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan (Kansai branch), ”Molecular dynamics study of the Soret effect in CaO-SiO2 glass melts”, July 14, 2017.
  4. The best report on laser micro-and nanotechnologies, International conference Fundamentals of Laser Assisted Micro- and Nanotechnologies, “Space-selective phase separation induced by femtosecond laser irradiation”, St. Petersburg, July 8, 2010.
  5. Excellent presentation award, 40th Seminar for young researcher, The Ceramic Society of Japan, “Temperature distribution under high-repetition femtosecond laser irradiation inside glass”, August 1, 2008.

【Featured Paper List】(picked out from original peer-reviewed paper)

・ Taisuke Suzuki, Yuya Hamada, Masahiro Shimizu*, Shingo Urata, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Atomistic mechanism of structural and volume relaxation below glass transition temperature in a soda-lime silicate glass revealed by Raman spectroscopy and its DFT calculations”, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 160, 034501(2024).

https:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0181160

・ Yuma Nishida, Masahiro Shimizu*,Tatsuya Okuno, Jun Matsuoka, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Ultra-high temperature Soret effect in a silicate melt: SiO2 migration to cold side”, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159, 134504(2023)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0167239

・ Masahiro Shimizu*, Kenzo Sato, Kento Nakashima, Tomohiro Kiyosawa, Jun Matsuoka, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Composition-dependent sign inversion of the Soret coefficient of SiO2 in binary borosilicate melts”, The Journal of Chemical Physics156, 214504(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090939

・ Masahiro Shimizu*, Teppei Murota, Shingo Urata, Yoichi Takato, Yuya Hamada, Akio Koike, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Koji Fujita, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Structural origin of thermal shrinkage in soda-lime silicate glass below the glass transition temperature: A theoretical investigation by microsecond timescale molecular dynamics simulations”, The Journal of Chemical Physics155, 044501(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0056464

・ Masahiro Shimizu*, Tsubasa Fukuyo, Jun Matsuoka, Kento Nakashima, Kenzo Sato, Tomohiro Kiyosawa, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Determination of thermodynamic and microscopic origins of the Soret effect in sodium silicate melts: Prediction of sign change of the Soret coefficient”, The Journal of Chemical Physics154, 074501(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0040513

・Tomohiro Kiyosawa, Masahiro Shimizu*, Jun Matsuoka, Kento Nakashima, Kenzo Sato, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Role of mixing thermodynamic properties on the Soret effect”, The Journal of Chemical Physics157, 174501(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122015

 

 

【Original Paper List】(peer reviewed)

55. Taisuke Suzuki, Yuya Hamada, Masahiro Shimizu*, Shingo Urata, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Atomistic mechanism of structural and volume relaxation below glass transition temperature in a soda-lime silicate glass revealed by Raman spectroscopy and its DFT calculations”, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 160, 034501(2024).

https:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0181160

54. Kohei Kinouchi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Mitsuharu Uemoto, Masanori Fujiwara, Norikazu Mizuochi, Masahiro Shimizu, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Laser writing of preferentially orientated nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond”, Carbon Trends, 13, 100318-1-11(2023).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2023.100318

53. Yuma Nishida, Masahiro Shimizu*,Tatsuya Okuno, Jun Matsuoka, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Ultra-high temperature Soret effect in a silicate melt: SiO2 migration to cold side”, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159, 134504(2023)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0167239

52. Yuya Hamada*, Akira Sasaki, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Microscopic and thermodynamic origins of volume relaxation in soda-lime aluminosilicate glasses below the glass transition temperature”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 617, 122509(2023).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122509

51. Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Tatsuya Okuno, Masahiro Shimizu, Kiyotaka Miura, “Photoinduced Self-Assembly of Nanocrystals inside Al2O3-Lu2O3 Glass”, Advanced Optical Technologies, 12(2023).

https://doi.10.3389/aot.2023.1237663

50. Kakeru Hattori, Masahiro Shimizu, Yusuke Daiko*, “Compositional design for SrTiO3 crystal precipitation from spinodal-type borosilicate glass containing large amounts of TiO2”, Journal of the Ceramics Society of Japan131, 313-319(2023).

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.23010

49. Yuya Hamada*, Teppei Murota, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Volume relaxation of soda-lime silicate glasses below glass transition temperature”, AIP Advances13, 025353-1-6(2023).

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0131705

48. Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Kohei Kinouchi, Ryusei Yanoshita, Masanori Fujiwara, Norikazu Mizuochi, Mitsuharu Uemoto, Masahiro Shimizu, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Formation of NV centers in diamond by femtosecond laser single pulse”, Optics Express31, 1594-1603(2023).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.475917

47. Tomohiro Kiyosawa, Masahiro Shimizu*, Jun Matsuoka, Kento Nakashima, Kenzo Sato, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Role of mixing thermodynamic properties on the Soret effect”, The Journal of Chemical Physics157, 174501(2022).

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122015

46. Yoshitaka Saijo*, Yuichi Suzuki, Ryoji Akiyama, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Speciation Analysis of Tin at the Tin Side of Float Glass by Solvent Extraction Combined with a Stepwise Etching Technique”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids592, 121752(2022).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.121752

45. Masahiro Shimizu*, Kenzo Sato, Kento Nakashima, Tomohiro Kiyosawa, Jun Matsuoka, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Composition-dependent sign inversion of the Soret coefficient of SiO2 in binary borosilicate melts”, The Journal of Chemical Physics156, 214504(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090939

44. Yoshitaka Saijo*, Makiko Murata, Takato Kajihara, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Yuichi Suzuki, Ryoji Akiyama, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Speciation of Tin Ions in Oxide Glass Containing Iron Oxide through Solvent Extraction and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry after the Decomposition Utilizing Ascorbic Acid”, Analytical Sciences(2022).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-022-00110-w

43. Yeming Zhang, Shunsuke Murai, Ayaka Maeno, Hironori Kaji, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Zhijun Ma, Jianrong Qiu, Katsuhisa Tanaka*, “Microstructure and Faraday effect of Tb2O3-Al2O3-SiO2-B2O3 Glasses for Fiber Based Magneto-optical Applications”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society105, 1198-1209(2022).

https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18163

42. Yoshitaka Saijo*, Yuichi Suzuki, Makiko Murata, Ryoji Akiyama, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Separation and Determination of Sulfide Sulfur and Sulfate Sulfur in Soda Lime Silicate Glass”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids571, 121072(2021).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.121072

41. Masahiro Shimizu*, Teppei Murota, Shingo Urata, Yoichi Takato, Yuya Hamada, Akio Koike, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Koji Fujita, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Structural origin of thermal shrinkage in soda-lime silicate glass below the glass transition temperature: A theoretical investigation by microsecond timescale molecular dynamics simulations”, The Journal of Chemical Physics155, 044501(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0056464

40. Torataro Kurita*, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Masanori Fujiwara, Masahiro Fujie, Norikazu Mizouchi, Masahiro Shimizu, and Kiyotaka miura, “Direct writing of high density nitrogen-vacancy centers inside diamond by femtosecond laser irradiation”, Applied Physics Letters118, 214001(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0049953

39. Masahiro Shimizu*, Tsubasa Fukuyo, Jun Matsuoka, Kento Nakashima, Kenzo Sato, Tomohiro Kiyosawa, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Determination of thermodynamic and microscopic origins of the Soret effect in sodium silicate melts: Prediction of sign change of the Soret coefficient”, The Journal of Chemical Physics154, 074501(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0040513

38. Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Kotaro Tomura, Tatsuya Okuno, Masahiro Shimizu, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Femtosecond Laser-Induced Self-Assembly of Ce3+-Doped YAG Nanocrystals”, Crystals10, 1142-1-13(2020)

https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10121142

37. Akinao Nakamura, Tomoki Mizuta, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Masaaki Sakakura, Tomohito Otobe, Masahiro Shimizu, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Picosecond burst pulse machining with temporal energy modulation [Invited]”, Chinese Optics Letters18, 123801-5(2020)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3788/COL202018.123801

36. Kento Nakashima*, Masahiro Shimizu, Jun Matsuoka, Tsubasa Fukuyo, Hiroshi Kato, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, “Soret coefficient of a sodium germanate glass melt: experiment, theory, and molecular dynamics simulation”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society103, 6208-6214(2020)

https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17375

35. Koki Chojin*, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, “Cooling-rate dependence of thermal conductivity in a sodium silicate glass: A molecular dynamics study”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan128, 656-659(2020)

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.20039

34. Yitao Wang, Shuen Wei*, Miss R. Cicconi, Yuta Tsuji, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, Gang‐Ding Peng, Daniel R. Neuville, Bertrand Poumellec, Matthieu Lancry, “Femtosecond laser direct writing in SiO2‐Al2O3 binary glasses and thermal stability of Type II permanent modifications”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society103, 4286-4294(2020)

https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17164

33. Kai Tokuhiro*, Makoto Okano, Satoru Hachinohe, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Low temperature deformation mechanism of semiconductor single crystal and molding of Ge microlens array by direct electrical heating”, AIP Advances10, 045214(2020)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003218

32. Masahiro Shimizu*, “Soret effect in binary glass-forming oxide melts: theory and its verification”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan127, 507-513(2019)

(The 71st CerSJ Awards for Advancements in Ceramic Science and Technology: Review)

(Selected as journal front cover image)

http://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.19117

31. Masahiro Shimizu*, Alastair N. Cormack, Liaoyuan Wang, Masayuki Nishi, Kazuyuki Hirao, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Substitutional reaction in Si–O network of MD-modeled liquid Na2SiO3: microscopic and statistical study”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society102, 4431-4439(2019)

https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16471

30. Torataro Kurita*, Nobuya Mineyuki, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Masanori Fujiwara, Norikazu Mizouchi, Masahiro Shimizu, and Kiyotaka miura, “Efficient generation of nitrogen-vacancy center inside diamond with shortening of laser pulse duration”, Applied Physics Letters113, 211102 (2018)

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5054730

29. Hiroki Itasaka, Masayuki Nishi*, Masahiro Shimizu, Yohito Okuno, Shinsuke Kashiwagi, Nobuyuki Naka, and Kazuyuki Hirao, “Nanoscale Raman imaging with nanogold-topped AFM probes fabricated by area-selective electroless deposition”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society165, pp. D711-D715(2018)

https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0561814jes

28. Masahiro Shimizu*, Jun Matsuoka, Hiroshi Kato, Takeyuki Kato, Masayuki Nishi, Heidy Visbal, Kohji Nagashima, Masaaki Sakakura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Hiroki Itasaka, Kazuyuki Hirao, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Role of partial molar enthalpy of oxides on Soret effect in high-temperature CaO–SiO2 melts”, Scientific Reports8, Article number: 15489 (2018)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33882-1

27. Masahiro Shimizu*, Shohei Hosoya, Takeyuki Kato, Jun Matsuoka, Hiroshi Kato, Masayuki Nishi, Kazuyuki Hirao, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Soret coefficient of a sodium borate melt: Experiment with a vertical furnace and thermodynamic theory”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan126, 997-1004(2018)

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.18135
26. Heidy Visbal, Minami Hirano, Takuya Omura, Masahiro Shimizu, Daigo Takaishi, and Kazuyuki Hirao*, “Nanostructure and surface activation of mayenite (12CaO·7Al2O3) ceramics via femtosecond laser irradiation in solvents”, Optics and Laser Technology92C, pp. 126~132(2017)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2017.01.012
25. Masahiro Shimizu*, Hiroshi Kato, Masayuki Nishi, Daisuke Hanakawa, Kohji Nagashima, Heidy Visbal, Hiroki Itasaka, Masaaki Sakakura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, and Kazuyuki Hirao, “Molecular dynamics simulation of the Soret effect in a CaSiO3 glass melt”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan125, pp. 180~184(2017)

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.16187
24. Hiroki Itasaka, Masayuki Nishi*Masahiro Shimizu, and Kazuyuki Hirao, “Growth of nanogold at interfaces between locally induced naked silicon surfaces and pure HAuCl4 solutions”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society163, pp. D743~D746(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0261614jes
23. Masahiro Shimizu*, Daisuke Hanakawa, Masayuki Nishi, Kohji Nagashima, Visbal Heidy, Masaaki Sakakura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, and Kazuyuki Hirao, “Soret coefficients of alkali oxides in alkali borate glass melts”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan124, pp. 774~776(2016)

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.16053

22. Masaki Hashida, Takaya Nishii, Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Hitoshi Sakagami, Masahiro Shimizu, Shunsuke Inoue, and Shuji Sakabe, “Orientation of periodic grating structures controlled by double-pulse irradiation”, Applied Physics A122, 484(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0011-1
21. Shifeng Zhou*, Binbin Zheng, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Yunhao Lu, Qiangbing Guo, Masayuki Nishi, Masahiro Shimizu, Kiyotaka Miura, Kazuyuki Hirao, and Jianrong Qiu, “Heterogeneous-surface-mediated crystallization control”, NPG Asia Materials8, e245(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1038/am.2016.15
20. Masaki Hashida, Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Takaya Nishii, Masahiro Shimizu, Shunsuke Inoue, and Shuji Sakabe, “Threshold Fluence for Femtosecond Laser Nanoablation for Metals”, Electronics and Communications in Japan99, pp. 88~95(2016)

https://doi-org.kyoto-u.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/ecj.11878
19. 橋田 昌樹, 宮坂 泰弘, 清水 雅弘, 坂上 仁志, 井上 峻介, 阪部 周二,「フェムト秒レーザーアブレーションにより固体表面に自己組織的に形成するナノ周期構造」,レーザー研究第43巻, pp. 745~751(2015)

18. Masaki Hashida*, Laura Gemini, Takaya Nishii, Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Hitoshi Sakagami, Masahiro Shimizu, Shunsuke Inoue, Jiri Limpouch, Tomas Mocek, and Shuji Sakabe, “Periodic grating structures on metal self-organized by double-pulse irradiation”, Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering9, pp. 234~237(2014)

https://doi.org/10.2961/jlmn.2014.03.0010
17. Masaaki Sakakura*, Kouhei Yoshimura, Torataro Kurita, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Naoaki Fukuda, Kazuyuki Hirao, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Condensation of Si-rich region inside soda-lime glass by parallel femtosecond laser irradiation”, Optics Express22, pp. 16493~16503(2014)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.016493
16. Laura Gemini*, Masaki Hashida, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Shunsuke Inoue, Shigeki Tokita, Jiri Limpouch, Tomas Mocek, and Shuji Sakabe, “Periodic nanostructures self-formed on silicon and silicon carbide by femtosecond laser irradiation”, Applied Physics A117, 49–54(2014)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8502-4
15. Laura Gemini, Masaki Hashida, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Shunsuke Inoue, Shigeki Tokita, Jiri Limpouch, Tomas Mocek, and Shuji Sakabe, “Metal-like self-organization of periodic nanostructures on silicon and silicon carbide under femtosecond laser pulses”, Journal of Applied Physics114, pp. 194903-1~194903-5(2013)

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4832829
14. Masahiro Shimizu*, Masaki Hashida, Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Shigeki Tokita, and Shuji Sakabe, “Unidirectionally oriented nanocracks on metal surfaces irradiated by low-fluence femtosecond laser pulses”, Applied Physics Letters103, pp. 174106-1~174106-4(2013)

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4827296
13. Masaaki Sakakura*, Torataro Kurita, Masahiro Shimizu, Kow-hey Yoshimura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Naoaki Fukuda, Kazuyuki Hirao, and Kiyotaka Miura, “Shape control of elemental distributions inside a glass by simultaneous femtosecond laser irradiation at multiple spots”, Optics Letters38, pp. 4939~4942(2013)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.004939
12. Seisuke Nakashima*, Koji Sugioka, Katsuhisa Tanaka, Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, Katsumi Midorikawa, Kohki Mukai, “Plasmonically enhanced Faraday effect in metal and ferrite nanoparticles composite precipitated inside glass”, Optics Express20, pp. 28191~28199(2012)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.028191
11. Masahiro Yamaji*, Hayato Kawashima, Jun’ichi Suzuki, Shuhei Tanaka, Masahiro Shimizu, Kazuyuki Hirao, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, “Homogeneous and elongation-free 3D microfabrication by a femtosecond laser pulse and hologram”, Journal of Applied Physics111, pp. 083107-1~083107-7(2012)

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705286
10. Masahiro Shimizu, Masaaki Sakakura*, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Masahiro Yamaji, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kazuyuki Hirao, Kiyotaka Miura, “Three-dimensional temperature distribution and modification mechanism in glass during ultrafast laser irradiation at high repetition rates”, Optics Express20, pp. 934~940(2012)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.000934
9. Masahiro Shimizu*, Masaaki Sakakura, Shingo Kanehira, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kazuyuki Hirao, Kiyotaka Miura, “Formation mechanism of element distribution inside glass under femtosecond laser irradiation”, Optics Letters36, pp. 2161~2163(2011)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.002161
8. Xi Wang, Nan Wu, Masahiro Shimizu, Masaaki Sakakura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura*, Shifeng Zhou*, Jiarong Qiu, Kazuyuki Hirao, ”Space selective reduction of europium ions via SrF2 crystals induced by high repetition rate femtosecond laser”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan119, pp. 939~941(2011)

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.119.939
7. Masahiro Shimizu, Masaaki Sakakura*, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Takayuki Nakaya, Kiyotaka Miura, Kazuyuki Hirao, “Mechanism of heat-modification inside a glass after irradiation with high-repetition rate femtosecond laser pulses”, Journal of Applied Physics108, pp. 073533-1~073533-10 (2010)

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3483238
6. Masahiro Shimizu*, Kiyotaka Miura, Masaaki Sakakura, Masayuki Nishi, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Shingo Kanehira, Takayuki Nakaya, Kazuyuki Hirao, “Space-selective phase separation inside a glass by controlling compositional distribution with femtosecond laser irradiation”, Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing100, pp. 1001~1005(2010)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5879-6
5. Shifeng Zhou*, Nan Jiang, Kiyotaka Miura, Setsuhisa Tanabe, Masahiro Shimizu, Masaaki Sakakura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Masayuki Nishi, Jianrong Qiu, Kazuyuki Hirao, ”Simultaneous Tailoring of Phase Evolution and Dopant Distribution in the Glassy Phase for Controllable Luminescence”, Journal of the American Chemical Society132, pp. 17945~17952(2010)

https://doi.org/10.1021/ja108512g
4. Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma*, Masaaki Sakakura, Toshirou Yuasa, Hidekazu Homma, Yosuke Minowa, Koichiro Tanaka, Kiyotaka Miura, Kazuyuki Hirao, “Periodic metallo-dielectric structure in diamond”, Optics Express17, pp. 46~54(2009)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.000046
3. Yin Liu, Masahiro Shimizu, Bin Zhu, Ye Dai, Bin Qian, Jianrong Qiu*, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, Kazuyuki Hirao, “Micromodification of element distribution in glass using femtosecond laser irradiation”, Optics Letters34, pp. 136~138 (2009)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.000136
2. Yin Liu, Masahiro Shimizu, Xi Wang, Bin Zhu, Masaaki Sakakura, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Jianrong Qiu*, Kiyotaka Miura, Kazuyuki Hirao, “Confocal Raman imaging of femtosecond laser induced microstructures in germanate glasses”, Chemical Physics Letters477, pp. 122~125(2009)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.06.092
1. Masaaki Sakakura*Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kiyotaka Miura, Kazuyuki Hirao, “Temperature distribution and modification mechanism inside glass with heat accumulation during 250 kHz irradiation of femtosecond laser pulse”, Applied Physics Letters93, pp. 231112-1~231112-3 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3046101