1. Masaru Nakamura, Kenji Watanabe, Yoshitaka Matsushita. Suppressed band-edge emission and polymorph-dependent low-temperature luminescence in HT-GeS2. JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY. 365 126378-1-126378-7. 2027. Open Access

2026

1. Michail Xygkis, Encarnación G. Víllora, George E. Katsoprinakis, Kiyoshi Shimamura, T. Peter Rakitzis. Bulk and surface-scattering loss measurements of CeF3 crystals at 532 nm via cavity ring down spectroscopy. Optical Materials. 169 117620-117620-6. 2026. Open Access
2. Masaru Nakamura, Yoshitaka Matsushita. Polymorphism in high-temperature GeS2: identification and characterization of two distinct polymorphs. Journal of Materials Science. 61 [25] 17980-17986. 2026. Open Access

2025

1. Daniel Paulo-Wach, Ethan Chen, Masaru Nakamura, Oscar D. Dubon, Kristie J. Koski. Large elastic anisotropy in Brillouin scattering of copper-intercalated GaS and GaSe. Applied Physics Letters. 127 [26] 262202-1-262202-6. 2025. Open Access
2. Yueshen Zhou, Encarnación G. Víllora, Ryoji Sahara, Arkapol Saengdeejing, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Crystallographic and Electronic Structures of Nb:YTaO₄ and Tb:YTaO₄ Single-Crystal Scintillators. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129 [30] 13830-13838. 2025. Open Access
3. Qianli Si, Shoichi Matsuda, Yasunobu Ando, Toshiyuki Momma, Yoshitaka Tateyama. Capacity Estimation and Knee Point Prediction Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Lithium Metal Battery Degradation via Machine Learning. Advanced Science. 12 [27] 2502336-1-2502336-11. 2025. Open Access
4. Encarnación G. Víllora, Yueshen Zhou, Kenichi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Scintillation efficiency of Tb:YTaO₄ single crystals. Applied Physics Express. 18 [3] 032002-032002-7. 2025. Open Access
5. Yueshen Zhou, Dongsheng Yuan, Encarnación G. Víllora, Takumi Kato, Daisuke Nakauchi, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Takayuki Yanagida, Kiyoshi Shimamura. High Performance Y_1–xTb _xTaO₄ Single-Crystal Scintillators for X-ray Detection. Crystal Growth & Design. 25 [2] 359-366. 2025. Open Access

2024

1. Masaru Nakamura, Yoshitaka Matsushita. Optical transmittance range of High-Temperature stable phase germanium dichalcogenide (GeS2) single crystal grown by the Bridgman method. Journal of Crystal Growth. 647 127878-127878-6. 2024. Open Access
2. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Optical Floating Zone Crystal Growth of Rare-Earth Tantalates RE8Ta2O17 (RE = Gd, Y, and Lu). 材料の科学と工学. 61 [3] 90-93. 2024. Open Access
3. Mukhtar Hussain, André Mesquita Antunes, Gonçalo Vaz, Joana Alves, Hugo Pires, Tayyab Imran, Marco Peres, Katharina Lorenz, Encarnación Víllora, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Saibabu Madas, Mousumi Upadhyay Kahaly, Subhendu Kahaly, Gonçalo Figueira, Marta Fajardo, Gareth Williams. Anisotropic below bandgap harmonic generation in β-gallium oxide. Optics Express. 32 [26] 47296-47305. 2024. Open Access
4. Yueshen Zhou, Dongsheng Yuan, Encarnación G. Víllora, Daisuke Nakauchi, Takumi Kato, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Takayuki Yanagida, Kiyoshi Shimamura. High-density Nb:YTaO₄ single crystals for X-ray scintillation. CrystEngComm. 27 [1] 81-89. 2024. Open Access
5. Encarnación G. Víllora, Makoto Saito, Kiyoshi Shimamura. High-quality 100% Ce³⁺:(Lu_1−xY_x)₂SiO₅ single crystals grown by the hydrothermal technique. Applied Physics Express. 17 [12] 122007-122007-5. 2024. Open Access
6. Yueshen Zhou, Dongsheng Yuan, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Bulk crystal growth and characterization of non-centrosymmetric single crystal CaTa₄O₁₁. CrystEngComm. 26 [45] 6432-6437. 2024. Open Access
7. 司 千里, 松田 翔一, 山地 洋平, 門間 聰之, 館山 佳尚. Data‐Driven Cycle Life Prediction of Lithium Metal‐Based Rechargeable Battery Based on Discharge/Charge Capacity and Relaxation Features. Advanced Science. 2402608-2402608. 2024. Open Access
8. Ti Xie, Dongsheng Yuan. Compositional engineering of magnetic anisotropy in Cr2Si Ge2-Te6. Materials Today Electronics. 7 100081. 2024.
9. Han Wu, Dongsheng Yuan. Two-step electronic response to magnetic ordering in a van der Waals ferromagnet. Physical Review B. 109 [4] 045416-1-045416-7. 2024. Open Access
10. Saizheng Cao, Xin Ma, Dongsheng Yuan, Zhen Tao, Xiang Chen, Yu He, Patrick N. Valdivia, Shan Wu, Hang Su, Wei Tian, Adam A. Aczel, Yaohua Liu, Xiaoping Wang, Zhijun Xu, Huiqiu Yuan, Edith Bourret-Courchesne, Chao Cao, Xingye Lu, Robert Birgeneau, Yu Song. Superstructures and magnetic order in heavily Cu-substituted ${\left({\mathrm{Fe}}_{1-x}{\mathrm{Cu}}_x\right)}_{1+y}\mathrm{Te}$. Physical Review B. 109 [4] 045142-1- 045142-13. 2024. Open Access
11. Dongsheng Yuan, Encarnación G. Víllora, Daisuke Nakauchi, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Scattering-free Ce:LYBO single crystals for thermal neutron detection. Applied Physics Express. 17 [1] 015502. 2024. Open Access

2023

1. Peng Liu, Dongsheng Yuan, Encarnación G. Víllora, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Ultralow-field magnetocaloric materials for compact magnetic refrigeration. NPG Asia Materials. 15 [1] 41. 2023.
2. Théodore Remark, Encarnación G. Víllora, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of the langasite crystal Ca₃TaAl₃Si₂O₁₄. Optical Materials Express. 13 [7] 2023.
3. Yueshen Zhou, Dongsheng Yuan, Daisuke Nakauchi, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Bulk crystal growth and characterization of intrinsic scintillator CaNb2O6. Journal of Crystal Growth. 624 127432. 2023. Open Access
4. Lucile Vaschalde, Encarnación G. Víllora, Kiyoshi Shimamura. High Piezoelectric Performance in Undoped (K,Na)NbO₃ Piezoceramics over a Wide Range of Compositions. Inorganic Chemistry. 62 [45] 18485-18495. 2023.
5. Lucile Vaschalde, Encarnación G. Víllora, Kiyoshi Shimamura. High‐performance KNN piezoceramics with reproducibility and chemical stability. Part II: Innovative melt‐reaction route. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 106 [11] 6491-6499. 2023.
6. Lucile Vaschalde, Encarnación G. Víllora, Kiyoshi Shimamura. High‐performance KNN piezoceramics with reproducibility and chemical stability. Part I: Solid‐state reaction route. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 106 [11] 6480-6490. 2023.
7. Encarnación G. Víllora, Dongsheng Yuan, Kiyoshi Shimamura. CeF₃ single crystals for UV‐VIS‐IR optical isolators. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 20 [4] 2047-2054. 2023.
8. Masaru Nakamura, Encarnación G. Víllora, Takeo Ohsawa, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Naoki Ohashi. Electronic transport properties of GeS single crystals grown by vapor transport from molten GeS source. Journal of Crystal Growth. 609 127153. 2023.
9. Dongsheng Yuan, Encarnación G Víllora, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Kiyoshi Shimamura. Thermal neutron scintillation improvement in Ce:Li₆Y(BO₃)₃ single crystals by thermal treatment. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 62 [1] 2023.

1. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, Nakauchi Daisuke, Kato Takumi, Kawaguchi Noriaki, Yanagida Takayuki, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. High-density Y1-xTbxTaO4 Single Crystal for X-ray Scintillation. 2025年度日本材料科学会学術講演大会. 2025.
2. YUAN, Dongsheng, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Single-crystal Scintillator Cs3Cu2I5: Design, Crystal Growth, and Scintillation Properties. The 72nd JSAP Spring Meeting 2025. 2025. 招待講演
3. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, Nakauchi Daisuke, Kato Takumi, Kawaguchi Noriaki, Yanagida Takayuki, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. High Performance Y1-xTbxTaO4 Single-Crystal Scintillators for X-ray Detection. The 72nd JSAP Spring Meeting 2025 (Japan Society of Applied Physics). 2025.
4. 島村 清史, ビジョラ ガルシア, 原 東升. 機能性単結晶の育成と評価. 一般社団法人レーザー学会学術講演会第45回年次大会. 2025. 招待講演

2024

1. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, Nakauchi Daisuke, SHIMAMURA Kiyoshi. High-density Nb:YTaO4 single crystals for X-ray scintillation. 第53回結晶成長国内会議（JCCG-53）. 2024.
2. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi, Nakauchi Daisuke, Kato Takumi, Kawaguchi Noriaki, Yanagida Takayuki. High performance Y1-xTbxTaO4 single crystal scintillators for X-ray detection. 2024年第61回秋期講演⼤会. 2024.
3. SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi, VILLORA, Garcia, YUAN, Dongsheng. Growth and characterization of novel single crystals for electro-optical applications. The 13th German-French Workshop on Oxide, Dielectric, and Laser single crystals 2024 (WODIL). 2024. 招待講演
4. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Y(Ta1-xNbx)O4 single-crystal scintillators. The 85th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2024. 2024.
5. SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi, ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, Daisuke Nakauchi, Takumi Kato, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Takayuki Yanagida. Y(Ta1-xNbx)O4 single crystals for scintillator applications. 14th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Systems (CMCEE14). 2024. 招待講演
6. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Y(Ta1-xNbx)O4 single-crystal scintillator. 2024年度日本材料科学会学術講演大会. 2024. Open Access
7. SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi, VILLORA, Garcia. Novel single crystals for electro-optical applications. 48th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC2024). 2024. 招待講演
8. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Crystal growth scintillation of CaNb2O6 and Ca2Nb2O7 single crystals. The 62nd Symposium on Basis Science of Ceramics　第62回セラミックス基礎科学討論会. 2024.

2023

1. YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Thermal Neutron Scintillation Improvement of Ce:Li6Y(BO3)3 Single Crystals. MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023. 2023.
2. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Bulk crystal growth and characterization of intrinsic scintillator CaNb2O6. 第17回日本フラックス成長研究発表会. 2023.
3. YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Scintillation improvement of Ce:Li6Y(BO3)3 single crystals toward thermal neutron detection. 第52回結晶成長国内会議（JCCG-52）. 2023.
4. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Crystal growth of CaNb2O6 and Ca2Nb2O7 single crystals and their optical scintillation properties. 日本電子材料技術協会 第60回秋期講演大会. 2023.
5. THÉODORE REMARK, PATRICIA SEGONDS, JÉRÔME DEBRAY, DAVID JEGOUSO, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi, BENOÎT BOULANGER. First measurements of second-order frequency conversion phase-matching conditions in the new CTAS crystal. The European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM) 2023. 2023.
6. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Bulk crystal growth and characterization of non-centrosymmetric single crystal CaTa4O11. 8th Japan-Korea International Symposium on Materials Science and Technology. 2023.
7. ZHOU, Yueshen, YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Crystal growth and scintillation study based on CaO-Nb2O5 phase diagram. 2023年度日本材料科学会学術講演大会. 2023.
8. YUAN, Dongsheng, VILLORA, Garcia, SHIMAMURA, Kiyoshi. Progress on Ce:Li6Y(BO3)3 single crystals toward thermal neutron detection. 2023年第70回応用物理学会春季学術講演会. 2023. 招待講演

1. 島村 清史, ビジョラ ガルシア. 光アイソレーター用単結晶研究の進展. レーザー研究. 54 [2] 73-78. 2026. Open Access