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HONO, Kazuhiro
Address
305-0047 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba Ibaraki JAPAN [Access]

Research

Keywords

magnetic materials, permanent magnet, spintronic materials, atom probe tomography, microstructure of metals, magnesium alloys

Early in his career, Dr. Hono pioneered atom probe field ion microscopy (APFIM) and later three-dimensional atom probe (3DAP) characterization of metallic nanostructures to elucidate structure-property relationships of various alloys with potential industrial applications. He also contributed to the early development of laser-assisted 3D atom probe and demonstrated successful 3DAP analysis of insulator materials using UV lasers. His atomistic characterizations of solute clusters and GP zones in aluminum alloys were pioneering at the time for the study of precipitation sequences at the atomic scale. Extending this research to magnesium alloys, his group developed high-strength heat treatable wrought magnesium alloys with excellent formability. He also pioneered the atomistic characterization of amorphous alloys and their crystallization processes, and the research that elucidated the crystallization mechanism of the amorphous Fe-Si-B-Nb-Cu alloy served as a guiding principle for the subsequent development of nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials. In recent years, he has vigorously pursued the multi-scale analysis of the microstructure of rare-earth permanent magnets through the complementary use of SEM/TEM/3DAP, and established a coercivity mechanism that overturns the conventional view. Based on this, Dr. Hono's group developed a grain boundary infiltration method using eutectic alloys that dramatically improves the coercivity of neodymium magnets without using Dy. In addition, systematic TEM studies of the nanostructures of FePt thin films led to the development of FePt-C nanogranular perpendicular thin films, which proved to be the prototype of industrialized FePt-X heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media. His group has also made remarkable achievements in the search for half-metallic Heusler alloys and unprecedented high magnetoresistive performance has been demonstrated in CPP-GMR devices by atomic control of the Heusler FM/NM interfaces, which have attracted interest as potential magnetic sensor applications.

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PublicationsNIMS affiliated publications since 2004.

Books
Proceedings
Presentations
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Patents
  • No. 7166615 希土類磁石、膜、積層体、希土類磁石の製造方法、モータ、発電機、及び、自動車。 (2022)
  • No. 6257030 Mg合金とその製造方法 (2017)
  • No. 7116394 マグネシウム合金及びマグネシウム合金の製造方法 (2022)
  • No: 2008156703 ホイスラー合金とそれを用いたTMR素子又はGMR素子 (2008)
  • No: 2008231577 FePtP3元合金 (2008)
  • No: 2005285207 磁気記録媒体の製造方法 (2005)

Society memberships

TMS, IEEE Magnetics Society, Japan Institute for Metals, Japan Institute for Light Metals, Applied Physics Society of Japan

Awards

  • Magnetics Society of Japan Award (2022)
  • 第61回本多記念賞(本多記念会) (2020)
  • 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 科学技術賞(研究部門) (2020)
  • 日本磁気学会フェロー(日本磁気学会) (2019)
  • 2018 REPM Distinguished Achievement Award (2018)
  • IFES Fellow (The International Field Emission Society) (2016)
  • 第27回つくば賞(茨城県科学技術振興財団) (2016)
  • IEEE Magnetic Society Distinguished Lecturer (2015)
  • 増本量賞(日本金属学会) (2014)
  • 日本磁気学会業績賞 (2013)
  • Honorary Membership of the Indian Institute of Metals (2013)
  • TMS Life Time Membership (2012)
  • TMS Fellow Award (2011)
  • 日本金属学会功労賞 (2011)
  • 第6回本多フロンティア賞(本多記念会) (2009)
  • 日本磁気学会優秀研究賞 (2008)
  • 軽金属躍進賞(日本軽金属学会) (2003)
  • 日本金属学会第56回功績賞 (1997)
  • 第8回つくば奨励賞(茨城県科学技術振興財団) (1997)
  • The Acta Metallurgica et Materialia Best Paper Award for 1992 (1994)
  • 日本金属学会奨励賞 (1992)
  • 村上奨励賞(村上記念会) (1992)
  • 軽金属奨励賞(日本軽金属学会) (1991)
  • 本多記念奨励賞(本多記念会) (1991)
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