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Naoto Nagaosa

Naoto Nagaosa

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Physics
Japan
2026

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Physics

D-Index
135
Citations
91494
World Ranking
463
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Naoto Nagaosa is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple domains within physics and materials science, focusing primarily on atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, and materials chemistry. They have contributed extensively to areas involving electronic, optical, and magnetic materials as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science

Nagaosa's subfields of research encompass:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key topics frequently covered in their work are:

  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

Nagaosa's frequent coauthors include Yoshinori Tokura, Takahiro Morimoto, Y. Taguchi, Xiuzhen Yu, and Xiao-Xiao Zhang, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts within their research community.

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent appearance in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Significant recent papers associated with Nagaosa's work include:

  • "A phenomenological theory of superconductor diodes," 2022, New Journal of Physics
  • "Controlled transformation of skyrmions and antiskyrmions in a non-centrosymmetric magnet," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Transport, magnetic and optical properties of Weyl materials," 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • "Emergent electromagnetic induction in a helical-spin magnet," 2020, Nature
  • "Nonreciprocal superconducting NbSe2 antenna," 2020, Nature Communications

In 2020, Nagaosa was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, reflecting their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Doping a Mott insulator: Physics of high-temperature superconductivity

    Patrick A. Lee;Naoto Nagaosa;Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Topological properties and dynamics of magnetic skyrmions

    Naoto Nagaosa;Yoshinori Tokura;Yoshinori Tokura

  • Anomalous hall effect

    Naoto Nagaosa;Jairo Sinova;Shigeki Onoda;Allan H Macdonald

  • Real-space observation of a two-dimensional skyrmion crystal

    X. Z. Yu;Y. Onose;N. Kanazawa;J. H. Park

  • Orbital Physics in Transition-Metal Oxides

    Y. Tokura;N. Nagaosa

  • Emergent phenomena at oxide interfaces

    H. Y. Hwang;Y. Iwasa;M. Kawasaki;B. Keimer

  • Spin current and magnetoelectric effect in noncollinear magnets.

    Hosho Katsura;Naoto Nagaosa;Naoto Nagaosa;Alexander V. Balatsky

  • Dissipationless Quantum Spin Current at Room Temperature

    Shuichi Murakami;Naoto Nagaosa;Naoto Nagaosa;Shou-Cheng Zhang

  • The anomalous Hall effect and magnetic monopoles in momentum space.

    Zhong Fang;Zhong Fang;Naoto Nagaosa;Naoto Nagaosa;Kei S. Takahashi;Atsushi Asamitsu;Atsushi Asamitsu

  • Hall effect of light.

    Masaru Onoda;Shuichi Murakami;Naoto Nagaosa;Naoto Nagaosa

  • Current-induced skyrmion dynamics in constricted geometries

    Junichi Iwasaki;Masahito Mochizuki;Naoto Nagaosa

  • Giant Rashba-type spin splitting in bulk BiTeI

    K. Ishizaka;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;H. Murakawa;M. Sakano

  • Spin chirality, Berry phase, and anomalous Hall effect in a frustrated ferromagnet.

    Y. Taguchi;Y. Oohara;H. Yoshizawa;N. Nagaosa

  • Multiferroics of spin origin

    Yoshinori Tokura;Shinichiro Seki;Shinichiro Seki;Naoto Nagaosa;Naoto Nagaosa

  • Classification of stable three-dimensional Dirac semimetals with nontrivial topology

    Bohm-Jung Yang;Naoto Nagaosa

  • Universal current-velocity relation of skyrmion motion in chiral magnets

    Junichi Iwasaki;Masahito Mochizuki;Naoto Nagaosa

  • Observation of the Magnon Hall Effect

    Y. Onose;T. Ideue;H. Katsura;Y. Shiomi

  • Spin Anisotropy and Quantum Hall Effect in the Kagomé Lattice : Chiral Spin State based on a Ferromagnet

    Kenya Ohgushi;Shuichi Murakami;Naoto Nagaosa

  • Zeeman-type spin splitting controlled by an electric field

    Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;Kazuhiro Morimoto;Sanfeng Wu

  • Manipulation of the Majorana fermion, Andreev reflection, and Josephson current on topological insulators.

    Yukio Tanaka;Takehito Yokoyama;Naoto Nagaosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Tokura
Yoshinori Tokura University of Tokyo
Masashi Kawasaki
Masashi Kawasaki University of Tokyo
Yukio Tanaka
Yukio Tanaka Nagoya University
Thomas P. Devereaux
Thomas P. Devereaux Stanford University
Ryotaro Arita
Ryotaro Arita University of Tokyo
Zhi-Xun Shen
Zhi-Xun Shen Stanford University
Atsushi Tsukazaki
Atsushi Tsukazaki Tohoku University
Yoshihiro Iwasa
Yoshihiro Iwasa University of Tokyo
Jan Zaanen
Jan Zaanen Leiden University

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