Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo Pioneers experimental research on charge-glass states of electrons Demonstrates charge-glass states driven by frustrated crystalline structures Opens up a research platform integrating strongly correlated electrons with soft matter physics

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Dr. Takuro Sato is an experimentalist in condensed matter physics. He received his diploma from the Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo in 2012, and his thesis was then selected as the graduation thesis 2012. In 2017, he received his PhD from the Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo. In the same year, he was awarded as the best oral presentation award at The 8th Research Meeting of Cryogenic Research Center. 

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This thesis experimentally demonstrates the much discussed electronic charge-glass states in solids. It focuses on quasi-two-dimensional organic conductors of the **-(BEDT-TTF)2X family, which form anisotropic triangular lattices, and examines their electronic properties using various measurements: resistivity, time-resolved electric transport, X-ray diffraction analysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The hallmark of the charge glass caused by geometrical frustration of lattice structure for those materials is successfully observed for the first time. The thesis provides new insights into the exotic properties of matter driven by strong electron correlations and crystalline frustration.

The introduction enables beginners to understand fundamentals of the charge-glass states and the organic-conductor family **-(BEDT-TTF)2X. The comprehensive and detailed descriptions of the experimental demonstration make this a valuable resource.

Inhalt
Background Information.- Experimental.- Charge-Glass State in **-(BEDT-TTF)2X.- Electronic Crystal Growth.- Conclusions.