Researchers at Kanazawa University are engaged in a variety of research projects. More than 100 research papers are published every month. The "papers of the month" award is an honor bestowed upon the best academic papers, which will contribute to the development of human intelligence.

Papers of the Month Nov 2019

• Non-volatile control of magnetic anisotropy through change of electric polarization

  Masao Obata (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Science and Engineering), et al.

  "Large nonvolatile control of interfacial magnetic anisotropy in CoPt by a ferroelectric ZnO-based tunneling barrier"

  Phys. Rev. B

• Vicinal alkylacylation of alkene using N-heterocyclic carbene

  Hirohisa Ohmiya (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed radical relay enabling vicinal alkylacylation of alkenes"

  J. Am. Chem. Soc.