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Tran Ba Hung
Section
Advanced Institute for Materials Research
Job title
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor(Research)
e-Rad No.
41002546

Research History 4

  • 2024/04 - Present
    WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University　Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor

  • 2021/10 - 2024/03
    Quemix Inc.　Researcher

  • 2021/09 - 2024/02
    Tokyo Institute of Technology　Research Staff

  • 2017/11 - 2021/08
    Osaka University　Graduate School of Engineering

Education 4

  • Osaka University　Graduate School of Engineering　Doctor Course

    2018/10 - 2021/09

  • Osaka University　Graduate School of Engineering　Master Course

    2017/10 - 2018/09

  • Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam　Physics　Honor Program of Physics

    2012/09 - 2016/07

  • High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi, Vietnam　Physics Class

    2009/08 - 2012/07

Research Interests 4

  • Skyrmions

  • Permanent Magnets

  • Magnetic anisotropy

  • Magnetocaloric

Research Areas 2

  • Natural sciences / Magnetism, superconductivity, and strongly correlated systems /

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Nanostructure physics /

Awards 11

  1. Scholarship for ASEAN Students

    2020　Tokio Marine Kagami Memorial Foundation

  2. JGC-S Type 3 Scholarship

    2018　JGC Saneyoshi Scholarship Foundation

  3. JASSO Scholarship

    2016　Japan Scholarship Foundation

  4. Mitsubishi UFJ Scholarship

    2016　Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation

  5. Second Prize of Vietnam National Physics Olympiad

    2012/05　Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training

  6. HUS Scholarship for Honor Program

    2012　Hanoi University of Science

  7. Third Prize of Vietnam National Physics Olympiad

    2011/05　Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training

  8. PVFCCo (Honor Type) Scholarship

    2011　PVFCCO Foundation

  9. Odon-Vallet Scholarship

    2011　Rencontres du Vietnam Organization

  10. Hanoi Telecom Scholarship

    2011　Hanoi Telecom Corporation

  11. Shinnyo-en Scholarship

    2009　Shinnyo-en Foundation

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Papers 20

  1. Hybrid sampling approach to machine-learning potentials for gas adsorption: Hydrogen adsorption in MOF-303

    Kartik Sau, Ikutaro Hamada, Tamio Ikeshoji, Yiming Lu, Susmita Roy, Shohichi Furukawa, Linda Zhang, Hung Ba Tran, Takahiro Kondo, Hao Li, Shin-ichi Orimo

    2026/02/04

    DOI： 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-dkt8s/v2 　

  2. Tuning Stability of AB 3 -Type Alloys by Suppressing Magnetism

    Hung Ba Tran, Toyoto Sato, Ryuhei Sato, Hiroyuki Saitoh, Shin-Ichi Orimo, Hao Li

    Chemistry of Materials　38　(1)　497-507　2026/01/01

    Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

    DOI： 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02960 　

    ISSN： 0897-4756

    eISSN： 1520-5002

  3. Digital materials ecosystem: from databases to AI agents for autonomous discovery

    Di Zhang, Xue Jia, Yuhang Wang, Heng Liu, Qian Wang, Seong-Hoon Jang, Daksh Shah, Songbo Ye, Hung Ba Tran, Hao Li

    Chemical Science　2026

    DOI： 10.1039/D5SC09229A 　

  4. “DIVE” into hydrogen storage materials discovery with AI agents

    Di Zhang, Xue Jia, Hung Ba Tran, Seong Hoon Jang, Linda Zhang, Ryuhei Sato, Yusuke Hashimoto, Toyoto Sato, Kiyoe Konno, Shin-ichi Orimo, Hao Li

    Chemical Science　2026

    DOI： 10.1039/D5SC09921H 　

  5. 2D Topological Electrocatalysts with Spin–Orbit Coupling: Interplay between the “Electrochemical” and “Topological” Surface States

    Heng Liu, Hung Ba Tran, Yuan Wang, Di Zhang, Yiming Lu, Hao Li

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters　12892-12899　2025/12/09

    Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

    DOI： 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03589 　

    ISSN： 1948-7185

    eISSN： 1948-7185

  6. Physically Interpretable Descriptors Drive the Materials Design of Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage

    Hung Ba Tran

    ArXiv　2025

    DOI： 10.1039/D5SC07296D 　

  7. Insights into the giant magnetocaloric effect in BiCu3Cr4O12 with charge–spin–lattice coupling Invited Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Hao Li, Masato Goto, Kazunori Sato, Yuichi Shimakawa

    Journal of Materials Chemistry A　2025

    DOI： 10.1039/D5TA03354C 　

  8. Realistic finite temperature simulations for the magnetic and transport properties of ferromagnets Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Hao Li

    Journal of Materials Chemistry C　2025

    DOI： 10.1039/D5TC01141H 　

  9. CrossMat: Integrating Material Databases for Multi-Domain Cross-Application

    Di Zhang, Xue Jia, Hung Ba Tran, Fangling Yang, Qian Wang, Hanghui Liu, Yaping Qi, Eric Jianfeng Cheng, Hao Li

    2024/12/30

    DOI： 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-p9fvc 　

  10. Temperature and size dependence of energy barrier for magnetic flips in L10 FePt nanoparticles: A theoretical study Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    Scripta Materialia　2024/03

    DOI： 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115947 　

  11. Skyrmions in van der Waals centrosymmetric materials with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    Scripta Materialia　2024/01

    DOI： 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115799 　

  12. Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in Nd2Fe14B as the origin of spin reorientation and the rotating magnetocaloric effect Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    Applied Materials Today　2023/06

    DOI： 10.1016/J.APMT.2023.101825 　

  13. Direct and inverse magnetocaloric effects in FeRh alloy Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Tetsuya Fukushima, Hiroyoshi Momida, Kazunori Sato, Yukihiro Makino, Tamio Oguchi

    Journal of Alloys and Compounds　926　166718-166718　2022/12

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.166718 　

    ISSN： 0925-8388

  14. Effect of magnetocrystalline anisotropy on magnetocaloric properties of an AlFe2B2 compound Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran, Hiroyoshi Momida, Yu-ichiro Matsushita, Kazunori Sato, Yukihiro Makino, Koun Shirai, Tamio Oguchi

    Physical Review B　105　(13)　2022/04/06

    Publisher: American Physical Society ({APS})

    DOI： 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.134402 　

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    It is well known that the temperature dependence of the effective magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy obeys the $l(l+1)/2$ power law of magnetization in the Callen-Callen theory. Therefore, according to the Callen-Callen theory, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy is assumed to be zero at the critical temperature where the magnetization is approximately zero. This study estimates the temperature dependence of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy by integrating the magnetization versus magnetic field ($M$--$H$) curves, and found that the magnetocrystalline anisotropy is still finite even above the Curie temperature in the uniaxial anisotropy, whereas this does not appear in the cubic anisotropy case. The origin is the fast reduction of the anisotropy field, which is the magnetic field required to saturate the magnetization along the hard axis, in the case of cubic anisotropy. Therefore, the magnetization anisotropy and anisotropic magnetic susceptibility, those are the key factors of magnetic anisotropy, could not be established in the case of cubic anisotropy. In addition, the effect of magnetocrystalline anisotropy on magnetocaloric properties, as the difference between the entropy change curves of AlFe$_{2}$B$_{2}$ appears above the Curie temperature, which is in good agreement with a previous experimental study. This is proof of magnetic anisotropy at slightly above Curie temperature.

  15. Insight into anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of CrI3 Peer-reviewed

    Hung Ba Tran

    Acta Materialia　117851-117851　2022/03

    DOI： 10.1016/J.ACTAMAT.2022.117851 　

    ISSN： 1359-6454

  16. Effect of magnetocrystalline anisotropy on magnetocaloric properties of AlFe$_{2}$B$_{2}$ compound

    Hung Ba Tran

    ArXiv　2021

  17. Anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of CrI$_{3}$: A theoretical study

    Hung Ba Tran

    ArXiv　2021

  18. Tuning structural-transformation temperature toward giant magnetocaloric effect in MnCoGe alloy: A theoretical study Peer-reviewed

    Tran, H.B., Fukushima, T., Sato, K., Makino, Y., Oguchi, T.

    Journal of Alloys and Compounds　854　2021

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157063 　

    ISSN： 0925-8388

  19. Theoretical prediction of large anisotropic magnetocaloric effect in MnP Peer-reviewed

    Tran, H.B., Fukushima, T., Momida, H., Sato, K., Makino, Y., Oguchi, T.

    Computational Materials Science　188　2021

    DOI： 10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.110227 　

    ISSN： 0927-0256

  20. Magnetocaloric effect in MnCoGe alloys studied by first-principles calculations and Monte-Carlo simulation Peer-reviewed

    Tran, H.B., Fukushima, T., Makino, Y., Oguchi, T.

    Solid State Communications　323　2021

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ssc.2020.114077 　

    ISSN： 0038-1098

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Presentations 11

  1. Direct and inverse magnetocaloric effects of FeRh alloy

    Hung Ba Tran, Tetsuya Fukushima, Kazunori Sato, Tamio Oguchi

    The 22nd Asian Workshop on First-Principles Electronic Structure Calculations (ASIAN-22)

  2. Large anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of MnP alloy: A theoretical study

    Hung Ba Tran, Tetsuya Fukushima, Hiroyoshi Momida, Kazunori Sato, Yukihiro Makino, Tamio Oguchi

    APS March Meeting 2021

  3. Anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of CrI3: A theoretical study

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    APS March Meeting 2022

  4. First-principles study in anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of AlFe2B2 beyond Callen-Callen theory

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    The 69th JSAP Spring Meeting 2022

  5. Magnetocaloric effect from first-principles calculations and Monte Carlo simulations

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    The 6th International Symposium on Frontiers in Materials Science (FMS 2022)

  6. Anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of CrI3

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    The 83rd JSAP Autumn Meeting (2022)

  7. Anisotropic magnetocaloric effect of CrI3 by first-principles calculations and Monte Carlo simulations

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    Psi-k 2022

  8. Skyrmions in van der Waals centrosymmetric materials

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    APS March Meeting 2023

  9. Origin of spin reorientation in Nd2Fe14B permanent magnet

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    APS March Meeting 2023

  10. Multiscale simulations toward magnetic loss and magnetic recording

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    APS March Meeting 2023

  11. Large-scale simulation of L10 FePt nanoparticles toward magnetic recording

    Hung Ba Tran, Yu-ichiro Matsushita

    The 34th IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP 2023)

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Industrial Property Rights 1

  1. Unit, temperature control module, and temperature control device

    Yukihiro Makino, Kazunori Sato, Tamio Oguchi, Hung Ba Tran, Tetsuya Fukushima

    Property Type: Patent

Research Projects 2

  1. Advancing Samarium Magnets for Green Technology Through Multiscale Simulations

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2025/04 - 2027/03

  2. Explore Magnetocaloric Materials for Hydrogen Liquefaction

    TRANBA HUNG

    Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

    System: 科学研究費助成事業

    Category: 研究活動スタート支援

    Institution: 東北大学

    2024/07 - 2026/03