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Most significant publications:(*,+)

"Emergence of the spin singlets with ihhomogeneous gaps in the Kagome Lattice Heisenberg Antiferromgnets Zn-barlowite and herbertsmithite" J. Wang, W. Yuan, T. Imai et al. Nature Physics 17, 1109-1113 (2021).

"Do Quantum Spin Liquids Exist?", T. Imai and Y.S. Lee, Physics Today 69, August issue, p-30 (2016).

"Evidence for a Gapped Spin-liquid Ground State in a Kagome Heisenberg Antiferromgnet," M. Fu, T. Imai, T.-H. Han, and Y. S. Lee, Science 350, 655 (2015).

"Contrasting Spin Dynamics between Underdoped and Overdoped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2,"  F. L. Ning, K. Ahilan, T. Imai, A.S. Sefat, M.A. McGuire, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, P. Cheng, B. Shen, and H.-H. Wen, Physical Review Letters 104, 037001 (2010)

"Why Does Undoped FeSe Become a High Temperature Superconductor under Pressure?", T. Imai, K. Ahlan, F. L. Ning, T. M. McQueen, and R. J. Cava, Physical Review Letters 102, 177005 (2009). 

"63Cu NQR Measurement of Stripe Order Parameter," A. W. Hunt, P. M. Singer, K. R. Thurber, and T. Imai, Physical Review Letters 82, 4300 (1999). 

"Low-frequency Spin Dynamics in Undoped and Sr-doped La2CuO4," T. Imai, C. P. Slichter, K. Yoshimura, K. Kosuge, Physical Review Letters 70, 1002 (1993).


Other significant publications:

"139La NMR Investigation of the Interplay Between Lattice, Charge, and Spin Dynamics in the Charge-ordered High-Tc Cuprate La1.875Ba0.125CuO4," P. M. Singer, A. Arsenault, T. Imai, and M. Fujita, Physical Review B 101, 174508 (2020).

"Spin Excitations of a Proximate Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid Realized in Cu2IrO3," S.K. Takahashi, J. Wang, A. Arsenault, T. Imai, M. Abramchuk, F. Tafti, and P. M. Singer, Physical Review X 9, 031047 (2019).

"Revisiting 63Cu NMR Evidence for Charge Order in Superconducting La1.885Sr0.115CuO4," T. Imai, S. K. Takahashi, A. Aesenault, A. W. Acton, D. Lee, W. He, Y. S. Lee, and M. Fujita, Physical Review B 96, 224508 (2017).

"NMR Investigation of the Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductor K2Cr3As3," H.Z. Zhi, T. Imai, F. L. Ning, J. K. Bao, and G. H. Cao, Physical Review Letters 114, 147004 (2015).

"Cu Substitution Effects on the Local Magnetic Properties of Ba(Fe1-xCux)2As2: A Site Selective 75As and 63Cu NMR Study," H. Takeda, T. Imai, M. Tachibana, J. Gaudet, B. D. Gaulin, B. I. Saparov, and A. S. Sefat, Physical Review Letters 113, 117001 (2014).

"Evolution of Quantum Fluctuations near the Quantum Critical Point of the Transverse Field Ising Chain System CoNb2O6," A.W. Kinross, M. Fu, T. J. Munsie, H. A. Dubkowska, G. M. Luke, S. Sachdev, and T. Imai, Physical Review X 4, 031008 (2014).

"NMR Search for the Spin Nematic State in a LaFeAsO Single Crystal," M. Fu, D. A. Torchetti, T. Imai, F. L. Ning, J. Q. Yan, and A. S. Sefat, Physical Review Letters 109, 247001 (2012).

"77Se NMR Investigation of the KxFe2-ySe2 High Tc Superconductor (Tc = 33 K)," D. A. Torchetti, M. Fu, D. C. Christensen, K. J. Nelson, T. Imai, H. C. Lei, and C. Petrovic, Physical Review B 83, 104508 (2011).

"Electronic Phase Diagram of the Iron-based High Tc Superconductor Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 under Hydrostatic Pressure (0 < x < 0.099)," K. Ahilan, F. L. Ning, T. Imai, A.S. Sefat, M.A. McGuire, B. C. Sales, and D. Mandrus, Physical Review B 79, 214520 (2009).

"63Cu, 35Cl, and 1H NMR in the S=1/2 Kagome lattice ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2," T. Imai, E. A. Nytko, B. M. Bartlett, M. P. Shores, and D. G. Nocera, Physical Review Letters 100, 077203 (2008).

"59Co NMR Evidence for Charge Ordering Below TCO ~ 51 K in Na0.5CoO2," F. L. Ning, S. M. Golin, K. Ahilan, T. Imai, G. J. Shu, and F. C. Chou, Physical Review Letters 100, 086405 (2008).

"17O NMR Studies of a Triangular-lattice Superconductor NaxCoO2-y H2O," F. L. Ning and T. Imai, Physical Review Letters 94, 227004 (2005).

"Spin Dynamics in the Carrier-doped S=1/2 Triangular Lattice of NaxCoO2-y H2O," F.L. Ning, T. Imai, B. W. Statt and F.C. Chou, Physical Review Letters 93, 237201 (2004).

"Systematic 63Cu and 89Y NMR Study of Spin Dynamics in Y1-xCazBa2Cu3Oy across the Superconductor-insulator Boundary," P. M. Singer and T. Imai, Physical Review Letters 88, 187601 (2002).

"63Cu NQR Evidence for Spatial Variation of Hole Concentration in La2-xSrxCuO4," P. M. Singer, A. W. Hunt, and T. Imai, Physical Review Letters 88, 047602 (2002).

"17O NMR Study of q = 0 Spin Excitations in a Nearly Ideal S = 1/2 1D Heisenberg Antiferromagnet Sr2CuO3 up to 800 K," K. R. Thurber, A. W. Hunt, T. Imai and F. C. Chou, Physical Review Letters 87, 247202 (2001).

"Glassy Slowing of Stripe Modulation in (La,Eu,Nd)2-x(Sr,Ba)xCuO4: A 63Cu and 139La NQR Study Down to 350 mK," A. W. Hunt, P. M. Singer, A. F. Cederstrom, and T. Imai, Physical Review B 64, 134525 (2001).

"63Cu NQR Evidence of Dimensional crossover to Anisotropic 2D Regime in S = 1/2 Three-Leg Ladder Sr2Cu3O5," K. R. Thurber, T. Imai, T. Saitoh, M. Azuma, M. Takano, and F. C. Chou, Physical Review Letters 84, 558 (2000).

"17O NMR Observation of Universal Behavior of Ferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations in the Itinerant Magnetic System Sr1-xCaxRuO3," K. Yoshimura, T. Imai, T. Kiyama, K. R. Thurber, A. W. Hunt, and K. Kosuge, Physical Review Letters 83, 4397 (1999).

"Systematic 63Cu NQR Study of the Stripe Phase in La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4 for 0.07 < x < 0.25," P. M. Singer, A. W. Hunt, A. F. Cederstrom, and T. Imai, Physical Review B 60, 15345 (1999).

"17O NMR Evidence for Orbital Dependent Ferromagnetic Correlations in Sr2RuO4," T. Imai, A. W. Hunt, K. R. Thurber, and F. C. Chou, Physical Review Letters 81, 3006 (1998).

"17O and 63Cu NMR in Undoped and Hole Doped Cu2O3 two-leg spin ladder A14Cu24O41 (A14 = La6Ca8, Sr14, Sr11Ca3)," T. Imai, K. R. Thurber, K. M. Shen, A. W. Hunt, and F. C. Chou, Physical Review Letters 81, 220 (1998).

"17O NMR Study of Undoped and Lightly Hole Doped CuO2 Planes," K. R. Thurber, A. W. Hunt, T. Imai, F. C. Chou and Y. S. Lee, Physical Review Letters 79, 171 (1997).

"Spin-spin Correlation in the Quantum Critical Regime of La2CuO4," T. Imai, C. P. Slichter, K. Yoshimura, M. Katoh, and K. Kosuge, Physical Review Letters 71, 1254 (1993).

"Anomalous Temperature Dependence of Cu Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation in YBa2Cu3O6.91," T .Imai, T. Shimizu, H. Yasuoka, Y. Ueda, and K. Kosuge, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 57, 2280 (1991).


+ Current and former members of Imai group are underlined.

* A complete list of publications may be found in the bibliography section of CV.