2009 Update

- 2009.12.17
Innovative High Performance Cell Phone Recycling Technology
Development of a Small- Scale, Simple “Urban Ore” Recycling System Suitable for Decentralized Treatment of Used Electronic Devices

- 2009.12.10
Discovery of Environment-friendly High Performance Lead-free Piezoelectric Material
Surpassing Lead-containing PZT, the King of Piezoelectric Materials

- 2009.11.30
Dramatic Improvement in Hardness and Smoothness of Superhard Coating
Technical Innovation in Wear-resistant Coating for Industrial Use

- 2009.10.22
Success in Development of Garnet-type Single Crystal for Use in Optical Isolators
Application to High Output, Wideband Laser Light Sources

- 2009.10.05
NIMS Researcher Wins the 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize
First Award to an Asian Research Institute

- 2009.10.05
Success in Development of 1800 MPa Class Ultra-High Strength Bolt
Realizing Excellent Fracture Resistance in an Ultra-High Strength Product
- 2009.09.30

- 2009.09.25
Drastic Improvement in Energy Resolution in EDS Analysis by Transmission Electron Microscope
Realizing Ultra-high Accurate Analysis of Nanostructures by Newly Developed Spectrometer

- 2009.09.21
Success in Trial Manufacture of Far-UV Surface Plane Emitting Device based on h-BN
Palm-sized Mercury-free FED (field emitter display) type Far-UV LED (wavelength: 225 nm)
- 2009.08.18

- 2009.07.10
Realization of Coupled Quantum Dot Device Using Carbon Atom Single Layer Sheet!
Opening the Way to Development of Integrated Nano Quantum Devices Using New Carbon Material

- 2009.07.06
Success in Visualization of Calcium Atoms
Development of New Type of Electron Microscope Enabling Analysis of Single Molecules/Atoms

- 2009.06.23
Platinum Nano Kompeito: Success in Development of Platinum Nanoparticles with Ultra-Fine Structure
A New Challenge to Metal Nanostructures

- 2009.06.17
Promoting the Formation of “Tsukuba Innovation Arena [TIA] nano
Cooperation by AIST, NIMS, the University of Tsukuba, and Industry to Create a World-Class R&D Center

- 2009.06.16

- 2009.06.15
Success in 3-Dimensional Atomic Tomography of Ceramics
Innovation in 3-Dimensional Atom Probe using Ultra-violet (UV) laser pulses

- 2009.06.09
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- 2009.05.28

- 2009.05.27
GE and Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Sign MOU to Strengthen Technological Ties
Partnership with Japan’s Independent Administrative Institution deepens GE’s innovation connection with Japan
- 2009.04.30
- 2009.04.30

- 2009.04.28
World’s First Elucidation of the Structure of the Light-Harvesting Functional Substance of a Photosynthetic Bacterium: Discovery of the Layered Structure of the Bacteriochlorophyll c Complex
NIMS’s High Field Solid-State NMR is Decisive

- 2009.04.27
Ultrafast Permeation of Organic Molecules Realized Using Porous Nanosheet
Permeation Rate of Water Increased by 1000 Times through Development of Nano Thin Film
- 2009.04.15

- 2009.03.26
Success in Development of Full Color Filter using Surface Plasmons
Success in Development of Full Color Filter using Surface Plasmons

- 2009.03.24
Success in Creation of a Quasicrystalline Particle-Dispersed Magnesium Alloy with a Rare Earth-Free Composition Design
Realizing High Strength and High Ductility in a Magnesium Alloy

- 2009.03.13

- 2009.03.04
Elucidation of the Mechanism of Molecular Jet in Liquid
Success in Time-Resolved Photography of a Molecular Jet in Liquid
- 2009.02.27
SOZAI (Basic Industrial Materials) – A Source of Vitality for Japan
An Analysis from International Material Flows in Recent Years
- 2009.01.22
