2009 - Press Release

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 –

2009/12/17: A team led by Dr. Kohmei Halada, Managing Director of the Center for Strategic Natural Resources of…

Discovery of Environment-friendly High Performance Lead-free Piezoelectric Material

– Surpassing Lead-containing PZT, the King of Piezoelectric Materials –

2009/12/10: A team led by Dr. Xiaobing Ren, Group Leader of the Ferro Physics Group, Sensor Materials Center, NI…

Dramatic Improvement in Hardness and Smoothness of Superhard Coating

– Technical Innovation in Wear-resistant Coating for Industrial Use –

2009/11/30: The Hybrid Materials Center of the NIMS, in joint work with Fujimi Incorporated, succeeded in fabric…

Success in Development of Garnet-type Single Crystal for Use in Optical Isolators

– Application to High Output, Wideband Laser Light Sources –

2009/10/22: A group headed by Kiyoshi Shimamura, Group Leader and Garcia Villora, Senior Researcher of the Frequ…

NIMS Researcher Wins the 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize

– First Award to an Asian Research Institute –

2009/10/05: The Foresight Institute, which is an nonprofit organization located in the United States, has select…

Success in Development of 1800 MPa Class Ultra-High Strength Bolt

– Realizing Excellent Fracture Resistance in an Ultra-High Strength Product –

2009/10/05: A group headed by Kiyoshi Shimamura, Group Leader and Garcia Villora, Senior Researcher of the Frequ…

Saint-Gobain and NIMS expand research collaboration

2009/09/30: Saint-Gobain, the French global company, and NIMS, the Japanese National Institute for Materials Sci…

Drastic Improvement in Energy Resolution in EDS Analysis by Transmission Electron Microscope

– Realizing Ultra-high Accurate Analysis of Nanostructures by Newly Developed Spectrometer–

2009/09/25: The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), in a joint research project with SII NanoTechno…

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) –

2009/09/21: Dr. Kenji Watanabe, Senior Researcher, and Dr. Takashi Taniguchi, Senior Researcher, of the Optronic…

Start of Joint Development by NIMS and Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical

2009/08/18: NIMS and Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical Co., Ltd. agreed to begin joint development of medical filters …

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–

2009/07/10: A team led by Dr. Satoshi Moriyama, a MANA Independent Scientist at the International Center for Mat…

Success in Visualization of Calcium Atoms

– Development of New Type of Electron Microscope Enabling Analysis of Single Molecules/Atoms –

2009/07/06: As part of JST’s Targeted Basic Research Programs, a research team led by Dr. Kazutomo Suenaga of th…

Platinum Nano Kompeito: Success in Development of Platinum Nanoparticles with Ultra-Fine Structure

– A New Challenge to Metal Nanostructures –

2009/06/23: The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; President: Teruo Kishi) and the Japan Science an…

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 –

2009/06/17: Three institutions located in Tsukuba, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Tec…

NIMS Obtains Creep Deformation Data Exceeding 40 Years

2009/06/16: The National Institute for Materials Science (President: Teruo Kishi) promotes Creep data project as…

Success in 3-Dimensional Atomic Tomography of Ceramics

– Innovation in 3-Dimensional Atom Probe using Ultra-violet (UV) laser pulses –

2009/06/15: The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; President: Teruo Kishi) and the Japan Science an…

Development of Simple Manufacturing Process for Fe-based Superconducting Wire Material

2009/06/09: The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; President: Prof. Teruo Kishi) and the Japan Scie…

NIMS Issues New Data Sheets on Strength of Space Use Materials

2009/06/04: The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, President: Teruo Kishi), in cooperation with the…

Announcement of the Recipient of the NIMS Award at the NIMS Conference

2009/06/03: The National Institute for Materials Science (President: Teruo Kishi; hereinafter, NIMS) has held NI…

NIMS Issues Fatigue Data Sheets No. 106, No. 107, and No. 108

2009/05/28: The National Institute for Materials Science (President: Teruo Kishi) issued the following three Fat…

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

2009/05/27: TOKYO--27 May 2009--GE (Headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut) and Japan’s National Institute for …

New Joint Doctoral Course, “Advanced Nanomaterials Engineering,” to be Established in New Joint Doctoral Course, “Advanced Nanomaterials Engineering,” to be Established in the Kyushu University Graduate School of Engineering

2009/04/30: The National Institute for Materials Science (President: Teruo Kishi, hereinafter, NIMS) and the Kyu…

New Joint Doctoral School Program, “Field of Advanced Functional Material Physics,” to be Established in the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Science

2009/04/30: The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the Hokkaido University Graduate School of S…

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 –

2009/04/28: A joint research team led by Dr. Tadashi Shimizu, who is a Group Leader in the Nano Characterization…

Ultrafast Permeation of Organic Molecules Realized Using Porous Nanosheet

– Permeation Rate of Water Increased by 1000 Times through Development of Nano Thin Film –

2009/04/27: Researchers in the Functional Thin Films Group of the Organic Nanomaterials Center (Managing Directo…

NIMS Issues Creep Data Sheet No. 56

2009/04/15: (March 31, 2009) The National Institute for Materials Science (President: Prof. Teruo Kishi) issued…

Success in Development of Full Color Filter using Surface Plasmons

– Nanophotonic Device Created using Nanofabrication Technology –

2009/03/26: A research group headed by Chief Engineer Naoki Ikeda of the Nanotechnology Innovation Center at the…

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 –

2009/03/24: A team led by Dr. Hidetoshi Somekawa, a Senior Researcher of the Structural Metals Center (Managing …

Success in Development of Manufacturing Technology of Cast and Wrought Alloys with the World’s Highest Temperature Capability for Aircraft Engines

2009/03/13: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (President: Akihiko Ide, hereinafter, Mitsubishi Materials) and the…

Elucidation of the Mechanism of Molecular Jet in Liquid

– Success in Time-Resolved Photography of a Molecular Jet in Liquid –

2009/03/04: A team including Dr. Masahiro Tosa, Group Leader and Dr. Masahiro Goto, Senior Researcher of the Mic…

SOZAI (Basic Industrial Materials) – A Source of Vitality for Japan

– An Analysis from International Material Flows in Recent Years –

2009/02/27: Dr. Kohmei Halada, Managing Director of the Innovative Materials Engineering Laboratory, National In…

Announcement of the 7th International Symposium on Nanotechnology (JAPAN NANO 2009)

2009/01/22: Nanonet Japan announces that it will hold the 7th International Symposium on Nanotechnology (JAPAN N…

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