Exploratory Nanotechnology Research Laboratory

Managing Director

Satoru INOUE

In NIMS, the Research Centers are carrying out the projects and the 6 Exploratory Research Laboratories are running the exploratory researches. The exploratory researches are the basic researches to yield the seeds for the projects and are the starter researches for the developments of the new materials.
There are two types of approaches to the goals in the exploratory researches. One is the systematic approach in which the basic researches are piled up step by step toward the clear goal and the other is the approach driven by trials and errors based on the unique ideas of the researchers. Both the approaches are very useful for the exploratory researches and should be employed properly according to the cases. The research breakthroughs sometimes are derived from the unique ideas of the researchers, and are sometimes found out in the comprehensive experiments.
The Expoloratory Nanotechnology Research Laboratory consists 2 groups. The Laboratory is working on fullerene, nanotubes and high-Tc oxide superconductors. The important points of the laboratory supporting the exploratory researches are the arrangements of the open facilities designed for the systematic researches and of the leaders who can advice the researchers properly. In the Expoloratory Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, the NIMS common advanced facilities and the 2 expert group leaders support the researchers.
I would like to ask your kind support and encouragement for the exploratory researches and our laboratories.