Exploratory Nanomaterials Research Laboratory

Exploring new nanomaterials

The laboratory is exploring new nanostructure-based materials and new synthesis methods. New materials fields are aimed to be developed through innovative synthesis and characterization methods.

Managing Director's Greeting

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 Exploratory Nanomaterials Research Laboratory consists of 6 research groups. The Laboratory is working on inorganic, organic and inorganic-organic conjugate materials. 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 Exploratory Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, the NIMS common advanced facilities and the 6 expert group leaders support the researchers.
I would like to ask your kind support and encouragement for the exploratory researches and our laboratories.

Glass Group

We conduct research on glass such as search for new glass and melting methods by adopting the combinatorial chemistry methods. Fabrication of functional glass incorporating nanostructures and foundational research as to device applications are being carried out.

Group Leader	Satoru INOUE
Group Member	Hiroyo SEGAWA

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Special Subjects Group

A research group that handles independent research based upon individual ideas and strengths on research themes of major interest but not conducive to project-style research work.

Group Leader	Toshihiro ANDO
Group Member	Nobuo IYI	Syuichi SHIMOMURA	HIDEO Hashizume
Group Member	Kazuko FUJII	Kazuo KOTANI

Boride Group

We have as our research targets high-melting temperature boron-based compounds that exhibit special characteristics when combined with metals, in order to construct useful large-sized crystals and find new materials assessment methods as well as aiming to fabricate new materials based on the III materials compounds group.

Group Leader	Shigeki OHTANI
Group Member	Takashi AIZAWA	Masahiro MIENO	Wataru HAYAMI

High Pressure Group

We are searching for new highly-functional materials and developing new functional materials, through observation of materials change under superhigh pressure and research on materials compounding therein. Additionally, we are conducting R&D on superhigh pressure systems in line with their respective objectives.

Group Leader	Takashi TANIGUCHI
Group Member	Toshimori SEKINE	Kenichi TAKEMURA	Yasusi KANKE
	Takamichi KOBAYASHI	Satoshi NAKANO	Hitoshi YUSA
	Fumio KAWAMUWA

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Polyamorphism Group

In materials science, polyamorphism refers to the state of an amorphous solid or liquid to be able to exist in more than one form. From such a perspective, we aim to further the understanding of liquid and glass characteristics including those of water and aqueous solutions.

Group Leader	Osamu MISHIMA
Group Member	Yoshiharu SUZUKI

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Nano-quantum Transport Group

We search for appearance of new proton transport functions by producing extremely small structures using ion beams and electron beam lithography, targeting materials with electron characteristics such as those of superconductive, magnetic and other related materials.

Group Leader	Shin-ya UJI
Group Member	Taichi TERASHIMA	Taro YAKABE

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Contact to Laboratory

Exploratory Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, NIMS

1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044 JAPAN

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