Nano Ceramics Center

Process Group seek to fabricate 0-3-dimensional conformation structures having excellent properties and ranging from nanometer to micrometer sizes, based upon fine particle processing.

We seek to develop Silicon carbide and Silicon nitride materials – as these are key materials for the semiconductor and precision-machinery industries – in addition to fabricating “environmental materials” that excel in coping with atmosphere heat as well as non-oxide ceramics that are capable of exhibiting superior toughness, high abrasion resistance and upgraded electrical properties among other overlapping functions.

We aim to derive new functions from properties of covalent-bonding ceramic materials like Silicon nitride, through control of their nanostructure.

We seek to design oxide powder nanostructures and fine-grained structures, in order to fabricate materials having a combination of maximized physical (di-electric, optical and thermal), chemical (high-temperature corrosion-resistance) or mechanical (high-temperature strength and superplasticity) properties.

We seek to fabricate new materials through minute control of chemical reaction behind the materials synthesis process with plasma ceramic materials, proceed with development of proprietary plasma generation methods using improved functions for ceramic materials and develop high-performance structure formation technology.

We seek to conduct research as to methods for adding functions to glass materials and to develop functions – such as for catalysts, batteries and data storage media – through application of methods for forming thin films on glass surfaces and new glass made using combinatorial glass research system.