Shared Facilities
Features
- Over 200 Pieces of Research Equipment
- Easy Procedure by General Conditions
- Fee System Depending on Machine Time
- Usage Report ― Non-Disclosure
- Intellectual Property Right Obtained by NOF Belongs to Users
How to use
1.Consultation on use (free of charge) → 2.Applications for use → 3.Use of equipment → 4.Payment of usage fees → 5.Submission of report (non-disclosure)
Report non-disclosure
NIMS Open Facility is an open research infrastructure that supports research and development by providing broad access to NIMS’s advanced analytical, characterization, and materials fabrication facilities to a wide research community.
More than 200 state-of-the-art and diverse research instruments owned by NIMS are made available to external users, supporting a wide range of research and development activities across academia, industry, and government.
Research results obtained through the use of NIMS Open Facility can be kept confidential, allowing users to conduct their research and development activities in a secure and reliable environment.Report disclosure
"Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnoloty in Japan" is a national research platform comprising 25 institutions across Japan, providing state-of-the-art shared-use facilities and advanced technical support.
By leveraging advanced equipment that has been remote-enabled, automated, and optimized for high-throughput operation, materials data generated through shared use are systematically structured and provided in a form that facilitates effective utilization.
In addition, by making usage reports publicly available, the infrastructure enables users to access advanced facilities at reasonable cost.
Data Services
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DICE is a digital ecosystem for materials research provided by the Materials Data Platform Center (MDPF) at NIMS.
DICE offers an end-to-end framework covering the creation, accumulation, and utilization of materials data. It systematically collects and provides materials data derived from experiments, measurements, simulations, and literature in formats that facilitate reuse. As a cloud-based platform specialized for materials research, DICE promotes the use of DX and AI technologies and strongly supports data-driven materials research and development.
DICE also works in close collaboration with the Materials Advanced Research Infrastructure (ARIM) and the Data-Centric Materials Research and Development Project (DxMT), contributing to the realization of the national Materials DX Platform strategy.