National Institute for Materials Science

Announcement of NIMS Award 2026 Winners

— The NIMS Award 2026 goes to Prof. Ryoji Kanno and Prof. Masahiro Tatsumisago for their pioneering research on solid electrolytes enabling all-solid-state batteries. —

Low-Resistance Buffer Layer That Paves the Way for Vertical GaN Devices on Silicon

— Achieving Both GaN Epitaxial Growth and Vertical Electric Conduction —

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Kyoto University Sign Comprehensive Collaboration Agreement