Research Collaborations
2024.10.11 Update
A brief introduction to the research collaborations promoted by NIMS.
Industry Collaboration Centers
TOYOTA-NIMS Collaboration Center
Development of fundamental technologies based on essential understanding of materials phenomena. Aiming to contribute to mobility in general as well as promotion of applications
Established: July 2008
Collaboration Partner: Toyota Motor Corporation
SAIT-NIMS Innovation Center
Innovative materials research and development for a society of convenience powered by energy
Established: December 2015
Collaboration Partner: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), South Korea
MCC-NIMS Center of Excellence for Next-generation Functional Materials
Fundamental research and development of base technologies for next-generation advanced functional materials
Established: December 2015
Collaboration Partner: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
SoftBank-NIMS Advanced Technologies Development Center
Collaboration aiming at the practical application of innovative batteries, such as lithium metal batteries, all solid-state batteries, essential for the IoT era
Established: April 2018
Collaboration Partner: SoftBank Corp.
L'ORÉAL-NIMS Materials Innovation Center for Science and Beauty
Creation of innovative products for the Japanese domestic, Asian, and global markets using cutting-edge novel materials developed at NIMS
Established: July 2018
Collaboration Partner: Nihon L'Oréal K.K.
Saint-Gobain CNRS NIMS International Collaboration Center
Innovation based on exchange and integration of materials science and engineering between Japan and France
Established: January 2019
Collaboration Partners: Saint-Gobain S.A. (France), French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS)
Mitsubishi Materials-NIMS Center of Excellence for Materials Informatics Research
Construction of an integrated information materials development system that predicts performance and lifespan of materials manufactured from combinations of various materials and processes
Established: June 2020
Collaboration Partner: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
WD-NIMS Center for Storage Frontier
Materials research related to technology for further increasing capacity and reliability of hard disks
Established: April 2023
Collaboration Partner: Western Digital Corporation
TAISEI-NIMS Development Center for Innovative Eco-Materials
Development of innovative functional construction materials to build a prosperous social infrastructure aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and a circular economy
Established: December 2024
Collaboration Partner: TAISEI CORPORATION
Open Platforms
Materials Open Platform for AllSolid-State Battery
Aiming to create search and analysis technologies for high-performance materials as common challenges with NIMS as the core institution
Established: May 2020
Collaboration Partners: JX Metals Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., DENSO Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Materials Open Platform for Pharmaceutical Science
Focusing on notable issues such as antibody drugs and nucleic acid drugs, aiming to standardize development methods through strengthening research infrastructure and sharing development technology. Also, conducting research to ensure productization by applying materials science to the formulation of candidate pharmaceutical compounds
Established: April 2021
Collaboration Partners: Astellas Pharma Inc., Eisai Co., Ltd., ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
Materials Open Platform for Permanent Magnet
An industry-academia-government co-creation platform, whose core institution is NIMS, that applies the world's best microstructure analysis technology and data-driven research to material design and optimization for the process, inherited from the Elements Strategy Initiative Center for dMagnetic Materials (ESICMM) by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Established: April 2022
Collaboration Partners: TDK Corporation, Daido Steel Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Proterial, Ltd.
Materials Open Platform for Advanced Phosphor
Engaged in the development of fluorescent materials using basic technologies developed at NIMS: single particle diagnostics and materials informatics (MI)
Established: April 2023
Collaborators: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Denka Corporation
Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX
A university-industry collaboration platform to implement the Materials Integration by Network Technology (MInt) developed through the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Phase 1 "Innovative Structural Materials" and Phase 2 "Materials Revolution through an Materials Integration by Network Technology System"
Established: April 2023
Collaborators: IHI Corporation, Kobe Steel, Ltd., UACJ Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., JFE Steel Corporation, Osaka University, Kansai University, Teikyo University, The University of Tokyo, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, RIKEN
- Research Collaborations