2009 - Press Release

2009.12.17

Innovative High Performance Cell Phone Recycling Technology

Development of a Small- Scale, Simple “Urban Ore” Recycling System Suitable for Decentralized Treatment of Used Electronic Devices

2009.12.10

Discovery of Environment-friendly High Performance Lead-free Piezoelectric Material

Surpassing Lead-containing PZT, the King of Piezoelectric Materials

2009.11.30

Dramatic Improvement in Hardness and Smoothness of Superhard Coating

Technical Innovation in Wear-resistant Coating for Industrial Use

2009.10.22

Success in Development of Garnet-type Single Crystal for Use in Optical Isolators

Application to High Output, Wideband Laser Light Sources

2009.10.05

NIMS Researcher Wins the 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize

First Award to an Asian Research Institute

2009.10.05

Success in Development of 1800 MPa Class Ultra-High Strength Bolt

Realizing Excellent Fracture Resistance in an Ultra-High Strength Product

2009.09.30

Saint-Gobain and NIMS expand research collaboration

2009.09.25

Drastic Improvement in Energy Resolution in EDS Analysis by Transmission Electron Microscope

Realizing Ultra-high Accurate Analysis of Nanostructures by Newly Developed Spectrometer

2009.09.21

Success in Trial Manufacture of Far-UV Surface Plane Emitting Device based on h-BN

Palm-sized Mercury-free FED (field emitter display) type Far-UV LED (wavelength: 225 nm)

2009.08.18

Start of Joint Development by NIMS and Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical

2009.07.10

Realization of Coupled Quantum Dot Device Using Carbon Atom Single Layer Sheet!

Opening the Way to Development of Integrated Nano Quantum Devices Using New Carbon Material

2009.07.06

Success in Visualization of Calcium Atoms

Development of New Type of Electron Microscope Enabling Analysis of Single Molecules/Atoms

2009.06.23

Platinum Nano Kompeito: Success in Development of Platinum Nanoparticles with Ultra-Fine Structure

A New Challenge to Metal Nanostructures

2009.06.17

Promoting the Formation of “Tsukuba Innovation Arena [TIA] nano

Cooperation by AIST, NIMS, the University of Tsukuba, and Industry to Create a World-Class R&D Center

2009.06.16

NIMS Obtains Creep Deformation Data Exceeding 40 Years

2009.06.15

Success in 3-Dimensional Atomic Tomography of Ceramics

Innovation in 3-Dimensional Atom Probe using Ultra-violet (UV) laser pulses

2009.06.09

Development of Simple Manufacturing Process for Fe-based Superconducting Wire Material

2009.06.04

NIMS Issues New Data Sheets on Strength of Space Use Materials

2009.06.03

Announcement of the Recipient of the NIMS Award at the NIMS Conference

2009.05.28

NIMS Issues Fatigue Data Sheets No. 106, No. 107, and No. 108

2009.05.27

GE and Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Sign MOU to Strengthen Technological Ties

Partnership with Japan’s Independent Administrative Institution deepens GE’s innovation connection with Japan

2009.04.30

NIMS and Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering Concluded a “Joint Doctoral Program Agreement”.

2009.04.30

New Joint Doctoral Course, “Advanced Nanomaterials Engineering,” to be Established in New Joint Doctoral Course, “Advanced Nanomaterials Engineering,” to be Established in the Kyushu University Graduate School of Engineering

2009.04.28

World’s First Elucidation of the Structure of the Light-Harvesting Functional Substance of a Photosynthetic Bacterium: Discovery of the Layered Structure of the Bacteriochlorophyll c Complex

NIMS’s High Field Solid-State NMR is Decisive

2009.04.27

Ultrafast Permeation of Organic Molecules Realized Using Porous Nanosheet

Permeation Rate of Water Increased by 1000 Times through Development of Nano Thin Film

2009.04.15

NIMS Issues Creep Data Sheet No. 56

2009.03.26

Success in Development of Full Color Filter using Surface Plasmons

2009.03.24

Success in Creation of a Quasicrystalline Particle-Dispersed Magnesium Alloy with a Rare Earth-Free Composition Design

Realizing High Strength and High Ductility in a Magnesium Alloy

2009.03.13

Success in Development of Manufacturing Technology of Cast and Wrought Alloys with the World’s Highest Temperature Capability for Aircraft Engines

2009.03.04

Elucidation of the Mechanism of Molecular Jet in Liquid

Success in Time-Resolved Photography of a Molecular Jet in Liquid

2009.02.27

SOZAI (Basic Industrial Materials) – A Source of Vitality for Japan

An Analysis from International Material Flows in Recent Years

2009.01.22

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