Vol.23 No.1 <2025>

Contents

The Ideal Environment for Materials Research is Here
-Research Support Services in the DX Era-

Research Network and Facility Services Division (RNFS)
Director : Masahiko Demura

MISSION

[#1]Materials Fabrication and Analysis Platform
Platform Director : Satoshi Kawada
[#2]Materials Data Platform
Project leader : Satoshi Minamoto

【Materials Fabrication and Analysis Platform】

【Synergy of Technology x Technique】

• Electron Beam Lithography System x Eiichiro Watanabe
  Facilitating Research on Advanced Devices by Sharing Expertise in Evolving Microfabrication Techniques
• 1500-ton Forging Simulator x Norie Motohashi
  One of the World’s Largest Forging Simulators: Innovative Efforts to Meet Complex Testing Demands
• Spectra Ultra S/TEM x Jun Uzuhashi
  State-of-the-Art Instruments and Skilled Engineers Enable Advanced Nanostructure Analysis
• 16T Physical Property Measurement System x Shigeki Nimori
  Understanding the Essence: Pride in Designing Approaches for High Magnetic Field Measurements
• Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry x Shinya Hattori
  Commitment to Users: Advancing R&D of Biomaterials
• Materials Melting and Manufacturing x Yuji Takata
  Providing the Tacit Knowledge of Manufacturing: Where Cutting-Edge Superalloys Are Born
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry x Yu Fujii
  No Compromise on Accuracy: Identifying the Chemical Composition of Materials

【Materials Data Platform】

【Special Roundtable】
Pioneering Material DX

Takuya Kadohira
Deputy Platform Director, Materials Data Platform
Unit Leader, Data Infrastructure Unit

Satoshi Minamoto
Platform Director, Materials Data Platform
Unit Leader, Data Application Unit

Isao Kuwajima
Unit Leader, Data Collection Unit, Materials Data Platform

TOPICS

• Advancing the Hydrogen Society:
  New Testing Facility for Hydrogen-Compatible Materials Completed
• Improving the Reliability of Domestic Heat-Resistant Metallic Materials:
  Three Entries Related to the Creep Data Sheet Project Added to the "MIRAI Technology Heritage"