Vol.19 No.1 <2021 January-February>
21st "THERMAL SCIENCE" CENTURY
Contents
Major advances in thermal science:
New technologies will help make our lives more comfortable and convenient
Naoki Ohashi
Director of the Research Center for Functional Materials
[Roundtable discussion]
Technological and strategic approaches to controlling thermal behavior
Takao Mori
Leader of the Thermal Energy Materials Group
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
Yibin Xu
Deputy Director of the Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System
Leader of the Data-driven Inorganic Materials Group
Hideki T. Miyazaki
Leader of the Plasmonics Group
Research Center for Functional Materials
NIMS AWARD Winner Interview
[A pioneer in thermoelectric materials with profound influence on society]
Dr. Hiroshi Julian Goldsmid (Professor Emeritus, University of New South Wales)
[Generating electricity from heat using environmentally friendly materials]
Dr. Kunihito Koumoto (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University)