Main Equipment and Facilities
Equipment and Facilities Supporting NIMS' Research Capabilities
The world-class research results produced by NIMS are supported by a number of excellent instruments and facilities. This page introduces some of the most advanced instruments and facilities at NIMS, including NIMS’ original instruments that are unique to our institution.
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Cs corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope: Spectra Ultra S/TEM
The SpectraUltra system can be operated at different voltages (30 ~ 300 kV) in a single microscopy session, and has 4.45 srad EDS solid angle (4.04 srad solid angle with an analytical double tilt holder).
Atomic and Electronic Structure Analysis/ Trace Elements Analysis

800 MHz wide bore Solid-State NMR System
High-field (18.79T) wide-bore high-resolution NMR system specialized for solid materials, which provides structural analyses for various kinds of solid materials as they are. The system is equipped with state-of-the-art NMR technology to meet the needs of various material researchers developing cutting-edge materials.
Physical Properties Measurement

16T Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS)
The PPMS is an advanced system designed to automatically measure a wide range of physical properties including thermal, mechanical, magnetic, and electrical characteristics up to a maximum magnetic field of 16 Tesla. With its dedicated software, it enables seamless 24-hour continuous automated measurements. The use of a specialized sample pack facilitates easy attachment of samples, ensuring effortless operation and precise results.
Sample Preparation and Synthesis
Materials Forming and Machining

1500 ton Forging Simulator
The 1500 ton Forging Simulator apparatus enables us to precisely control the forging process parameters, such as stroke/strain rate, stress, forging temperature, heating, and cooling rate. Data obtained using this 1500 ton forging simulator are useful to analyze the effects of forging parameters on the microstructure and the mechanical properties of forged products.
Material Design Support

Numerical Materials Simulator
The Numerical Materials Simulator is one of the Japan's foremost supercomputers. It has 1,116 computational nodes and the theoretical peak performance of 4.97 PFLOPS.We always offer the architecture and the support by the NIMS engineers, which gives an advantage to new materials research in NIMS. It has contributed to producing superior world-leading outcomes by way of the theoretical calculations in the wide range of the field of materials research.
Facility

Nanofabrication Cleanroom
Nanofabrication cleanroom for device process research, mainly for semiconductor materials. It can be used for trials using a wide variety of materials and is suitable for everything from small samples to wafer substrates, making it suitable not only for basic fundamental research, but also for developmental R&D with an eye toward application.