Research Network and Facility Services Division (RNFS)

The Research Network and Facility Services Division of NIMS provides the world's best research environment for materials research.

A group of state-of-the-art materials evaluation equipment, a group of materials fabrication facilities including a clean room, unparalleled large facilities such as a 1,500-ton press, as well as user-friendly high-performance computing specialized to materials research, the world's largest high-quality materials databases, and a materials-dedicated Cloud platform with DX and AI capabilities are here. Our most important assets are our experts who can leverage these cutting-edge technologies and provide the best research support services in the world.

As a hub of the network, NIMS will continue to support materials research in industry and academia in Japan. In the Materials DX Platform Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), NIMS contributes to the digital transformation in materials research throughout Japan as a Data Core Center, a Central Hub of Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology (ARIM), and a core organization of the Data Transformation Initiative Subcommittee of R&D Projects for Materials-Data Creation & Utilization (DxMT).

We are making a great leap forward in materials research.

Please feel free to consult with our Research Network and Facility Services Division.

Materials Fabrication and Analysis Platform	Electron Microscopy Unit
	Surface and Bulk Analysis Unit
	High Magnetic Field Characterization Unit
	Bioanalysis Unit
	Nanofabrication Unit
	Materials Forming Unit
	Materials Melting and Manufacturing Unit
Materials Data Platform	Data Application Unit
	Data Infrastructure Unit
	Data Collection Unit
	Numerical Materials Simulator Unit
	Creep Data Unit
	Extreme Environment Material Data Unit
Central Hub of Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology
Data Transformation Initiative Subcommittee Administrative Office