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Discovery of Significant Expansion of a Dense Oxide
— "Giant Irreversible Expansion" Achieved Through Atomic Rearrangement While Retaining the Basic Crystal Framework and Chemical Composition —

Press Release Jun. 1, 2026
Overturning a 200-Year Belief: New Surface Design Enabling Two Distinct Wetting States on a Single Substrate
— Opening a Path to Development of PFAS-Free Water-Repellent Materials. Presenting New Design Guidance for Wettability Control. —

Press Release Apr. 16, 2026
TEGNet: AI That Freely Designs Thermoelectric Devices
— Innovating the Development Process by Only Requiring About 1/10,000 of the Time Conventionally Needed for Predicting Performance —

Press Release Apr. 16, 2026

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MANA Digest 2025
Our 2025 Research Highlights Are Now Available Online.
We have transitioned from publishing a printed booklet to sharing our outcomes through this website from 2024.
We invite you to explore our work—and to be inspired by the future of science.

Fusion Research
At MANA, we implement an innovative "Fusion Research Program." This program aims to foster new discoveries and materials development by encouraging collaboration among researchers from diverse fields, transcending the boundaries of existing research groups and disciplines.
This synergy is expected to generate breakthroughs that would be unattainable through conventional methods. Here, we reflect on some of these programs together with the researchers involved and showcase their achievements.
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Discovery of Significant Expansion of a Dense Oxide
— "Giant Irreversible Expansion" Achieved Through Atomic Rearrangement While Retaining the Basic Crystal Framework and Chemical Composition —

Overturning a 200-Year Belief: New Surface Design Enabling Two Distinct Wetting States on a Single Substrate
— Opening a Path to Development of PFAS-Free Water-Repellent Materials. Presenting New Design Guidance for Wettability Control. —

TEGNet: AI That Freely Designs Thermoelectric Devices
— Innovating the Development Process by Only Requiring About 1/10,000 of the Time Conventionally Needed for Predicting Performance —

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Research Highlights

Theoretical Principles of Band Structure Manipulation in Strongly Correlated Insulators with Spin and Charge Perturbations

Enable Near-Frictionless Motion of Pico- to Nanoliter Droplets with Liquid-Repellent Particle Coating

Turning Rust into Fuel: MANA Advances Green Rust Catalyst for Next-Gen Hydrogen Vehicles

MANA Scientists Employ Active Machine Learning to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of Materials

Conference Event

MANA International Symposium 2026

Yamauchi ERATO Final Public Symposium

The 1st Workshop on Physical Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials

Special Website

MANA Digest 2025

Fusion Research

MANA's Research Fields

TopicsPickup Information

Discovery of Significant Expansion of a Dense Oxide — "Giant Irreversible Expansion" Achieved Through Atomic Rearrangement While Retaining the Basic Crystal Framework and Chemical Composition —

Overturning a 200-Year Belief: New Surface Design Enabling Two Distinct Wetting States on a Single Substrate — Opening a Path to Development of PFAS-Free Water-Repellent Materials. Presenting New Design Guidance for Wettability Control. —

TEGNet: AI That Freely Designs Thermoelectric Devices — Innovating the Development Process by Only Requiring About 1/10,000 of the Time Conventionally Needed for Predicting Performance —

NewsNews & Information

Research Highlights

Theoretical Principles of Band Structure Manipulation in Strongly Correlated Insulators with Spin and Charge Perturbations

Enable Near-Frictionless Motion of Pico- to Nanoliter Droplets with Liquid-Repellent Particle Coating

Turning Rust into Fuel: MANA Advances Green Rust Catalyst for Next-Gen Hydrogen Vehicles

MANA Scientists Employ Active Machine Learning to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of Materials

Conference Event

MANA International Symposium 2026

Yamauchi ERATO Final Public Symposium

The 1st Workshop on Physical Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials

Special Website

MANA Digest 2025

Fusion Research

Discovery of Significant Expansion of a Dense Oxide
— "Giant Irreversible Expansion" Achieved Through Atomic Rearrangement While Retaining the Basic Crystal Framework and Chemical Composition —

Overturning a 200-Year Belief: New Surface Design Enabling Two Distinct Wetting States on a Single Substrate
— Opening a Path to Development of PFAS-Free Water-Repellent Materials. Presenting New Design Guidance for Wettability Control. —

TEGNet: AI That Freely Designs Thermoelectric Devices
— Innovating the Development Process by Only Requiring About 1/10,000 of the Time Conventionally Needed for Predicting Performance —