National Institute for Materials Science

National Institute for Materials Science is an Independent Administrative Institution and one of the largest scientific research centers in Japan

Next-generation: Nanosheet based electronics

Solving the lithium conundrum: A hard carbon electrode with enormously high sodium storage capacity

Smart windows get the ability to tint gradually

NIMS, Waseda University and Tama Art University developed together smart glass capable of producing various shades on its surface. NIMS, Waseda University and Tama Art University developed together smart glass capable of producing various shades on its surface. Unlike the conventional types, the newly developed tinting smart glass allows users to easily change the shaded

Smart windows get the ability to tint gradually

Flexible display sheets can be cut into any shape with scissors

NIMS developed new display sheets that can be cut into any shape with scissors. A research group led by Masayoshi Higuchi, the leader of the Electronic Functional Macromolecules Group, Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS, developed new display sheets that can be cut into any shape with scissors. As you can cut this display into

Flexible display sheets can be cut into any shape with scissors

High Efficiency Solar Water Heating Achieved with Nanoparticles

Success May Promote Solar Heat Utilization Based on Plasmon Resonance of Ceramic Materials A research team in Japan discovered through numerical calculations that nanoparticles of transition metal nitrides and carbides absorb sunlight very efficiently, and confirmed experimentally that nitride nanoparticles, when dispersed in water, quickly raise water temperature. A research team of Satoshi Ishii, MANA

High Efficiency Solar Water Heating Achieved with Nanoparticles

High-efficiency, high-reliability perovskite solar cells getting ready for mass production

Researchers in Japan succeeded in producing highly reproducible and highly stable perovskite solar cells by a low-temperature solution process. The results were published the Journal of Materials Chemistry A issued by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). The ad hoc Team on Perovskite PV Cells (Team Leader: Kenjiro Miyano) of the Global Research Center for

High-efficiency, high-reliability perovskite solar cells getting ready for mass production

A repulsive material

In a world-first achievement, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan, along with colleagues from the National Institute of Material Science and the University of Tokyo, have developed a new hydrogel whose properties are dominated by electrostatic repulsion, rather than attractive interactions. According to Yasuhiro Ishida, head of the Emergent Bioinspired

A repulsive material

3D graphene structures for use in super-capacitors, through a method inspired by blown sugar, created.

This illuminates an amazing future for quick start-up of electric vehicles and launching of aircrafts. Graphene sheets are immensely strong, lightweight and excellent at conducting electricity. Theoretically, macroscopical three-dimensional graphene assemblies should retain the properties of nanoscale graphene flakes. However, recent attempts to make 3D graphene have resulted in weak conductivity due to poor contact

3D graphene structures for use in super-capacitors, through a method inspired by blown sugar, created.

Smart Anticancer ‘Nanofiber Mesh’

They succeeded in efficiently inducing natural death (apoptosis) of epithelial cancer cells. A MANA research team has developed a new nanofiber mesh which is capable of simultaneously realizing thermotherapy (hyperthermia) and chemotherapy (treatment with anticancer drugs) of tumors. They succeeded in efficiently inducing natural death (apoptosis) of epithelial cancer cells. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is

Smart Anticancer ‘Nanofiber Mesh’

Researchers have developed a coating method which accelerates bonding with bone by 3 times.

Dr. Masanori Kikuchi, Group Leader of the Bioceramics Group, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) and a research group at Tokyo Medical and Dental University succeeded in developing a coating method which accelerates bonding with bone by 3 times. Dr. Masanori Kikuchi, Group Leader of the Bioceramics Group, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA; Director-General:

Researchers have developed a coating method which accelerates bonding with bone by 3 times.

On-Demand Synaptic Electronics: Circuits That Learn and Forget

Researchers in Japan and the US propose a nanoionic device with a range of neuromorphic and electrical multifunctions that may allow the fabrication of on-demand configurable circuits, analog memories and digital-neural fused networks in one device architecture. Synaptic devices that mimic the learning and memory processes in living organisms are attracting avid interest as an

On-Demand Synaptic Electronics: Circuits That Learn and Forget

Better Medicine Delivery: Targeting drugs with hydrogels

Researchers in Japan have developed a technique which allows them to control and target drug delivery to specific sites of the body at specific times, thus reducing side effects and improving treatment dramatically Better control over the delivery of drugs to specific sites in the body at specific times would reduce unwanted side effects and

Better Medicine Delivery: Targeting drugs with hydrogels

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Discovery of a mechanism for making superconductors more resistant to magnetic fields
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Breakthrough in materials discovery enables 'twistronics' for bulk systems
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The University of Toronto to use AI to develop advanced materials
on April 21, 2021 at 11:36 pm
The Acceleration Consortium will draw on the power of AI, robotics, engineering and chemistry to create so-called “self-driving laboratories” that can help rapidly design next-generation materials.
U of T Acceleration Consortium to use AI to develop advanced materials
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