Element Strategy Initiative : To Form Core Research Centers Making Concepts Real Materials Research Digest 2016→2017

Holding of the 3rd Symposium on the “Element Strategy Initiative:To Form Core Research Centers” and Large-scale Research Facilities Keisuke Isogai Director-General
Research Promotion Bureau Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Toward the understanding of the mechanisms of material functionalities inspired by new theories, and their industrial applications Hidetoshi Fukuyama Expert Advisor to the Management Committee of the Element Strategy Initiative
Tokyo University of Science
Toward an Era of New Value Created through Industry-Academia Collaboration Fumikazu Sato Deputy Director-General
Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Element Strategy Initiative: Achievements from the First Five Years Yasushi Saito Director
Materials Science and Nanotechnology Development Division Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT

Highlights from the Research Centers

Magnetic materials

Materials Science of Permanent Magnets and Its Applications: the Output of Elements Strategy Initiative Center for Magnetic Materials Satoshi Hirosawa Director General
Elements Strategy Initiative Center for Magnetic Materials (ESICMM)
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Electronic materials

Tokodai Institute for Element Strategy (TIES): Recent Research Progress Hideo Hosono Representative
Tokodai Institute for Element Strategy (TIES)
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Catalysts and batteries

Principles and Their Applications Created by ESICB, Kyoto University Tsunehiro Tanaka Director
Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University

Structural materials

Development of Structural Materials with Concurrent Enhancement of Strength and Ductility: A Challenge in ESISM Isao Tanaka Director, ESISM
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University

Large-scale Research Facilities, Software, and Data

Materials Science and Industrial Applications at SPring-8 Yoshiharu Sakurai Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)
Materials Science and Element Strategy Initiative at KEK-Photon Factory Youichi Murakami Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK
Photon Factory
Element Strategy Initiative in J-PARC Toshiji Kanaya Material Life Science Experimental Facility in the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
Development and Dissemination of Applications Software for Materials Science Simulation Shinji Tsuneyuki Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo
The Institute for Solid State Physics
A New Materials Data Platform in MI2I Satoshi ITOH National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Invited Lectures

What is Now Expected of University-driven Innovation Shuichi Sakamoto University-Industry Collaboration and Regional R&D Division
Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT
The Impact of Advanced 3-GeV Synchrotron Facility on Materials Engineering as well as Industrial Science and Technology Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Utilization of Quantum Beams for Developments and Prospects for the Future Kazuhiko Dohmae Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
Development of Heavy-Rare-Earth-Free Hot-Deformed Nd-Fe-B Magnets and Their Practical Realization for Traction Motors Keiko Hioki Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
Fuel-efficient Tire Development by Complimentary use of Quantum Beam and a Supercomputer Hiroyuki Kishimoto Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Research Conducted at Each Center

Magnetic materials

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Material Research for Voltage-Controllable Spintronic Device with Ultralow Energy Consumption and Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy to Reveal Interfacial Magnetism Shinji Miwa Graduate School of Engineering Science
Osaka University
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Characterization of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnets Using Quantum Beams Kanta Ono High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

Electronic materials

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Structural Study of 200 K-Superconductivity in Compressed Hydrogen Sulfide Katsuya Shimizu Center for Science and Technology under Extreme Conditions
Graduate School of Engineering Science
Osaka University
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Electronic Structure of Interstitial Hydrogen in Wide Gap Semiconductor IGZO and ZnO Kenji Kojima Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS)
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
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Spin current and Spintronics Eiji Saitoh Institute for Materials Research
Advanced Institute for Materials Research
Tohoku University
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Ultrahigh Spatial Resolution Magnetic Imaging of Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces by the Development of Laser-PEEM Shik Shin The Institute for Solid State Physics
The University of Tokyo

Catalysts and batteries

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Development of All-Solid-State Ceramic Batteries with Solid Electrolytes Ryoji Kanno School of Materials and Chemical Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Development of Hydride Ion Conductors Genki Kobayashi Institute for Molecular Science
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Fire-Extinguishing Organic Electrolytes for Secondary Batteries Atsuo Yamada School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
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Automated Reaction Path Search by the Artificial Force Induced Reaction Method Satoshi Maeda Theoretical Chemistry Lab.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Hokkaido University

Structural materials

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Atomic-scale Visualization of Trapped Hydrogen and Quantitative Analysis of Boron Segregation at Prior Austenite Grain Boundaries in Steels by Atom Probe Tomography Jun Takahashi Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
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Investigation of Solidification Phenomena in Metallic Alloys by 2D & 3D in-situ Observation Hideyuki Yasuda Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Graduate School of Engineering,Kyoto University
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Large-Scale Simulations of Solidification and Grain Growth at Atomistic and Microstructural Scales Yasushi Shibuta Department of Materials Engineering
The University of Tokyo

Poster Presentations

List of poster presentations 　　　　　　　　　

Program Director Reviews

13 Years Serving as Program Director for the MEXT Element Strategy Initiative Akira Sawaoka Program Director, Element Strategy Initiative: To Form Core Research Centers
President Emeritus Daido University
Expectations for Achievements from the Four Centers over the Remaining Four Years of the Element Strategy Initiative: To Form Core Research Centers Kohei Tamao Associate Program Director, Element Strategy Initiative Director, RIKEN Global Research Cluster