Achievement of the World's Highest Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Efficiency as a Flexible CIGS Solar Cell Submodule

- Slim and highly efficient integrated-type solar cell module is realized without grid electrodes on the surface -

High-Quality, High-Efficiency Automated Cell Processing Robot System Developed for Regenerative Medicine

Development of a Novel Optical Scanning Device, a Core Component of a Projection Display

-High scanning speeds of more than 25 kHz as well as large scanning angles such as 100° or greater were achieved –

Fabrication of Large-area Mosaic Wafers of Single Crystal Diamond

- Towards the realization of diamond electronic devices -

Discovery of Ferroelectricity of Croconic Acid, a Low-molecular-weight Organic Compound, at Room Temperature

- It will stimulate the development of organic materials for ferroelectric devices -

Sterilization by a Diamond LED

- Output power of deep ultraviolet light was enhanced -

Successful Atomic-level Visualization of Chemical Reactions

- Elucidation of a chemical reaction of fullerene molecules by high-resolution electron microscopy -

High-concentration Events of Fine Aerosols (PM_2.5) Observed in Northern Kyushu

- The high-concentration PM_2.5 in spring is due to the influx of PM_2.5 from other areas -

Identification of a Biological Clock in Sea Squirts

- A potentially novel and distinct biological clock mechanism -

Development of a New Rolling Process for Commercial Magnesium Alloy Sheets with High Room-temperature Formability

- Starting sample shipment of wide (300 mm in width) commercial magnesium alloy sheets press-formable at room temperature -

Toshiba and AIST Jointly Develop Mask Pattern Optimizing Technology That Extends Life of Optical Lithography

Development of Materials with Large Specific Surface Areas by Using Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes

- A high-performance capacitor with high energy and power densities is realized -

RT-Middleware : OpenRTM-aist version 1.0 has been released

- An OMG-standard-compliant software platform for next generation robots -

A Simple Method for High-purity Separation of Metallic and Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes

- An automated, continuous and repeatable process would realize cost-efficient separation -

Development of an Array Analysis System that Assesses Optimum Ligands Rapidly

- The system is readily applicable to the purification of various antibody drugs -

Three-dimensional imaging of defect distributions using a positron microprobe[PDF:723KB]

- A practical technique for evaluating defect distributions in various materials -

Beyond the limit of mass spectrometry[PDF:635KB]

- Kinetic-energy-sensitive mass spectrometry for separation of different ions with the same m/z value -

A simple pretreatment technique for PCB analysis[PDF:635KB]

- A key to solving the PCB-waste issue: fast and accurate analysis -

Photon number discrimination with a superconducting transition edge sensor[PDF:619KB]

- New photon detection technique for realizing ultimate performances in quantum communication and metrology -

Development of a new electric power device that enables the grid-connection of numerous distributed generators[PDF:619KB]

- Low-loss superconducting thin-film fault-current limiter elements that immediately suppress short-circuit currents -