Research Results Archive

Geological Record of Precedents for the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Southern Thailand

- An international joint research group discovered evidence of recurrent giant tsunamis -

Visualization Technology for Invisible" Danger"

- Diagnosing damages in structures and their danger level at the same time using elastico-luminescent materials -

Significant Property Improvement of Plastic Made From Carbon Dioxide

- Poly(propylene carbonate) composite surpassing general-purpose polymers in elastic modulus -

Preparation of Composite Nitride Piezoelectric Thin Films with Large Piezoelectricity

-Towards application to vibration and pressure sensors in high-temperature environments -

Development of a Technique for Mass Production of Metal-complex-type Organic Nanotubes

- Expected to be used as catalysts, in DNA separation, and as templates of metalic nanomaterials -

Software that Analyzes and Evaluates Total Performance throughout the Life Cycle of a Product

- Making an indicator of use value in consideration of environmental load throughout production, use and disposal -

Fabrication of High-thermal-conductivity Composite Plastic Film with Dispersed Inorganic Particles

- Ease Compounding of highly dispersive boron nitride filler and plastic -

Spotting Technology to Introduce an Infinitesimal Amount of Liquid into Analytical Equipment

- A rapid, high-precision device which links equipment with different specifications -

Circadian Clock Tells Timing for Seasonal Clock

- Fibrate, a hypolipidemic drug, change the seasonal clock in mice -

Development of Wide-band and Ultra-low Noise Receiver in the Terahertz Range

- Milestone for high-precision, general-purpose measuring instruments and remote gas detectors for use in disaster sites -

Speech Search System for Multimedia is Open to Public through the Internet for Verification

- Allows speech search without dictionary, grammar or language restrictions -

Development of Polymer Films that Change Color in Response to Tension

- Easy visualization of mechanical force -

Cyan-free electroless gold plating with high adhesion to various plastic films

A New Rolled Magnesium Alloy with excellent formability at Room Temperature

- Excellent Formability equivalent to that of aluminum alloy -

Development of an optical lattice clock[PDF:367KB]

- Toward the next-generation atomic clock -

Accurate quantification for the environmental pollutants at trace levels[PDF:367KB]

- Accurate quantification using 13C-labeled internal standards -

Accurate measurement of the volume of silicon spheres[PDF:489KB]

- Interferometeric determination of the sphere volume for the redefinition of the kilogram based on an atomic mass -

Development of an efficient tandem type dye-sensitized solar cell[PDF:489KB]

- New architecture of dye-sensitized solar cells for higher conversion efficiency -

A novel and practical method for pressureless sintering of boron carbide[PDF:341KB]

- New process greatly lowers the cost of manufacturing the hardest and lightest engineering ceramics -

Production of thick-film thermoelectric devices using centrifugal force[PDF:341KB]

- One step forward to realization of high-efficiency thermoelectric devices -