Nanotechnology Research – Directory

The cluster will enable internationally competitive technological innovation by relevant research organization and R&D-based corporation, around the core of universities and public research organizations which serve as the base of knowledge creation.

The Nanoarchitectonics Research Center, in close collaboration with the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, aims to establish 'bottom-up' nanoscale technologies based on molecular self-assembly, hierarchical atomic nanostructure construction and atomic level measurement techniques.

Utilizing the AIST NanoProcessing Facility and the AIST Technical Service Center, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) conducts the NanoProcessing Partnership Platform as a part of Nanotechnology Network Japan of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

The Nano-Carbon Materials team at the Center develops original synthetic approaches to fabricate rational nanoscale materials as basic building blocks and the hierarchical assembly of these nanomaterials to fundamental elements for nanodevices that would serve as functional components for applications in nanotechnology.

XNRI is focused on developing unique technologies that have been enabled by the fusion of a diverse range of disciplines centering around nanotechnology, technologies that will allow them to direct their efforts into research areas related to the environment, energy and medicine.

The Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster project is aimed at creating a wide variety of functional materials based on C60 and carbon nanotubes that are given functionality through organic synthesis.

A laboratory supported by Kyoto University. The core focus is environmental remediation technologies with nanomaterials.

Pursues nanotechnology rseearch such as carbon nanotube interconnects and high-speed nanoscale devices.

The RCNS consists of four research divisions: Nanodevice; Nanoprocess; Molecular Assembly and Materials Synthesis ; and System Design and Architecture.

Hokkaido Innovation through NanoTechnology Support (HINTS) is a nanotechnology support project centered at Hokkaido University (Research Institute for Electronic Science, Catalysis Research Center, Center for Advanced Research of Energy Conversion Materials, and Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics) with close cooperation of Chitose Institute of Science and Technology.

Research activity of the MBE Electronics Group is based on the advanced semiconductor nanotechnology utilizing molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) crystal growth and a unique UHV (ultra-high vacuum)-based multi-chamber system.

The main objective of this Research Group is to carry out intensive research on formation of compound semiconductor nanostructures and their high-density arrays by utilizing metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxial (MOVPE) growth.

The IMS, part of the National Institute of Natural Sciences, investigates fundamental properties of molecules and molecular assemblies through both experimental and theoretical methods.

Nanoscience and nanotechnology research at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Research into nanophotonics.