Nanotechnology Research - Universities in Japan

MNTC encompasses all fields from molecular level mechanism analysis to medical application. Specifically, MNTC's research focuses on functional ultra-thin polymer films (films with thickness of under 100 nm). The cooperative medical, physics, and engineering organization utilizes the features unique to the 'structure of the plane' created when polymers are formed into ultra-thin films, and applies these to medical technologies.

Studies carbon nanotubes, graphene and other low-dimensional nanomaterials, including molecules confined inside nanotubes and one-dimensional transition-metal materials, using spectroscopy and electron microscopy.

A research division dedicated to carbon nanotubes and graphene, combining theory and experiment to study their properties and develop nanocarbon materials and devices.

The laboratory for supramolecular and macromolecular chemistries and materials sciences.

A cross-disciplinary institute creating innovations based on nanoscience and information science, with research spanning nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and quantum information devices.

Studies the synthesis, properties and applications of carbon nanotubes, graphene and related low-dimensional nanomaterials, including their use in next-generation electronic and energy devices.

Among other areas, research in the Nakamura lab deals with the nanoscience of tailor-made cluster molecules in biology.

NCRC was established at University of Tokyo for the purpose of realizing core technologies for the development of the ubiquitous information devices based on nanotechnologies, and is aiming at becoming one of the Center of Excellence (COE) in the world of advanced nano-photonics and electronics.

An interdisciplinary materials research center, founded on the legacy of Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa, that develops future-oriented functional and nanostructured materials.

Backed by the establishment of Center of Excellence as a hub research center and the enhancement of research facilities, the Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering has created an environment that provides powerful support for nanoscience and nanoengineering, alongside industry-academy partnerships.