Vol.9 No.9 <November>

2011.11.29 Published


Contents

A Toolbox for the Future

Evolving Hybrid Materials

-The Necessity of Development Tooks for Hybrid Materials and their Practical Application
  Yutaka Kagawa
  (NIMS Fellow, Unit Director, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)
  
-Multiscale Characterization of Mechanical Properties (Tool for Evaluating Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Materials)
  Yoshihisa Tanaka
  (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)
  
-Measurement and Simulation of Interfacial Thermal Resistance (Tool for Evaluating Thermal Properties of Hybrid Materials)
  
Yibin Xu
   (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)
 
-Low Thermal Expansion, Light-Weight, Hybrid Lattice Structures (Tool for Lightweight Hybrid Materials Development)
  Christopher Mercer
  (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)
   
-Material Property Control Using Porous Metal (Tool for Realizing Hybridized New Functions)
  Satoshi Kishimoto
  (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Research on Hybrid-Type Polymer Composites (Tool for Lightweight High-reliability Functional Materials)
  Kimiyoshi Naito
  (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Reliability Evaluation Technology for Lightweight, High Strength Composites (Tool for Reliability Evaluation/Joint Interface Evaluation and Analysis)
  Yutaka Kagawa
  (Unit Director, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)
  Yoshihisa Tanaka
  (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Research on Hybrid Ceramic Materials (Took for Net Shape Lightweight/ Heat Resistant Materials)
  Shuqi Guo
  (Composite Materials Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Design Method for Lightweight, Tough Ceramic Structures (Tool for Design of Hybrid Ceramics) 
  Yutaka Kagawa
  (Unit Director, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Environment-friendly Hybrid Bonding Technology at Low Temperature in Ambient Air (Tool for Future Homo/ Heterogeneous Material Joining Process)
  Akitsu Shigetou
  (Interconnect Design Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Reversible Bonding/Adhension Technologies Learning from Nature (Took for Design of functional Interconnection)
  Naoe Hosoda
  (Group Leader, Interconnect Design Group, Hybrid Materials Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)


Research Highlights

Success in Development of High Temperature/ High Speed Gigacycle Fatigue Tester
Yoshiyuki Furuya
(Materials Fatigue Group, Materials Reliability Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

Novel Approach for Synthesizing Reduces Nano-Oxides: Low Temperature Reduction of Nanosized Tio2 without Particle Growth
Satoshi Tominaka
(Nano Interface Group, Nano Interface Unit, Nano-Green Field, MANA)
Yoshihiro Tsujimoto
(ICYS-MANA)
 


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