Vol.11 No.03 <April>

-Development of High Pressure Warm Spray Process
Seiji Kuroda (Unit Director, High Temperature Mateirals Unit),
Makoto Watanabe (Coating Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Hiroshi Araki (Coating Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Rafal M. Molak (Coating Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit)

-Creating Strong, Lightweight, High Temperature Functional Structure Materials
Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai (Group Leader, Functional Structure Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
De-hai Ping (Functional Structure Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Tomonori Kitashima (Functional Structure Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit)

-Development of Low Frictional Coating under High Temperature Environment
Masahiro Tosa (Group Leader, Innovative Tribomaterials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Akira Kasahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Honda, Michiko Sasaki
(Innovative Tribomaterials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Masahiro Goto (Semiconductor Device Materials Group, Nano-Materials Field, MANA)

-New Ferritic Heat-resistant Steel for Advanced High-efficiency Thermal Power Generation
Yoshiaki Toda (Functional Structure Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit)

-Development of High-performance cast-and-wrought alloys for the applications up to 750℃
Gu Yuefeng (Group Leader, High-performance Alloys Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Zhong Zhihong, Yuan Yong, Shi Zhan(High-performance Allopys Group, High Temperature Materials Unit)

-Designing Coating Methods Matched to Materials
Hideyuki Murakami (Surface Kinetics Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Byungkoog Jang (Surface Kinetics Group, High Temperature Materials Unit),
Tomonori Kitashima (Functional Structure Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit)

-Interview
Seiji Kuroda & Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai
The new relationship between alloys and coatings. Metal materials that can withstand higher temperatures.

• Appointment of Mr. Harumasa Miura as New Executive Vice President of NIMS
• NIMS Researchers Receive the Commendations for Science and Technology by MEXT
• Hello from NIMS