Division of Advanced Materials and Beam Science
This division consists of Materials Science and Beam Science groups.
The Materials Science group consists of four departments: “Functionalized Natural Materials,” “Semiconductor Materials and Processes,” Advanced Hard Materials,” and “Energy and Environmental Materials.” We aim to create new materials with various novel functions that enable breakthroughs in information, energy, environment, and medical technologies. Emphasis is placed on not only material processing technologies that hybridize various kinds of materials beyond the framework of existing metallic, inorganic, organic, and liquid materials research, but also the establishment of fundamental science that links the emerging functions to the structures, dimensions, and physical/chemical properties of materials.
The Beam Science group consists of three departments: “Excited Solid-State Dynamics,” “Quantum Beam Physics,” and “Beam Materials Science.” To further develop beam science for emerging science and technologies, we aim to develop new sources of quantum beams with high brightness and high quality. We also utilize the quantum beams in a new field of beam-induced materials science.
This division is closely collaborated with Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center, Research Laboratory for Quantum Beam Science, and Artificial Intelligence Research Center in SANKEN. In addition to close collaboration inside SANKEN, we promote inter-disciplinary collaborative research with universities, research institutions, and private companies worldwide.