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List of Present Research and Development Programs

28 July 2000 UP

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  • Special Research and Development

    • Study of Risk Management for Thermal Runaways and Thermal Explosions
    • Elucidation of Kinetic Mechanism and Prevention of Explosion Hazards of Reactive Gases
    • Advanced Decomposition Technology of Waste Plastics using Supercritical Fluids
    • Energy-related Material Chemistry of Lithium
    • Synthesis of Oligosaccharide Chains and their Transformation into Functional Materials
    • Study on Eco-closed-loop Composite Materials
    • Study on Controlling the Structures and Functions of Monolayer Assemblies using Light as a Trigger
    • Design of Functional Molecular Hybrids
    • Chemical Processing of Nonvolatile-memory-related Materials
    • Molecular Assembly Control and Multi-functionalization in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
    • Advanced Polymeric Materials Based on Photo/ Redox Processes
    • Catalytic Membranes and Reaction Systems
    • Asymmetric Reactions using Specific Fields
    • Development of Catalytic Technology for Conversion of Alkanes
    • Catalytic Membranes and Reaction Systems
    • A Study of in-situ Evaluation Methods for the Dynamic Processes Involved in the Structural Changes of Solids and Surfaces
    • Development of Sensing System for Biological Substances Utilizing Surface Modification and Coating
    • Development of Porous Scaffold for Cell Culture using Bioabsorbable Materials
    • Study on Synthesis Method of High Performance Thin Films by High Intensity Radical Beam
    • Structures and Functions of Organized Liquids
    • Study on the Nano-fabrication of Multiphase Polymers
  • Fundamental Research for Standardization

    • Establishment of Precise Coulometric Titration for Purity Measurements of High-Purity Materials

  • Measurements Standards and Technical Infrastructure

    • A Study on Reference Materials
    • Development of Quantitative Analytical Methods for Trace Chemical Substances in Materials and Environment

  • JIS Technical Report

    • Determination Method of Transition Temperature by Dynamic Mechanical Properties
    • Test Method for Gas Transmission Rate through High-barrier Films and Sheets

  • Special Research and Development, Technology for Minor Enterprises

    • Technology for Environmental Conscious Utilization of Plastics
    • Development of the Intelligent Gel with an Environmental Preservation Functionality and their Applications

  • Specified International Cooperative Research Projects

    • The Study on the Purity Determination of Organic Reference Materials
    • Study on Functional Polymer Membranes
    • Reliability on the Characterization of Reference Materials for Advanced Technology

  • Special Research and Development for Peaceful Utilization

    • Study on Impact Resistance Tests of Nuclear Power Facility
    • Advances Decomposition Technology of Waste Plastics using Supercritical Fluids
    • Basic Research on Characteristics of Hydrogen Absorbing Materials in the Presence of Hydrogen Isotope Mixture
    • Optimization and Characterization of Multi-composite Materials
    • Development of Heteroatom Compounds for Coordination of Nuclear Waste-related Metals

  • Special Research and Development for Pollution Control

    • Study on the Treatment of Toxic Wastes by Explosive Reaction
    • Preparation of Separation Membranes for Recovery of Organic Compounds Volatile
    • Development of Environmental Treatment System using Magnetic Porous Adsorbent
    • Catalytic Technology for Clean Diesel Emission

  • The Institute for Transfer of Industrial Technology

    • Development of High-performance Polyolefins Blended with Heat-resistant Polymers
    • Eco-friendly Pulping Process for Non-woody Fibers
    • Development of Biodegradable Polymer Composites Containing Saccharides
    • Development of High-performance Polyolefins Blended with Heat-resistant Polymers


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  • Measurement and Standardization Technology

    • Study on Application of Neural Network to Chemistry
    • Establishment of Quality System for Development, Production and Supply of Reference Materials
    • NMR Studies on Atomic Correlations in Materials
    • Study on Thermal Decomposition by Computational Method
    • Study on Precise Methods for Inorganic Analysis
    • Study on Development and Application of Highly Functional Chelating Agents
    • Studies of Reference Materials for Polymers
    • A Study on the Inter-laboratory Comparisons in Chemical Measurement
    • Basic Study on the Enhancement of Organic Separation Analysis
    • Study of Microscopic Characterization of Materials by Beam Technology
    • Study of Reference Materials for Surface Chemical Analysis
    • Research on the Mechanism and Analytical Applications of Molecular Excitation and Ionization
    • Monitoring of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
    • The development of a Technique for Analyzing Trace Elements in Highly Concentrated Matrices

  • Safety Technology

    • Methodology for the Evaluation of Chemical Impacts on the Environmental and the Reduction of Its Adverse Effects
    • Development of High-safety and Environment-friendly Pyrotechnics
    • Study of Explosion Hazard of Flammable Gas

  • Utilization and Energy Technology

    • Basic Research for Light Energy Conversion
    • Applications of Thermodynamics to the Locally Equilibrated Process
    • Photochemical Process for Environmental Protection
    • Fuel-cell Utilized Reaction Systems
    • Control of Enzymatic Reaction in Organic Solvents with Membranes
    • A Research on Preparation and Application of Inorganic Materials
    • Gas and Vapor Separation with Porous Inorganic Membranes

  • Domestic Science (Research for Life and Society)

    • An Expansion of Clothing Simulation to the Form Containing Solid Model
    • Study on Design Technology of Comfortable Garment by Wearing Simulation

  • Bionics

    • Molecular Design of 2D-Recognition Functions Based on Carbohydrate-Protein Systems

  • New Materials Technology

    • Study on Molecular and Reaction Design by Computational Chemistry
    • Study on Fine Structural Arrangement of Functional Metal Complexes in a Solid Materials
    • Theoretical and Experimental Analysis on Intermolecular Interactions
    • Study on Synthesis of Functional Molecules
    • Fabrication and Functionalization of Molecular Materials
    • Control and Utilization of the Microstructure of Surface and Interface
    • Synthesis and Properties of Fluorinated Compounds
    • Synthesis and Application of Bile Acid Derivatives
    • Study on Controlling Electronic States of Polymetal Complexes
    • Study on the Oxidation/Reduction of Metals in Organic Media
    • Study on Photonic Specialty of Liquid Crystalline Molecules
    • Study on Shape Selective Catalysis of Zeolites
    • Basic Research for New Material Synthesis using High Energy Density State
    • Study of Phase Transition and Chemical Reaction in Molecular Solids at Very High Pressure
    • Study on Synthesis and Properties of Materials Containing Nitrogen
    • Study on Micro- and Macrostructural Control of Molecular Self-Assemblies Formed from Synthetic Amphiphiles
    • Study on the Isomerization Polymerization of p-Aminostyrene and its Utilization
    • Solidification and Alignment Control of Hydrocarbons by Amphiphiles
    • Mimetics of Biological Functions in Material Science
    • Structural Analysis of Inorganic Advanced Materials
    • Microstructure Control of Non-stoichiometric Transition Metal Oxide Films
    • Investigation of Phase Transformation Process from the View Point of Crystal Growth Kinetics
    • Research on Application of New Structure Analysis Method to Inorganic Materials
    • New Hydrogen related Function in Advanced Materials
    • Orientation Control of Epitaxial Oxide Films
    • Study on Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystal Compounds under Pressure
    • Control of Fine Structure of Polymeric Membranes for Novel Separation Processes
    • Study on Simulation for Mechanical Behavior of Smart Composite Materials
    • Creation and Evaluation of Materials with Intelligent Response
    • Preparation of Functional Surfaces by Wet and Dry Processes
    • Accurate Measurement of Physical Properties of New Refrigerants
    • Research on 2-dimensional Regular Array Composed of Ultra Fine Particles
    • Study on Structure and Reactions of Clusters
    • Organic Synthesis concerning Affinity of Interelements
    • Solid State Photoreactions of Conjugated Polyenes

  • Polymer Technology

    • Studies on Orientation and Memory Effect of Polymers
    • Study on Functionalization of Thermo-sensitive Polymers
    • Polymer Structure Control by Organic Synthesis
    • Study on Coupling Reactions of Carbohydrates to Polymeric Carriers
    • Preparation of Organo-inorganic Composites
    • Studies on Structure and Transport Properties of Polymer Solids
    • A Study on Structural Characterization and Control in Organic and Polymer Thin Films
    • Study on Structural Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymer Gels
    • Study on Micro-scale Separation Mechanisms Formed by Surface Treatment Methods
    • Study on Structure Formation in Separating Polymer Systems
    • Control of Structures and Functions of Recyclable Polymeric Materials
    • Design of Neural Network System Utilizing Photochromic Materials
    • The Research on the Material Recycling of Polymers and Composite Materials

  • Reaction and Separation Technology

    • Study on the Reaction Mechanism of Photochemical Reactions
    • Study on Photo/Laser-induced Reaction
    • The High Selective Synthesis of Functional Compounds using Specialized Reaction Field
    • Study on the Development and Application of Laser-induced Reactions
    • Surface Analysis Using SR Soft X-ray
    • Study on Design and Application of Nanostructure-tailored Catalyst
    • Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons using an Electrochemical Membrane Reactor
    • Catalysis and Process Design for Syngas Reaction
    • Clarification of Structural Change of Nitrogen Species during Coalification
    • Research on Chemical Synthesis of Organic Materials
    • Organic Reactions using Solid Catalyst

  • System Engineering Technology

    • Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
    • Study on New Evaluation Technology Based on Process Science
    • Study on Dynamic Responses of Nonlinear System to External Perturbations

  • Pollution Control Technology

    • Advanced Treatment Process for Hazardous Chemicals

  • Fundamental Research for Industries

    • Evaluation on Corrosion Resistance of the Surface Treated Steel Plates

  • Fundamental Research for Standardization

    • Activation of Interheteroatom Bonds and Its Application


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    • Optical and Electromagnetic Functionalization of Cluster Materials by Structural Hybridization
    • Basic Research for the Development and Application of Computational Chemistry to the Creation of New Functional Materials
    • Research on Development of Novel Technology for Future Chemical Reactions by Clarifying Microscopic Properties Affecting the Reactivities at High Temperatures and Pressures
    • Basic Study on the Development of Low Globalwarming Alternatives of Highly Fluorinated Compounds and Its Environmental Effects
    • Study on Environmentally Conscious Plastics
    • Basic and Applied Research for Controlling Polarized Light
    • Advanced High-precision Measurement and Analysis Technology
    • Catalytic Technology for Clean Diesel Emission
    • Coating-pyrolysis Processing of HTS Microwave Filters using Hybrid Reaction Field
    • Photo-active Materials for Environment-responsive Systems


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  • Industrial Science and Technology Frontier Program

    • Silicon-based Polymers (Synthetic Methods by Chemical Reactions)
    • Technology for Novel High-functional Materials: Multi-dimensional Polymer Structures
    • Harmonized Molecular Materials / Self-assembled Molecular Films
    • Synthesis and Functionalization of Harmonized Molecular Materials / Research and Development of Microporous Materials
    • Technology for Novel High-functional Materials / New Functional and High Performance Polymeric Materials
    • Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technologies / Non-destructive Composition Measuring Technology
    • Monitoring Techniques with High-frequency Electromagnetic Wave and Fiber Optic Sensor
    • Sensing Devices for the Protein Markers in a Living Body
    • Multi-functional Composite Materials Integrated with Microencapsulation Technology
    • Leading Research for Simulation Technology of Chemical Reaction in Special Reaction Fields

  • New Sunshine Project (NSS)

    • Hydrogen Transportation using Metal Hydrides
    • Membrane Reformer for Highly Pure Hydrogen
    • Data Analysis and Evaluation on the Development of Geothermal Hot Water Power Generation Plant
    • Study of Structure of Char and Coal for Hydrogasification Process
    • Study on the Materials and Evaluation Methods for Lithium Batteries
    • Studies on Dye-sensitized solar cells
    • Structural and Physical Properties of Oxide Cathode Materials using Single Crystal
    • Study of Molecular Conversion Technology for Greenhouse Gases
    • Advanced Technologies for Heat Transport by Biosurfactants
    • Nano Structure of the Hydrogen Absorbing Alloys
    • Studies on Heat Integrated Distillation Column (HIDiC) System
    • Development of New Materials for Chemical Heat Pumps
    • Research on Cold Heat Storage
    • Studies on Heat Utilization Systems using Hydrogen
    • Studies on the Dynamics of the Microcellular Plastic Formation
    • Preparation Techniques and Thermoelectric Characterization of Borides
    • Chemical Characterization of Large-area Y-based Superconducting Films
    • Studies on Photocatalyst
    • Chemical Processes Utilizing Membrane Reactors
    • Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
    • Development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
    • Development of Environmentally Benign Utilization Process
    • Innovative Membranes for Energy Conversion Process
    • Development of New Environmentally Friendly Process with Supercritical Fluid Technology
    • Clean Fuel Synthesis from Methane for Oil Substitute
    • Development of Highly-efficient Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials


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  • Comprehensive Joint Research (General Research)

    • Study on the Self-ordered Nanoparticles for Molecular Recognition Catalysts
    • Fundamental Research on New Materials of Function-Harmonized Oxides
    • Development of High-density Optical Pulse Generation and Advanced Material Control Techniques / Material Processing by Preparation of High-energy Chemical Species
    • Synthesis of Novel Functional Materials by Use of Concerted Amplification
    • Study on Barrier-free Processings Serving for Environmentally Benign Life-cycle Design

  • System for Establishment and Suport of Center's of Excellence (COE)

    • Photoreaction Control & Photofunctional Materials

  • Promotion System for Intellectual Infrastructure of Research and Development

    • Fundamental Studies on the Development of Measurement Techniques for Local Distribution of Trace Substances in Organisms
    • Studies on the Characterization of Multi-phased Polymers
    • Reliability Estimation of Polymer Based Composite Materials
    • Research on Measurement Technology and Reference Materials for Thermophysical Properties of Solids

  • Fluidity Promoting Research System

    • Micro-science of Fine-structured Materials for Energy Conversion
    • Design and Development of Functional Materials Based on Computational Chemistry and Biomimetic Chemistry


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  • Development of Global Environment Technology

    • Studies on Mechanisms of Acidic Pollutant Accumulation in Organisms and its Metabolic Inhibition
    • Clean Disposal of CO2 via a CO2 Hydrate Particle Crystallization Process


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  • Search of Novel Organic Electroluminescent Devices

  • International Cooperative Research Projects in Private Sector

    • R & D of Synthesis of New Materials for Oil Drilling Tools at Severe Environments
    • Preparation of Fundamental Polymer Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization
    • Design of Solid Catalysts for Saving Energy in Petrochemical Industry


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  • Research and Information Processing System(DBMS)

    • Spectral Database System (SDBS) for Organic Compounds

  • Research Information Open Database (RIO-DB)

    • Spectral Database System (SDBS) for Organic Compounds
    • Data Base System for Material-Life Cycle Assessment (M-LCA)
    • Supercritical Fluid Database (SCF-DB)
    • C1 Chemistry Database
    • Chemical Thermodynamic Database
    • Chemical Safety Database
    • Green & Sustainable Chemistry Data Base (GSC-DB)
    • Study on Emission and Exposure of Toxic Chemical Substances