AIST Overview

Collaboration Promotion and International A�airs Division

September 1, 2017

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Mission

I AIST = National Institute of

Advanced Industrial Science and Technology web video

I independent administrationI under the METI (Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry)

I main mission: �sustainable society through innovation� byI providing solutions for the 21st century issues

1. Green , Life , and Information Technologies

2. Industrial infrastructure , , ,

I bridging the gap between discovery and commercializationI using �open innovation platforms�

I e.g., , , Open Innov. Lab.

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History

I Result of the integration of 15 research institutes in 2001 web

I Geological Survey of Japan (established in 1882)I Electrotechnical laboratory (since 1891)I Government Industrial Research Institute, Osaka (since 1918)I Fermentation Research Institute (since about 1940)I etc.

I Some historical results (pre-AIST)I 1890 : Prototype meter and kilogram web

I 1899 : Geological map with a scale of 1/1,000,000 web

I 1926 : Ammonia synthesis catalyst web

I 1956 : Transistor computer ETL Mark III web

I 1959 : PAN(Polyacrylonitrile)-based carbon �ber web

I 1961 : Japan �rst semiconductor integrated circuit web

I 1964 : Kondo e�ect web

I 1965 : Technology for manufacturing a natural sweetener web

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Research Organization

7 research departments

units researchers

2016/07/01

Energy and Environment 8 357Life Science and Biotechnology 5 253

Information Technology and Human Factors 6 267Materials and Chemistry 9 358

Electronics and Manufacturing 7 286

Geological Survey of Japan 5 194National Metrology Institute of Japan 5 285

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Research Units and Bases

Types of research units:

I Research Institute (hereafter, Res. Inst.) for continuous research

I Research Center (hereafter, Res. Center) for intensive research

I Research Laboratory (hereafter, Res. Lab.) aiming at Res. Center

I NB: no exhaustive listing of Res. Lab. in this presentation

Research bases

I Headquarters in TsukubaTsukuba central Tsukuba east Tsukuba west

I From west- to east-Japan:Kyushu HP , Chugoku HP(jp) ,

Shikoku HP , Kansai HP(jp) ,

Chubu HP(jp) , Waterfront HP ,

Fukushima HP , Tohoku HP(jp) ,

Hokkaido HP

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Workforce2017/07/01 2016/07/01 2015/04/01 2014/07/01 2013/04/01

Total employees 5024 4845 4746 5027 4968

Researchers 2770 2659 2617 2653 2696Permanent 1939 1925 1928 1948 2010Fixed-term 376 359 330 307 271Visiting 212 185 159 153 156Postdoctoral 243 190 200 245 259Other employees 2254 2186 2129 2374 2272Technical sta� 1543 1487 1441 1695 1602Administrative 698 686 675 666 657Full-time executives 13 13 13 13 13

FY2016 FY2015 FY2014 FY2013 FY2012Total others 5208 4821 4669 4598 4500

Research assistants (graduates) 95 105 N.A. N.A. N.A.

Companies partnerships 1885 1856 1764 1774 1700Universities partnerships 2228 1924 1986 1852 2000Other partnerships 1000 936 919 972 800

Diversity: Foreign nationals: 299/4746=6.3% employees (FY2015), 358/4669=7.7% others (FY2014);

Women: ≥ 18% (FY2015-2019) Social and Environmental Report p.6 p.45

Sources: Employees and Budget April 2015 ; AIST�Organization and Outline April 2013 ,

July 2014 ; AIST Activities�Quick Reference: July 2016 , July 2015

Quick comparisons: CNRS: 24617 permanent + 7327 contractual = 31944 employees web ; INRIA:

2600 permanent + 1800 �partners� = 4400 members web

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Academic Research Results

I ranking of Japanese research institutions on the number ofhighly cited papers in 2016 (source: Thomson Reuters web )

general materials chemistry biology and physicsranking science biochemistry

6th 4th 4th 5th 10th

I Nature Index 2017 Japan Top 25 (source: web )

institutions physical chemistry earth and life(Top 100) sciences environmental sciences sciences

12th 9th 11th 13th 21st

I SCImago Institutions Rankings:I 27th (Worldwide, Government, 2016) (source: web )

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InnovationI One of world's Top 25 Global Innovators�Government

I 5th in 2017 (source: Reuters web )I 7th in 2016 (source: Reuters web )

I Technology consulting web , joint/commissioned research web

I ICTES (Innovation Center for Technology Transfer and Startups) web

I Licensing web

I Support for commercialization (�start-up advisors�, etc.)I TECH Meets BUSINESS web

I 135 start-ups so far (2017/07) web

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Example of Start-ups

I Intelligent System web (2005�),Paro PR , assistive-technologykey milestone ( web , 2017)

I triMATIZ web (2005�), opticalcommunication devices

I Life Robotics web (2007�),CORO robot

I Tsukuba Technology web

(2007�), non-destructiveinspection

I PicoTherm web (2008�),thermal analysis systems

I EDP web (2009�), fabrication ofcrystal diamonds

I MIRAISENS web (2014�),gesture feedback technology

I Robotic Biology Institute web

(2015�) Maholo

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AIST Financial ResultsFY2016 FY2015 FY2014 FY2013 FY2012 FY2011

M¿ M¿ M¿ M¿ M¿ M¿Total revenue 2017-02-23 ¥/¿rate 777.0 827.2 1013.7 786.3 666.7 857.9

1 Subsidy 555.4 533.2 522.1 494.3 502.32 Facility maintenance grants 0.0 38.7 280.0 95.2 7.0Commissioned research funds 124.1 158.6 136.9 110.3 115.43 Comm. research (private) 5.3 6.2 6.2 6.8 7.9 8.44 Joint research revenue 49.5 35.2 29.8 28.7 28.1 28.6Intellectual property revenue 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.4Technical consulting revenue 3.0 0.9Misc. 35.8 51.7 33.9 46.5 1.3Metrology service charges 2.1 2.4 2.2

FY2016 FY2015 FY2014 FY2013 FY2012

%age of 1 + 2 (�public funding�) 71.5 69.1 79.1 75.0 64.8

FY2016 FY2015 FY2014 FY2013 FY2012

%age of 3 + 4 (�private funding�) 5.3 5.0 3.5 4.5 5.4

Tables built with April 2013 , July 2014 , April 2015 , and the July 2016 edition; Commissioned

research (private companies) and Joint research revenue adjusted with July 2016 , July 2015

Quick comparisons: CNRS: 3309.13M¿, subsidy = 76.74% web ; INRIA: 230M¿, subsidy = 73%

web

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Collaboration in Japan

Open Innovation Hub web

I 5 research institutes sharing 15 facilities, 500 apparatusesI AIST, NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science), University of

Tsukuba, KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), theUniversity of Tokyo

I 145 industrial partners, 650 external researchers 2015/04

I e.g.: SiC , CNT , MEMS (Microelectromechanial Systems)

Collaboration with Academia

I Open innovation laboratories (hereafter, Open Innov. Lab.)I collaborative research centers on university campusesI ' research unit

I Partnerships with universitiesI Nagoya Univ. web , Ochanomizu Univ. web , etc.

I Annual calls for collaborative budget, etc.

I Cooperation system with graduate schools web

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Collaboration with Industry

Associations (see AIST�Organization and Outline p. 46 )

I Minimal Fab Development Association , AICE (Automotive Internal CombustionEngines) web , TPEC (Tsukuba Power Electronics Constellations) web ,T-CAB (Technological Consortium for Adhesion and Bonding) web , etc.

Joint Research

I Cooperative research laboratories (hereafter, Coop. Res. Lab.)(see, e.g., Information Technology and Human Factors )

I research funding ↔ temporary assignment of researchers,preferential use of IP and facilities

Standardization web

I domestic (about 10 proposals/year to JIS)

I international 2017/03:I 87 researchers serving as chairs, etc. (mostly ISO/IEC, web )I ' 20 proposals/year to ISO/IEC (e.g., ISO 13482 web )

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International Collaboration with Research Institutes

I 32 comprehensive MOUs 2017/05 and37 speci�c MOUs 2017/02 web

I International laboratories, e.g.:I CNRS-AIST JRL (Joint Robotics Laboratory),

UMI3218/RL web Tsukuba central

I e.g., multi-contact collaborative humanoidsin aircraft industry (COMANOID web ,H2020 Programme)

I web

I Biomedical Res. Inst. and DBT (Departmentof Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science and

Technology of India)I joint lab. (2013�) web Tsukuba central

I sister lab. in IIT (Indian Institute of

Technology) Delhi (2015�) web PR

I anti-cancer drug screening and imaging(e.g., recent PR ), education programs foryoung researchers

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International Collaboration with Industry

I AIST-CNRS web

I humanoid robotic technology to perform complexmanufacturing tasks in factories

I with Airbus group, from 2016

I AIST-NSTDA,TISTR,KMUTNB (Thailand) web

I vehicle biofuel made from nonedible vegetable oilI Isuzu Motor Ltd. supported the biofuel evaluationI until 2016

I AIST�IPE-CAS (Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of

Sciences) web

I technology for commercial production of a catalyst for NOx

removalI with Meidensha Corporation, until 2015

I AIST-BPPT (Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of

Technology) PR

I technologies to increase the production of natural rubberI with Bridgestone Corporation

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Super Clean Room

web Tsukuba west

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I process equipment for thefabrication of general-purposesemiconductor integratedcircuits

I 3000m2, 300mm wafersI equipments ≥ 150

I example of projects:I non-volatile memory devicesI nanocarbon-based wiring

technologiesI three-dimensional LSIs

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Robot Safety Center

I since (2010�) web video

I propose testing methods tosafety authorities and testingdata to standardizationbodies

I ISO 13482 Robots and robotic

devices � Safety requirements for

personal care robots web

I perform safety tests:

crash

durability

electromagnetic

compatibility

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Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA)I Fukushima

I hydrogen/geothermal energy, wind/photovoltaic powerI facilities for energy rating, reliability tests, prototype

production line for solar cells and modulesI construction cost: 84,5M¿; research budget: 21,7M¿;

employees>300

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Research Department: Energy and Environment�(1) photovoltaic/wind/geothermal power, (2) energy network/storage/conversion,

(3) non-conventional-resources/recycling/environmental-risk analysis�

I Research units web :

1. Res. Inst. of Energy Frontier HP Tsukuba west

2. Res. Inst. of Electrochemical Energy HP Kansai

3. Res. Inst. for Energy Conservation HP Tsukuba central Tsukuba east

I Collaborative Engine Res. Lab. for Next Generation Vehicles web Tsukuba east

4. Environmental Management Res. Inst. Tsukuba west

5. Res. Inst. of Science for Safety and Sustainability HP Tsukuba west

6. Advanced Power Electronics Res. Center HP Tsukuba central

7. Res. Center for Photovoltaics HP Kyushu Tsukuba central

8. Renewable Energy Res. Inst. HP Fukushima

I Open Innov. Lab.

1. AIST-Nagoya University GaN Advanced Device HP

I with Hiroshi Amano, 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Research Highlights: Energy and Environment

Methane Hydrate web video

I world's �rst o�shoreproduction test (2013)

I using �depressurization�

I 120,000m3 of gasextracted in 6 days

I next test in April 2017

SiC (Silicon Carbide) PowerSemiconductors

I Advanced Power Electronics Res.

Center /I technologies to change

electric power and frequencyI applications: inverters,

energy-saving appliances

I low-loss power,high-performance SiC devices(2006) PR

I high-voltage switchingtransistors web

I prototypes in pilot plant withFuji Electric Co. (2015) PR(jp)

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Research Department:Life Science and Biotechnology�(1) shorten the lead time for drug discovery, (2) technologies to ensure a healthy life,

(3) production using biological functions of plants and microorganisms�

I Research units web :

1. Biotechnology Res. Inst. for Drug Discovery HP Waterfront Tsukuba central

2. Biomedical Res. Inst. HP Kansai Tsukuba east

3. Health Res. Inst. HP Shikoku Tsukuba central Tsukuba east

4. Bioproduction Res. Inst. HP Hokkaido Tsukuba central

5. Molecular Pro�ling Res. Center for Drug Discovery HP Waterfront

I Open Innov. Lab.

1. AIST-Waseda University Computational Bio Big-Data (CBDD) web

2. AIST-Osaka University Advanced Photonics and Biosensing (PhotoBIO) web

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Research Highlights: Life Science and Biotechnology

Genetic Engineering web AIST

Stories 2:14�15

I Bioproduction Res. Inst.

I closed-type plant factoryI genetically-modi�ed

strawberriesI for veterinary gum

in�ammation drug

I with Hokusan Co., Ltd.

Humanoid robot �Maholo�(2015) web video

I Molecular Pro�ling Res. Center

for Drug Discovery

I replace humans forbenchwork in biomedecine

I with Yaskawa ElectricCorporation

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Research Department:Information Technology and Human Factors�(1) capture our living world, (2) IT for modeling, (3) arti�cial intelligence, (4) robotics for

maneuver�

I Research units web :1. Information Technology Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba central Waterfront Kansai

I SEI-AIST Cyber Security Cooperative Coop. Res. Lab. PR Kansai

2. Human Informatics Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba central Waterfront

3. Intelligent Systems Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba central

4. Automotive Human Factors Res. Center HP Tsukuba central

5. Robot Innovation Res. Center HP Tsukuba central

6. Arti�cial Intelligence Res. Center HP Tsukuba central Waterfront

I NEC AI Cooperative Coop. Res. Lab. web Waterfront

I Panasonic Advanced AI Cooperative Coop. Res. Lab. web Tsukuba central

I Open Innov. Lab.

1. AIST-Tokyo Institute of Technology Real World Big-Data Computation (RWBC) PR

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Research Highlights: Humanoid Robots

HRP-2 (2002 web -)

I rank 10th/25 at DARPARobotics Challenge 2015web

I walking on debris video,valve video

HRP-4C (2009) PR

I closely resembles humansI 158cm, 43kg (battery

included)I facial expressions, walking

I Intelligent Systems Res. Inst.

I dance video, walking video

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Research Highlights: Entertainment

Songle web

I 2012 PR(jp) �2015 PR(jp)

I automatic visualization ofelements such as structuralsegments

Songrium web

I music-based automatedgeneration of animations

Textalive web

I karaoke-like automated lyricsdisplay

Lyric jumper web (2017 PR(jp) )

I search and visualization toolfor song lyrics

I with SyncPower web

I lyrics synced with timingof music

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Research Highlights: AI and Security

Arti�cial Intelligence Res. Center

overview video

I Various projects:I landslide disaster detection

PR

I open innovation platform (AIBridging Cloud Infrastructureweb )

I AIST AI Cloud system (2017/06Green500 no. 3, web )

I Supercomputer planned(Reuters web )

Secure Search Technologyfor Databases ofCompounds PR

I Information TechnologyRes. Inst.

I Compounds used for thedevelopment of newdrugs

I Information treated ascompany con�dential

I Security achieved byhomomorphic encryption

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Research Department: Materials and Chemistry�(1) green sustainable chemistry, (2) chemistry process innovation,

(3) new/nano/inorganic-materials, (4) energy-saving constructional material�

I Research units web :

1. Res. Inst. for Sustainable Chemistry HP Tsukuba east Chugoku

2. Res. Inst. for Chemical Process Technology HP Tsukuba central Tohoku

3. Nanomaterials Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba central

I Adhesion and Interfacial Phenomena HP Res. Lab. Tsukuba east Kyushu

4. Inorganic Functional Materials Res. Inst. HP Kansai Chubu

5. Structural Materials Res. Inst. HP Chubu

6. Interdisciplinary Res. Center for Catalytic Chemistry HP Tsukuba east

7. CNT-Application Res. Center HP Tsukuba central

8. Res. Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials HP Tsukuba central

9. Magnetic Powder Metallurgy Res. Center

I Open Innov. Lab.

1. AIST-the University of Tokyo Advanced OPERANDO-Measurement Technology web

2. AIST-Tohoku University Mathematics for Advanced Materials (MathAM) HP

3. AIST-Kyoto University Chemical Energy Materials (ChEM) HP

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Research Highlight: Materials and Chemistry

Super-growth for CNT (carbonnanotubes)

I CNTs inventor: Sumio Iijima(with AIST since 2001)

I CNT-Application Res.

Center/

I �super-growth method� tosynthesize single-walled CNTs(2004)

I �rst mass production plant forCNTs (2016) web

I with Zeon Corporation

I Synthesiology 9(3):167�179

I Sample application:I Thermally tolerant

rubber using CNTs(≥ 300◦ C):

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Research Highlight: Materials and Chemistry

Materially Engineered Arti�cal Pollinator (2017) video

I Nanomaterials Res. Inst.

I Chem 22:224�239 web

I pollen adsorption using ionic liquid gel

I radiowave-controllable �ying robot

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Research Department:Electronics and Manufacturing�(1) energy-e�cient IT equipment, (2) manufacturing/sensing for IoT,

(3) design manufacturing technologies, (4) advanced coating technologies�

I Research units web :

1. Nanoelectronics Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba central

2. Electronics and Photonics Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba central Tsukuba west

3. Advanced Manufacturing Res. Inst. HP Tsukuba east Kyushu

4. Spintronics Res. Center HP Tsukuba central

5. Flexible Electronics Res. Center HP Tsukuba central

6. Advanced Coating Technology Res. Center Tsukuba central Tsukuba east

7. Res. Center for Ubiquitous MEMS and Micro Engineering HP Tsukuba east

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Research Highlight: Electronics and Manufacturing

Magnetoresistance e�ect ofMgO-based MTJs (Magnetic

Tunnel Junctions) (2004)

I Spintronics Res. Center

I Spintronics uses electriccharge and magnetic spin tocreate electronic devices

I MTJ devices with crystallineMgO for HDD read heads

I more than doubles therecording density

I Mass-manufacturingtechnology withCanon-Anelva (2007) web

I MRAM (Magnetoresistive RAM)for eco-devices with ultra-lowpower consumption PR(jp)

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Research Highlight: Electronics and Manufacturing

Printed electronics

I Flexible Electronics Res. Center

I electronics circuits built withprinting technology

I thin, light (no silicon, no glass)

I results:I UHF-RFID antenna on a

�exible substrate (2012) PR

I Film-type capacitive proximitysensor that monitors aperson's movements andbreathing (2017) web

I Baseball cap with a �exibleradio (2017) PR(jp)

Flexible pressure sensor sheet

Flexible radio baseball cap

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Research Highlight: Electronics and Manufacturing

Minimal Fab (2012�) web

I One Association

I Nanoelectronics Res. Inst. andothers

I 22 companies 2016/07/01

I small-scale semiconductor factoryI high-mix low-volume prod.I investment reduced to 1/1000

I approach:I 12.5mm (0.5�) � wafer instead

of 300mm (12�)I �minimal shuttle� instead of a

cleanroomI one machine per process

(maskless exposure, coater,etc.)

One machine per process

Minimal shuttle and manual opener

video (by Yokogawa Solution

Service Corp.)

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Research Department:Geological Survey of Japan�(1) natural disaster mitigation, (2) conservation of the geosphere,

(3) geological information, (4) geothermal energy�

I Research units web :

1. Res. Inst. of Earthquake and Volcano Geology HP Tsukuba central

2. Res. Inst. for Geo-Resources and Environment HP Tsukuba central

3. Res. Inst. of Geology and Geoinformation HP Tsukuba central

4. Geoinformation Service Center HP Tsukuba central

I Geological Museum HP

I See also the Renewable Energy Res. Inst. HP :

1. Geothermal Energy Team HP Fukushima

2. Shallow Geothermal and Hydrogeology Team HP Fukushima

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Research Highlight: Geological Survey of Japan

Research on Tsunami Deposits

I anticipate tsunami �oodgenerated by earthquake

I using historical andgeological records

I volcanic ash from eruptionsused to

1. identify geologic age2. tsunami deposits3. inundation area

I new recommendations basedon this study were scheduledfor April 2011. . .

peeled sample of a tsunami deposit in the

Sendai plain

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Research Highlight: Geological Survey of Japan

SQUID Microscope to ScanGeological Samples

I Res. Inst. of Geology andGeoinformation

I Determination of age andgrowth rate of marineferromanganese crust (2011)PR

I based on the pastgeomagnetic �eldrecorded on the crusttogether with VanderbiltUniversity

I Construction of a SQUID(Superconducting Quantum

Interference Device) microscope(2016) web

I technical report web

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Research Highlight: Geological Survey of Japan

Online Geological Map of Japan

I seamless, scale of 1/200,000 web

I improved precision PR(jp) (2017):

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Research Department:National Metrology Institute of Japan�(1) development and dissemination of measurement standards,

(2) development of measurement technologies, (3) legal metrology and training�

I Research units web :

1. Res. Inst. for Engineering Measurement HP Tsukuba central

2. Res. Inst. for Physical Measurement HP(jp) Tsukuba central

3. Res. Inst. for Material and Chemical Measurement Tsukuba central

4. Res. Inst. forMeasurement and Analytical Instrumentation HP Tsukuba central

5. Center for Quality Management of Metrology HP Tsukuba central

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Research Highlight: National MetrologyInstitute of Japan

Accuracy of the Avogadroconstant (2012) web

I measure of a single crystalsphere of enriched 28Si by alaser interferometer and newequipment

I recognized by the CODATA(Committee on Data for Science and

Technology)

I can lead to the rede�nition ofthe kilogram

I IAC (International AvogadroCoordination) project

Laser interferometer

Single crystal sphere

(based on previous results by AIST

and EU's Institute for Reference

Materials and Measurements (2003))

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Research Highlights:Recent Press Releases from NMIJ

I Light emission mechanisms of luminescent materials fornext-generation OLED (organic light-emitting diode) PR(jp)

I Res. Inst. for Measurement and Analytical Instrumentation

I Measuring moisture content of agricultural products using anelectromagnetic wave PR

I Res. Inst. for Physical Measurement

I etc.

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Online References in English

I Publications in English on AIST website web

I The journal �Synthesiology� web

I �papers that address the integration of scienti�c knowledge orhow to combine individual elemental technologies andscienti�c �ndings to enable the utilization in society ofresearch and development e�orts�

I �AIST Stories� web

I �AIST Today� web (until 2015)

I AIST permanent exhibitionsI Science Square Tsukuba web

I Geological Museum web

I Life Technology Studio web video

I youtube channel web

I this presentation (author's version: web )

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