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- [Materials development and recycling] Year Started : 2024
Professor
School of Materials and Chemical Technology
Institute of Science Tokyo
Kazuki Fukushima | Professor Faculty of Fiber Science and Engineering Kyoto Institute of Technology |
Go Watanabe | Professor School of Frontier Engineering Kitasato University |
In this research, our team will develop molecular technologies and fundamental scientific principles related to organic semiconductors, polymer insulators, and substrate materials to realize material-circulating semiconductor integrated circuits with high performance, high reliability, and low cost. In addition, through the creation and selection of new compounds and materials and the development of selective circulation and process technologies, our team will make all the components of semiconductor integrated circuits recoverable, separable, and upcyclable, realizing an electronic waste-free society and promoting the authentic Internet of Things (IoT).
Professor
Faculty of Engineering
Kyushu University
Hisashi Shimakoshi | Professor Faculty of Engineering Kyushu University |
Takafumi Hanada | Assistant Professor Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences Tokushima University |
This research aims to establish a novel material creation and efficient metal recycling process based on “precision dissolution control,” which selectively and efficiently dissolves targeted critical metals from waste. Focusing on ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, which are environmentally friendly solvents with molecular design potential that can replace ordinally water and organic solvents, the study aims to develop the scientific principles of precision dissolution, enabling highly accurate separation of critical metals with similar properties. Furthermore, the research will challenge upcycling by utilizing the critical metal solutions obtained through precision dissolution as synthesis and reaction media.
Professor
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
Tohoku University
Shojiro Kaita | Lead Expert GX・Innovation Technology Development Bridgestone Corporation |
Hiroki Takeshita | Associate Professor School of Engineering The University of Shiga Prefecture |
Hiroshi Morita | Deputy Director Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
A copolymer, developed for the first time in Japan, was found to toughen the polyolefin interface. This result provides the basis for recycling polyolefins as a mixture and allowing them to be reused multiple times without separating them into single spices. Our study is a collaborative effort to reveal the copolymer’s interface toughening mechanism. We are utilizing advanced polymerization techniques, cutting-edge electron microscope measurements, and interface structure analysis using computational science integrated with microscope measurements to build a circulation society for polyolefins.
Associate Professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
The University of Tokyo
Junya Inoue | Professor Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo |
Rintaro Ueji | Group Leader Research Center for Structural Materials National Institute for Materials Science |
Yoshinao Kobayashi | Professor Institute of Innovative Research(tentative) Institute of Science Tokyo |
Daisuke Sasaki | Associate Professor Department of Materials System Engineering National Institute of Technology, Kurume College |
This project aims to identify the properties of steel scrap and the mechanism of microstructure formation in steel containing unforeseen impurity concentrations using also data-driven metallurgical models, resulting in creating a scientific discipline to design a material production chain that controls variation by integrating industrial ecology and materials science based on the concept of Recovery-Processing-Structure-Properties-Performance. In line with R-PSPP, we will develop chemical composition estimation by image analysis, high-temperature oxidation as surface metallurgy, low-temperature hot rolling techniques, and new standard test methods for fracture resistance properties.
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Engineering
Osaka Metropolitan University
Hiroshi Uyama | Professor Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University |
Go Matsuba | Professor Graduate School of Organic Materials Science Yamagata University |
We aim to create high-performance bio-based thermosetting resins with degradability by closely integrating the “development of a catalytic system capable of synthesizing polyols derived from biomass with high yields” and “development of thermosetting resin synthesis technology using the polyols, along with resin structure analysis and property evaluation.” We will establish a recycling process for bio-based thermosetting resins by incorporating a “novel degradation technology that converts the synthesized bio-based thermosetting resins into monomers” into the above technology.
Professor
Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science
Okayama University
Sho Kataoka | Group Leader Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
Kazuhide Kamiya | Associate Professor Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University |
Ryota Sakamoto | Professor Graduate School of Science Tohoku University |
This research aims to create “multinary carbon” from untapped organic matter such as waste plastics, biomass, and greenhouse gases, functioning as adsorbents, electrodes, and catalysts. The goal is to establish domestic carbon resources and carbon cycling technologies. By overcoming challenges in controlling the structure of complex organic materials, innovative methods like low- and high-temperature carbonization, as well as catalytic carbonization, are employed to produce porous and conductive carbon materials. Advanced structural analysis, such as synchrotron radiation, will be utilized to clarify formation mechanisms and material properties. This study explores groundbreaking possibilities for carbon materials, aiming for a game-changing approach to carbon recycling.