Development of innovative materials and device technologies based on understanding and manipulation of nanoscale thermodynamics

 This research area aims to create innovative core technologies for the fundamental understanding, high-level control, and high-level utilization of heat to solve various heat-related problem and effectively utilize thermal energy.

 More specifically, this research area will be promoted in accordance with three policies.

 The first policy aims to understand nanometer-scale thermal behavior, develop innovative core technologies for nano-enabled thermal control, and consequently create novel materials for high-performance heat dissipation, thermal insulation, heat storage, and thermal conversion and develop novel devices to markedly improve properties and increase functionalities of conventional devices.

 The second policy aims to promote the research and development of important theories, measurement technologies, simulation technologies, and processing technologies, which are to be developed in the process of creating the core technologies described above. These new technologies will be useful for not only predicting and verifying the physical properties of nanoscale thermal behavior but also investigating new materials and devices.

 Because this research area covers various heat-related challenges based on the understanding nanoscale heat behavior in a wide range of application fields, the third policy aims to promote the fusion of various disciplines and a wide range of academic and technological fields.

 This research area is expected to create nano-enabled thermal management techniques to effectively utilize heat and construct a next-generation society that utilizes heat with excellent efficiency in order to contribute to realize of an advanced information society; environmentally friendly electronics, transportation systems, and housing; and new industries and markets in the field of health and medical care.