Research Center for Crystalline Materials Engineering

Research Center for Crystalline Materials Engineering (RCCME) was established within the Graduate School of Engineering of Nagoya University to develop further Crystalline Materials engineering, which is our world-class strength, and to build an innovation that will serve as the foundation for domestic and international industries.

Our research center also serves as a point of contact for cross-sectional collaboration with other faculties and graduate schools, in addition to serving as a hub within the Graduate School of Engineering.

Goals and Divisions of Our Research Center

The future academic foundation of "creation," in which Japan leads the world, is based on the synthesis of various new compounds, material design based on computational science, and the development of technology to measure, analyze, and analyze materials at the atomic and electronic levels using quantum beams such as electron beams, synchrotron radiation X-rays, and neutron beams. Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering has played an important role in materials research, especially "crystal engineering research," both in Japan and overseas.

In the Graduate School of Engineering, researchers with backgrounds in physics and chemistry have worked together to advance comprehensive research and education on the chemical synthesis and physical properties of crystalline materials. The strength of Nagoya University's crystal engineering has been the idea of materials science that combines these two fields, but in addition to physics and chemistry, mathematical informatics such as informatics is becoming increasingly important as the future academic foundation of this field. Therefore, in order to achieve innovative developments in the engineering of crystalline materials, in addition to researchers specializing in synthesis and physical properties, material design based on mathematical informatics and measurements at the atomic and electronic levels using quantum beams are essential, and researchers from all of these fields need to work together to strongly promote close collaborative research.

The academic and social demand for crystal engineering has not diminished at all, and is in fact increasing. Therefore, in order to further develop crystal engineering, which is the global strength of the Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering, and to build new academic research that will serve as the foundation for industry both domestically and internationally, we are establishing a Joint Research Center as an organization of the Graduate School of Engineering, which will act as a hub within the Graduate School and as a cross-sectional framework that will serve as a window for collaboration with other departments.

Masashi Hasegawa, Director, in April 1, 2023

Organizational Collaboration

The Center aims to form a base for the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, which has strengths in "crystal engineering research," to cooperate with related organizations and researchers, as well as related companies and engineers, both inside and outside the Graduate School, related to "material design," "synthesis," and "quantum beam measurement" of crystals, in order to advance research, foster young talent, and promote international collaboration in a synergistic manner.

The Center will be a central organization within the Graduate School of Engineering that will cooperate closely with the Synchrotron Light Research Center, the Advanced Measurement Technology Practice Center attached to the Institute of Future Materials and Systems, and the Future Electronics Integrated Research Center. In addition to full-time and part-time faculty, we will also place affiliated faculty from various related fields both inside and outside the Center. This will allow us to gather cutting-edge researchers in the field around the Center, and to develop a wide range of diverse collaborations related to crystal engineering. By linking the Center with international collaboration projects with universities and research institutes overseas, we will strengthen the international research system and increase awareness. Furthermore, we will link the Center with the Promotion of Industry-Government-Academia-Citizen Collaboration Project, with the aim of connecting the seeds obtained from basic research to innovations that meet the needs of society.

Contact :

Research Center for Crystalline Materials Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Email : rccme@mp.pse.nagoya-u.ac.jp