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NIMS is collecting basic data on natural minerals produced in various regions and inorganic materials with different chemical compositions as a tool for selecting suitable materials, and will make this information available in a NIMS Materials database (MatNavi).

Read more of the article entitled 'Creation of Database for Promising Adsorbents for Decontamination of Radioactive Substances from Nuclear Power Plants'

The National Institute for Materials Science succeeded in realizing superconductivity in fullerene nanowhiskers, which are a nanosized carbon material that is lightweight and has a fine fibrous shape - A Giant Step toward the Birth of Lightweight, Flexible Superconducting Materials

Read more of the article entitled 'Success in Realizing Superconductivity in Fullerene Nanowhiskers'

The Nano Electronic Materials Unit, MANA, NIMS selectively grew polymer nanowires using only irradiation with a pulsed laser, in a region limited to the area of irradiation. They also succeeded in imparting diverse functionalities to the nanowires by doping with various species of nanomaterials.

Read more of the article entitled 'Development of World’s First Functional Polymer Nanowire Fabrication Technology by Pulsed Laser Irradiation'

The striking colors of butterfly wings or peacock feathers are examples of so-called ‘structural color’ in nature. You see these colors due to the reflection of certain wavelengths of light from the birds’ feathers.

Read more of the article entitled 'STAM Review: Bioinspired materials for the next generation of photonic crystals'

The National Institute for Materials Science succeeded in fabricating mesoporous Prussian blue, in which an extremely large number of nanosized pores (mesoporous) are formed in the crystal structure of the material.

Read more of the article entitled 'Success in Synthesis of New High Performance Functional Material Mesoporous Prussian Blue'