‚l‚q‚r-J News Vol.15 No.4 Nov. 2003
To the Overseas Members of MRS-J
¡Research and Ken-Kyucp.1
Prof. Dr. Yotaro YAMAZAKI, Department of
Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of
Engineering
@The English word of research which comes from gsearchh was translated into
Japanese long ago as gken-kyuh. The ken means gpolishh and the kyu means gstudy
thoroughlyh or gattain the summit of a mountainh. We can find a large difference
in the meanings between the gresearchh and gken-kyuh. It is interesting to
investigate the origin of the discrepancy. It may be because the word was made
in Europe by the people who were not researcher, and was made in Japan by
researchers who have pride to a certain degree. We can discern the expectation
of Japanese people to the academic activity by thinking over those meanings of
the words.
¡Synthesis of metal-alkoxides by method of electrolysisccp.2
Kazuki BABA, Research and Development
Division, Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.
@New synthesis method of metal-alkoxides by electrolysis has been investigated
to obtain highly pure metal-alkoxides. The metal-alkoxide is generated by
electrolysis in alcohol (for example, ethylalcohol in case of metal-ethoxide)
electrolyte introducing hydrogen chloride, applying target metal as anode and
same metal or carbon as cathod. The metal-alkoxide generated is extracted with
solvent such as hexane, octane, toluen, after neutralization treatment by NH3
gas. Finally highly pure metal-alkoxide can be obtained by reduced pressure
distillation.
¡Toray Research Center, Inc. (TRC)ccp.4
Youichi NAKAYAMA, Manager, Research Planning
Department, TRC
@Toray Research Center, Inc. (TRC) was founded in June 1978, as a wholly owned
subsidiary company of Toray Industries, Inc., with the guiding principle of
gcontributing to the industrial world through advanced technologiesh. TRC has
been providing customers with technical support primarily for gproblem solvingh
in research, development and manufacturing. This article presents various
aspects of TRC's activity briefly from a viewpoint of research department and
quality assurance system.
¡IUMRS-ICAM 2003ccp.7
@The 8th International Conference of Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM 2003)
including the 2nd Workshop on Nanotechnology Networking and International
Cooperation was held from October 8th to 13th, 2003, at the Pacifico Yokohama,
in Yokohama. The conference was organized by The Materials Research Society of
Japan (MRS-J), sponsored by Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center of Japan
and supported by commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70.
Attendance of more than 2300 materials scientists and engineers from all over
Asia, the USA and Europe, the meeting and exposition is large materials research
event in Japan. It featured 2144 technical papers (oral 1259; poster 855)
presented in 39 technical symposia and two FORUM on materials education and
research strategy. The Exposition, held in conjunction with the Conference, host
international and domestic companies in the materials industries. Proceedings
will be published as a series of the the Transactions of the Materials Society
of Japan. The Conference was cofunded by the 73 institutions and companies, and
also supported by the following governments (MEXT, METI and ME) and City of
Yokohama.
¡2003 SOMIYA Award on International Collaborationccp.7
@The 2003 So~miya Award for International Collaboration in Materials Research
was awarded to a Dutch-Chinese research team led by Professors Klaas de Groot,
IsoTis NV and FuZhai Cui, Tsinghua University for their investigation of
Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Composites. Soœmiya Award Ceremony and Lecture was
held at the IUMRS-ICAM 2003, October 11, 2003 in Yokohama, Japan.
¡Members in the News
@Dr. Teruo Kishi, a president of the MRS-J and president of the
National Institute of Materials Science, was appointed as the vice-president of
the Science Council of Japan.