Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program in question is the Nanoscience Special Project, a sub-program of Materials Science and Molecular Engineering. This program aims to develop technologies for creating nanometer-sized materials, imparting new functions to them, and further developing them into devices and systems. Additionally, it seeks to elucidate the new physics underlying nanometer-sized materials.

Program Objectives

The primary objectives of this program are to:

• Pioneer technologies for creating nanometer-sized materials and developing them into devices and systems
• Elucidate the new physics underlying nanometer-sized materials
• Establish nanoscience as a field of science in the natural sciences
• Foster specialists who will lead the development of this new field from its early stages

Program Details

Program Duration

The program duration is from April 2002 to March 2007.

Program Approach

This program is based on cooperation among academia, industry, and government, and it aims to establish nanoscience as a field of science in the natural sciences.

Research Areas

The program focuses on:

• Creating nanometer-sized materials
• Imparting new functions to nanometer-sized materials
• Developing nanometer-sized materials into devices and systems
• Elucidating the new physics underlying nanometer-sized materials