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Tohoku University
Material Solutions Center (MaSC) contributes toeconomic evolution of Tohoku and Japanthrough the world-leading research projects
on material development for the future.

Greetings

2024

Working on new materials forthe future of society
Tohoku University Material Solutions Center (MaSC) was founded on Tohoku
University's Katahira campus in January 2014. It aims to promote innovation,
entrepreneurship and industrialization from the endeavors of joint-research on
new materials in order to contribute to society in the future. The construction
cost of the center was provided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry's subsidization for the improvement of industrial technology
development facilities. The remaining cost was shared by the Institute forMaterials Research (IMR), the Institute of Fluid Science (IFS), the Institute ofMultidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), and Tohoku
University headquarters.
Director ofTOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Material Solutions Center

Kaoru Maruta

In 2018, the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) also beganparticipation in the operations of the center, expanding the scope of researchand development to both materials and their applied devices, allowing theuniversity to create a cooperative creation base between industry and academia
in the Katahira area.
Tohoku University is proud of its world-leading practical accomplishments andits tradition of material science research. Katahira campus in particular has anumber of excellent research institutes for material science. Bringing together
these strengths, MaSC will help the solution of your problems to meet various
industrial demands.
Operations of MaSC is financially independent from the university and its
funds come from usage fees for spaces and equipment, as well as other sources
while attention is given to uphold security and safety.
The main research themes of this center are categorized into three fields: "SocialInfrastructure", "Electronics" and "Energy". Each research project is determinedby open application.
Last year, MaSC celebrated its 10th anniversary and published acommemorative magazine summarizing the history from its founding to mostrecent activities. Over the past 10 years, many industry-academia collaborative
research projects have emerged through the “Real Exchange Meeting” and the“Associate Membership” activities which have been continuously operated as
our vital components of industry-academia collaboration activities. On theother hand, the “Real Exchange Meeting” has led to the establishment of threeresearch consortium centered on researchers from our university, andmade-to-order collaborations have become active between researchers at eachconsortium and industrial companies. In addition, the "Real Tour in Tohoku
University," an attempt to explore open innovation that began two years ago,
has led to industry-academia co-creation in a wide range of research fields.
With the know-how of exploring new ways of co-creating with industries thathas been cultivated over the past 10 years, we will continue to promotecollaboration in a broader range of research areas with the aim of creating asustainable green value chain.
We‘d like to express its appreciation for your continued support.

From Tohoku to the worldfrom the Director of the CenterFrom Tohoku to the world

Collaboration with industry to create
the advanced materials for the future-From Tohoku to the worldTohoku University Material Solutions Center (MaSC) is a cooperative base between academics andindustries with the help of government, which aims to promote the development of
new-functional materials for industrial use and to boost up the local economy in Tohoku region.
MaSC has been set up in a joint effort of Tohoku University and its four institutes:
Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Institute of Fluid Science (IFS), Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication (RIEC) and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM).
The construction fees are partly supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Main topics of the MaSC project are the following three industrial fields:

Social Infrastructure (materials for automobiles, aerospace, and life-science)
Electronics (materials for power devices and electronic devices)
Energy (materials for solar batteries, hydrogen energy, and batteries)
They provide this role from the nano-scale to the macro-scale on technical bases such as metal nano-control technology,
ultra-hybrid material technology, and next-generation device creation technology,
which are innovative material process technologies.
We trust that bringing up this center will help towards the reconstruction of the economy in
Tohoku area after the earthquake and tsunamis in 2011, and that the technologies andnew businesses will start here from the innovative results in MaSC to create jobs andlead to a strengthening of Japan’s competitive power internationally in the area of materials.

TOHOKU University
Institute for Materials Research (IMR)
Institute of Fluid Science (IFS)
Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication (RIEC)
Institute of Multidisciplinary
Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)

Tohoku University
Material Solutions Center (MaSC)

New
field

SocialInfrastructure

New
field

Collaboration

the global
competitiveness ofElectronics
Business &Industries

Development ofEnergy

Tohoku and Japan

Research Projects
Development of Innovative
Manufacturing Processes for Quantum
Dot Arrays and Nano-energy Devices

Creation of Functional Multiphase
Fluids-smart Materials and Their
Measurement and Simulation Evaluation

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor
Green Nanotechnology Laboratory
Institute of Fluid Science

Professor
Institute of Fluid Science,Deputy Head of Global Collaborative
Research and Education Center for Integrated Flow Science(IFS-GCORE) Deputy Head of MaSC

Kazuhiko Endo

Jun Ishimoto
SO

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Supercritical Nanomaterials
Technology

Development of New Materials Basedon New Metal Additive Manufacturing
Technology.

Project Leader

Project Leader

Distinguished Professor
Advanced Institute for Materials Research(AIMR)

Specially Appointed Professor
New Industry Creation Hatchery Center(NICHe)

Tadafumi Adschiri

SOELENSOELENSOELENSOELENSOELENAkihiko Chiba
SOELENFusion Research Laboratoryof Tribology

Technological Development andSocial Implementation of Advanced
Functional Materials

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor
New Industry Creation Hatchery Center(NICHe)

Professor
Micro System Integration Center

Kazue Kurihara

Kentaro Totsu
SOELEN（subleader Prof.Em. Shigeru Suzuki）

Seiko Epson Corporation×Tohoku Univ.
Co-creation Research Center
for Sustainable Materials

Development of Multi-material Additive
Manufacturing Technology

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University
Director
Research Center for Green X‐Tech, Tohoku University

Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering,Graduate
School of Engineering/Multi-Physics DesignLaboratory, Institute of Fluid Science

Tomonaga OkabeTomonaga Okabe
SOELEN

Development of Novel Scintillation
Crystals for Next Generation

Food and Secondary Battery RelatedFine Powder Manufacturing Project

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor
Institute for Materials Research

Professor
Micro System Integration Center

Akira Yoshikawa

Yuji Takakuwa
SOELEN

projects are using space for research from the first floor to the fifth floor.

Development of Novel Recycling
Technology for Magnesium Alloy Fuel
Cell by Renewable Energy

Ultra-low Loss Magnetic Materials
for Innovative Power Electronics

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor
Materials Separation Processing,
Institute of Multidisciplinary Researchfor Advanced Materials

Professor
Institute of Multidisciplinary Researchfor Advanced Materials (IMRAM),Tohoku University

Hiroyuki Shibata

Satoshi Okamoto
SOELEN

IHI × Tohoku University Co-creation
Research Center of Ammonia Value
Chain for Carbon Neutrality

Tohoku University/National Yang Ming Chiao Tung
University International Joint Laboratory = Worldwide
Top-notchJoint Researches for Constructing a Technology
Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Smart Society

Project Leader

Project Leader

Specially appointed professor (Research)Institute of Fluid Science, Technicalsupervisor, Technology & Intelligence
Integration, IHI Corporation

Professor
Green Nanotechnology Laboratory
Institute of Fluid Science

Toshiro FujimoriSO

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EN

Kazuhiko Endo
SO

ELEN

Realization of energy/material
circulation technology based onbiomass resources

The France-Japan Joint Laboratory:
ELyTMaX,CNRS-Universitē de Lyon-Tohoku
University,International Joint Unit

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor/Principal Investigator
WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University
CSO, AZUL Energy, Inc.

Professor
Tohoku University Executive Vice
President for Reserch, Director ofOrganization for Advanced Studies(OAS)

Hiroshi Yabu

Asako Sugimoto
SO

ELEN

Development of Fundamental
Technologies for Metal Additive
Manufacturing Technology

Tohoku University Core Facility CenterProject Leader

Project Leader

Specially Appointed Professor
New Industry Creation Hatchery Center(NICHe)

Executive Vice President for Research
Director of the Tohoku University Core
Facility Center

Akihiko Chiba

Asako SugimotoSOELEN

Molecular Engineering of Interfaces

ALPSALPINE x Tohoku Univ.
Co-creation Research Center forConnected Value Creation

Project Leader

Project Leader

Professor
New Industry Creation Hatchery Center(NICHe)

Professor
Graduate School of Engineering
Department of Communications Engineering

Kazue Kurihara

Yoshinao Taniguchi
SOELENResearch Projects
Startup Incubation Center

TAMURA

CORPORATION

Project Leader

Director Senior Executive Officer

Shoichi SaitoTakuro Ueda
Tohoku University Executive Vice President(for Industry- University Collaboration)
General Director, Startup Incubation Center

３DC Inc.

EM Devices Corporation
NEXEM Advanced Technology Center

CEOHead of NEXEM Advanced Technology Center

Takuma Kuroda

SO

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Yasunori Otsuki
SO

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SmartTECH Lab. Inc.

Matsuo Industries Co., Ltd.

Representative Director, President & CEO

Operating officer

Masami Nakano

Yuji Sekitomi
SO

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AZUL Energy Inc.

President & CEO

Koju Ito

Research & Development on new materials and devices that will impact
society in the fields of “Social infrastructure materials”, “Electronicmaterials” and “Energy materials” with 28 research projects selected
through public offering from both in and outside the university.
SO Social infrastructure

ELElectronics

ENEnergy

Tohoku University Material Solutions Center (MaSC)

Shared Equipment
High performance equipment for material analysis is served for shared use on the first floor,
such as “structural analysis systems”, “physical property analysis system”,“composition analysis systems” and “micromachining system”.
These equipments have unique optional features.
Members of the MaSC can use these systems to analyze their materials andto achieve speedy implementation of their findings.

Equipment list

Multipurpose X-ray Diffraction System

Scanning Electron Microscope Systemand Cross Section Polisher

NIR Spectrometer

SmartLab 3G/VariMax DW with IP

JSM-7800F & IB-09020CP

NX-FLIM-T03

Scanning X-ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy

Field Emission Electron
Probe Microanalyzer with SXES

Focused lon Beam/ScanningElectron Microscope Dual-beam System

PHI 5000 VersaProbe II

JXA-8530F+SXES

Helios NanoLabTM 600i

Seismic isolator equipped
The center building is base isolated withseismic isolators made of laminated rubberand dampers. The areas that have seismic
isolators installed are called “base-isolatedlayers”. These areas are designed to absorb
the heavy shock during an earthquake tokeep the “base-isolated layers” stablewithout serious vibrations.

Access

Map
From Sendai Station to KATAHIRA Campus, Tohoku University.

FUJISAKIAAub

the court

hi-dori

North
Gate C 05(Tohoku DaigakuSeimon)

From the bus stop of No.11, 12 at Sendai Station
Bus Terminal
Get on bus for DOBUTSU-KOEN 3 by way ofOTAMAYABASHI

11 - Sendai municipal bus 701, 704 and 706 system
12 - Miyagi Kotsu bus 14, 28 and 29 system

SS 30

Trusttower
KAHOKU SHIMPOPUBLISHING CO.
Sendai Chuo
Post Office

MaSCTohoku University
KATAHIRA Campus

BTohoku University
Main Gate

About 10 min

SubwaySubway Namboku LineasBusori

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From the west exit of Sendai Station to
KATAHIRA Campus North Gate of Tohoku University

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AobadoriIchibancho
Stationei LinToza

Aoba-dori
Station

About 20 min

LineJR Sendai Stationriui-doBans

JR Senseki

Walk

About 15 min
Get off at Subway Namboku Line Sendai Station (Exit South 2) orItsutsubashi Station (Exit North 2) and walk to KATAHIRA campus

About 10 min
Get off at Subway Tozai Line Aobadori-Ichibancho (Exit South 1)
and walk to KATAHIRA campus

Taxi

Main
Gate
East
Gate

From the Taxi stand at the JR Sendai Station, West Exit (1F)
Itsutsubashi
Station

About 10 min

KATAHIRA Campus

Bus stop※Schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions,road situation and other factors.

Tohoku University KATAHIRA CampusFrom North Gate to Material Solutions Center (MaSC)
Ichibancho-ichibangai
Shotengai (VLANDOME)

ItsutisubashKatahira Kitamon Kaikan
SAKURA kitcheni-doriNorthGate

AIMR
Main Building

C 05

MaSC

Universityi Tohoku
Administration

East
Gatei

Information

Restaurant

Shop

Address : 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577 JAPANTel : +81-22-217-3826
E-mail : masc-jimu@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

http://www.masc.tohoku.ac.jp/english

June 2024