文部科学省ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム

第20回ナノテクノロジー
総合シンポジウム
JAPAN NAN

2022

“From a Nanotechnology Platform to a Materials DX Platform~Aims of Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology~”

Proceedings

Date: January 28th (Fri.), 2022
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, Conference Tower(Tokyo)※OnlineSponsored by
Nanotechnology Platform by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology(MEXT)
Center for Nanotechnology Platform, National Institute for Materials
Science (NIMS)

The Institutions, participating in the Nanotechnology Platform:
Hokkaido University, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology,
Tohoku University, University of Tsukuba,
National Institute for Materials Science,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Waseda University, Shinshu University,
National Institutes of Natural Sciences Institute for Molecular Science,
Nagoya University, Nagoya Institute of Technology,
Toyota Technological Institute, Kyoto University,
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Osaka University,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology,
Hiroshima University, Yamaguchi University,
Kagawa University, Kyushu University,
Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry Science and Technology

文部科学省ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム

第20回ナノテクノロジー
総合シンポジウム
JAPAN NAN

2022

「ナノテクノロジープラットフォームからマテリアルDXプラットフォームへ〜マテリアル先端リサーチインフラの目指すもの〜」

講演予稿集
開催日：2022 年1月28日（金）※オンライン併用開催 LIVE会

場：東京ビッグサイト
会議棟7階 国際会議場（東京都江東区有明）

主催：文部科学省ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム
国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構ナノテクノロジー
プラットフォームセンター

文部科学省ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム参画機関：
北海道大学、公立千歳科学技術大学、東北大学、筑波大学、
物質・材料研究機構、産業技術総合研究所、東京大学、
東京工業大学、早稲田大学、信州大学、
自然科学研究機構分子科学研究所、名古屋大学、
名古屋工業大学、豊田工業大学、京都大学、
北陸先端科学技術大学院大学、
奈良先端科学技術大学院大学、大阪大学、
日本原子力研究開発機構、量子科学技術研究開発機構、
広島大学、山口大学、香川大学、九州大学、
北九州産業学術推進機構

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January 28th (Fri.), 2022, International Conference Hall
2022年1月28日（金） 会議棟7階 国際会議場

10:00-10:10【Opening Remarks/ 開会挨拶】
10:00-10:05

10:05-10:10

Kazuhito Hashimoto (President, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)

橋本 和仁（物質・材料研究機構理事長）

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

文部科学省

10:10-12:00【Session 1】
10-year Achievements of Nanotechnology Platform Japan/ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム事業10年間の成果
10:10-10:35

Yasuo Koide (National Institute for Materials Science)

小出 康夫（物質・材料研究機構）“Center of Nanotechnology Platform ”「ナノテクノロジープラットフォームセンター 10 年間の成果」
10:35-11:00

Daisuke Fujita (National Institute for Materials Science)

藤田 大介（物質・材料研究機構）“Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform ”「微細構造解析プラットフォーム 10 年間の成果」

11:00 - 11:10
11:10-11:35

Break / 休憩

Hiroyuki Akinaga (Kyoto University)

秋永 広幸（京都大学）“Nanofabrication Platform ”「微細加工プラットフォーム 10 年間の成果」
11:35-12:00

Toshihiko Yokoyama (National Institutes of Natural Sciences Institute for Molecular Science)

横山 利彦（自然科学研究機構 分子科学研究所）“Molecule & Material Synthesis Platform ”「分子・物質合成プラットフォーム 10 年間の成果」

12:00 - 13:10

Lunch / 昼食

13:10-15:30【Session 2】
Material Data Strategy to Strengthen Material Innovation Force/ マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアルデータ戦略

13:10-13:45【Plenary Lecture / 基調講演】
Teruo Kishi (Innovative Structural Materials Association)

岸 輝雄（新構造材料技術研究組合理事長、東京大学名誉教授）“Expectations for the Material DX Platform to Strengthen Materials Innovations”「マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアル DX プラットフォームへの期待」

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13:45-14:20【Special Lecture/ 特別講演】
Taro Hitosugi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

一杉 太郎（東京工業大学）“Research Transformation Driven by Open Facility Platform”「マテリアル先端リサーチインフラが牽引するリサーチトランスフォーメーション〜実験装置に加え、データ・知識の共有へ〜」

Break / 休憩

14:20 - 14:30

14:30-15:30【Overseas Invited Lectures / 海外招待講演】
14:30-15:00

Martin L. Green (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
“Autonomous (AI-Driven) Experimental Materials Science ”「AI 駆動自立型実験による材料科学」
15:00-15:30

Claudia Draxl (Humboldt University, Germany)“FAIRmat’s Approach toward Enabling Data-Centric Science ”「データセントリック科学構築に向けた FAIRmat の取り組み」

15:30 - 15:50

Coﬀee Break / コーヒーブレイク

15:50-17:05【Session 3】
Importance of Data Utilization in Material Strategy/ マテリアル戦略におけるデータ利活用の重要性
15:50-16:15

Toyotaro Suzumura (The University of Tokyo)

鈴村 豊太郎（東京大学）“Accelerating Interdisciplinary Research between Material Science andComputer Science on the mdx Data Science Platform ”「データ活用社会創成プラットフォーム mdx における材料科学と情報科学の学際研究の促進に向けて」
16:15-16:40

Masahiko Demura (National Institute for Materials Science)

出村 雅彦（物質・材料研究機構）“Materials Research in the Data Era: A NIMS Challenge ”「データ時代の材料研究：NIMS の取り組み」
16:40-17:05

Shingo Ichimura (Waseda University)

一村 信吾（早稲田大学）“Standardization of Output Data Format for Measurement and Analysis Instruments:
Current Situation and Future Plan ”「計測分析装置の出力データフォーマット標準化：現状と展望」

17:05-17:10【Closing Remarks / 閉会挨拶】
Yasuo Koide (Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of JAPAN NANO 2022 /小出Director, Center for Nanotechnology Platform, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)

康夫（JAPAN NANO 2022 組織委員長、物質・材料研究機構ナノテクノロジープラットフォームセンター長）

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Contents / 目次

Session 1 : 10-year Achievements of Nanotechnology Platform Japan /ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム事業10年間の成果“Center of Nanotechnology Platform” ……………………………………………………………………………… 10「ナノテクノロジープラットフォームセンター 10 年間の成果」
Yasuo Koide (National Institute for Materials Science)
小出 康夫（物質・材料研究機構）“Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform” …………………………………………………………… 12「微細構造解析プラットフォーム 10 年間の成果」
Daisuke Fujita (National Institute for Materials Science)
藤田 大介（物質・材料研究機構）“Nanofabrication Platform”…………………………………………………………………………………………… 14「微細加工プラットフォーム 10 年間の成果」
Hiroyuki Akinaga (Kyoto University)
秋永 広幸（京都大学）“Molecule & Material Synthesis Platform” ………………………………………………………………………… 16「分子・物質合成プラットフォーム 10 年間の成果」
Toshihiko Yokoyama (National Institutes of Natural Sciences Institute for Molecular Science)
横山 利彦（自然科学研究機構 分子科学研究所）

Session 2 : Material Data Strategy to Strengthen Material Innovation Force /マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアルデータ戦略
Plenary Lecture / 基調講演
“Expectations for the Material DX Platform to Strengthen Materials Innovations” ………………………………… 24「マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアル DX プラットフォームへの期待」
Teruo Kishi (Innovative Structural Materials Association)
岸 輝雄（新構造材料技術研究組合理事長、東京大学名誉教授）

Special Lecture / 特別講演
“Research Transformation Driven by Open Facility Platform” ……………………………………………………… 30「マテリアル先端リサーチインフラが牽引するリサーチトランスフォーメーション〜実験装置に加え、データ・知識の共有へ〜」
Taro Hitosugi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
一杉 太郎（東京工業大学）

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Overseas Invited Lectures / 海外招待講演“Autonomous (AI-Driven) Experimental Materials Science” ……………………………………………………… 36「AI 駆動自立型実験による材料科学」
Martin L. Green (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
“FAIRmat’s Approach toward Enabling Data-Centric Science” ……………………………………………………… 38「データセントリック科学構築に向けた FAIRmat の取り組み」
Claudia Draxl (Humboldt University, Germany)

Session 3 : Importance of Data Utilization in Material Strategy /マテリアル戦略におけるデータ利活用の重要性“Accelerating Interdisciplinary Research between Material Science andComputer Science on the mdx Data Science Platform ” ………………………………………………… 44「データ活用社会創成プラットフォーム mdx における材料科学と情報科学の学際研究の促進に向けて」
Toyotaro Suzumura (The University of Tokyo)
鈴村 豊太郎（東京大学）“Materials Research in the Data Era: A NIMS Challenge ” ………………………………………………………… 46「データ時代の材料研究：NIMS の取り組み」
Masahiko Demura (National Institute for Materials Science)
出村 雅彦（物質・材料研究機構）“Standardization of Output Data Format for Measurement and Analysis Instruments:
Current Situation and Future Plan ” ……………………………………………………………………… 48「計測分析装置の出力データフォーマット標準化：現状と展望」
Shingo Ichimura (Waseda University)
一村 信吾（早稲田大学）

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Session 1【10-year Achievements of Nanotechnology Platform Japan /ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム事業10年間の成果】

Session 1【10-year Achievements ofNanotechnology Platform Japan /ナノテクノロジープラットフォーム事業10年間の成果】

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“Center of Nanotechnology Platform”「ナノテクノロジープラットフォームセンター 10年間の成果」

Yasuo Koide (National Institute for Materials Science)
小出 康夫（物質・材料研究機構）“Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform”「微細構造解析プラットフォーム 10年間の成果」

Daisuke Fujita (National Institute for Materials Science)
藤田 大介（物質・材料研究機構）“Nanofabrication Platform”「微細加工プラットフォーム 10年間の成果」

Hiroyuki Akinaga (Kyoto University)
秋永 広幸（京都大学）“Molecule & Material Synthesis Platform”「分子・物質合成プラットフォーム 10年間の成果」

Toshihiko Yokoyama (National Institutes of Natural Sciences Institute for Molecular Science)
横山 利彦（自然科学研究機構 分子科学研究所）

9Center of Nanotechnology Platform
ナノテクノロジープラットフォームセンター 10年間の成果
Yasuo Koide
Center for Nanotechnology Platform, National Institute for Materials Science,
1-2-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan

Abstract
The Nanotechnology Platform Japan (NPJ) is a 10-year project of the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), which was launched in 2012 as a shared research
infrastructure consisting of a network of universities and national and public research institutes inJapan, and is an evolutionary successor to the Nanotechnology Network projects launched in 2002.
The purpose of this project is to promote joint use by users in industry, academia, and government
by establishing a nationwide research platform through close collaboration among research
institutions with cutting-edge research facilities and know-how in nanotechnology.
The NPJ is constructed by alliance of 25 institutes which make up one platform for promoting
collaboration among industry, government, and academia, interdisciplinary research in
nanotechnology, mobilization of human resources, and collaboration between three technologicalareas including nano-characterization and analysis, nanofabrication, and molecular synthesis andanalysis. Figure 1 shows a NPJ organization of 25 institutes from 2012 to 2021. The 25 institutes
are placed nationwide from Hokkaido to Kyushu Island in Japan.

Fig. 1

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NPJ organization from 2012 to 2021.

The aim is to maximize the efficiency of investment in research and development by industry,
academia, and government related to nanotechnology, materials, and devices. It provides theshortest possible approach to solving problems that users are struggling with, and promotes
industry-academia-government colla-boration, interdisciplinary fusion, and human resource
development. For this purpose, a platform for sharing advanced facilities (hereinafter referred to asPF) covering three technological areas, namely, advanced characterization nanotechnology,
nanofabrication, and molecule & material synthesis, has been established in order to make it widely
available to users throughout Japan, based on the principle of democratic access. As shown in
Figure 1, a total of 25 institutes and 37 centers are participating in the PF, including 11 institutes in
the advanced characterization nanotechnology PF, 16 institutes in the nanofabrication PF, 11
institutes in the molecule & material synthesis PF, and one center.
The NPJ center is responsible foroverall coordination and promotion of
the program, external collaboration
among sectors and developing newusers, information service for users,
and organizing workshop andsymposium and exchange programsfor education and training purposes ofresearchers, technical staffs, andstudents. Figure 2 indicates therelationship between NPJ center andthree technology PFs.
The total number of sharedequipment is about 1,100, and theannual number of applications andusers is about 3,000 and 20,000,
respectively, with 870 professional Fig.2 Relationship between NPJ center and threestaff supporting the project. The technology PFs
distribution of users is as follows:industry 30%, universities 60%, public institutions 7%, and others 3%, and we have been
supporting the development of not only academia but also private companies. The impact factor of
the papers published by the users has been calculated from the analysis of famous journals, and it
is equivalent to that of famous universities in Japan, indicating that we are promoting high-level
academic research support. Every year, we award the Grand Prize and Excellence Prize foroutstanding research results, and we are promoting development support for academia and start-up
companies while creating outstanding research results. The next phase of the shared use project,which will evolve into a nanotechnology data platform for sharing data from advanced equipment,
will start in 2021, and is expected to develop further.
<CV>
Yasuo Koide, Dr.
Received Dr. degree from Nagoya University in 1988, AssistantProfessor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in
1987, Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Science andEngineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in
1993, Senior Researcher of the National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS) in 2002, Group Leader in 2006, Director in 2014, and Executive
Vice President in 2016, and has been in his current position, Director of
NPJ center since 2020.

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Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform
微細構造解析プラットフォーム 10年間の成果
Daisuke Fujita
National Institute for Materials Science
1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan

Abstract
Advanced characterization Nanotechnology Platform (ACNP) of the nanotechnology platform
program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has
started in FY 2012 as a 10-year national infrastructure program. Since FY 2021 is the final year,
the achievements of the 10 years are overviewed. ACNP is composed of 11 major universities andnational research institutes that lead cutting-edge materials research. It includes Hokkaido
University, Tohoku University, NIMS, AIST, University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Kyoto
University, Osaka University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, National Institutes for Quantum
Science and Technology, and Kyushu University, which cover the whole country (Fig.1). Whilefocusing on advanced transmission electron microscopes with extremely high user needs, theworld's most advanced microstructure analysis equipment such as synchrotron radiation, strong
magnetic field NMR, advanced SPM, Positron Probe Microanalyzer, and so on arecomplementarily combined. Our core competencies are advanced measurement device
development capability, advanced characterization techniques, and analysis know-how. By
supporting the solution of problems in the research and development of industry and academia, wehave created plenty of dramatic knowledge and accelerated material innovation. We have built amechanism for complementary cooperation in terms of geography or support fields and have
responded to the user needs for advanced nano-characterization as a whole. Besides we have beenworking to develop human resources for highly skilled technical staff in collaboration withdomestic and overseas organizations. To enhance visibility, we have been striving for attractive
public relations and outreach. In conclusion, it can be said that ACNP has grown into aninternationally open National Research Infrastructure by achieving research support of ~ 1000
cases/year, the utilization rate of industry ~ 30%, and supporting the use of domestic and evenoverseas researchers.

Fig 1. Configuration of the Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform (ACNP)
consisting of 11 institutions. Activities such as the collaboration with overseas institutions,fostering of highly-skilled technical staff, public relations and outreach are shown in insertions.
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<CV>
Name:

Daisuke Fujita

Current Positions (Main):
Director, Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform (ACNP), MEXT
Office Chief, TIA Promotion Office, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Chair, Japan Committee for Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS)
Chair, Japan National Committee for Standardization of Surface Chemical Analysis (JSCA)
Academic Degree:
1984
1986
1991

Bachelor’s Degree, Department of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Master’s Degree, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Doctor of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

Scientific Curriculum
1986-1991
Research Associate, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
1991-2001
Senior Researcher, National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM)
2001-2004
Group Leader, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
2004-2006
Associate Director, Nanomaterials Laboratory, NIMS
2006-2010
Managing Director, Advanced Nano Characterization Center, NIMS
2007-2010
Principal Investigator, WPI-MANA, MEXT
2010-2011
Director, Key Nanotechnologies Field, NIMSManaging Director, Quantum Beam Center, NIMS
2011-2016
Director, Advanced Key Technologies Division, NIMSManaging Director, Nano Characterization Unit, NIMS
2012-2022
Director, Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform, MEXT, Japan
2016-2018
Executive Vice President, NIMS
2016-2021
Director, Res. Center for Advanced Characterization & Measurement, NIMS
2021Office Chief, TIA Promotion Office, NIMS
Prizes
2020:
2018:
2016:
2016:
2010:
2009:
1998:
1993:
1993:
1993:

The Society Award, The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
The Society Award (Seto Prize), The Japanese Society of Microscopy
The Best Paper Award, The Surface Science Society of Japan
Fellow, The Surface Science Society of JapanThe Best Poster Award, The 18th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-18)
Ichimura Science Award, The New Technology Development Foundation, Japan
Murakami Award for ‘Young Best Researcher’, Murakami Foundation, JapanThe Best Young Researcher Award in Materials Chemistry, Japan Institute for Metals
The Best Paper Award in Materials Chemistry’, Japan Institute of Metals
The Best Paper Award for Young Researcher, The Surface Science Society of Japan

Scientific Activities• More than 200 publications in the distinguished scientific journals including Nature Materials,

Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, PhysicalReview Letters, Small, Nanoscale, Physical Review B, Nanotechnology, Applied Physics Letters.
• More than 100 invited talks at the distinguished scientific meetings

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Nanofabrication Platform
微細加工プラットフォーム 10年間の成果
Hiroyuki Akinaga
The administrative office of the Nanofabrication Platform Consortium, Kyoto University,
Research Bldg. No.1/Project Lab.301, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto 606-8501, JapanFirst of all, we would like to thank all the users who have used our platform during the 10-year
project period. Without everyone's use, this project would not have been successful. The reason forthis success is attributed to the change in the way of researchers thinking about renting sharedequipment from owning the equipment, and the strong will of assistive engineers with advanced
technologies and experiences to realize the mission. As shown in Figure 1, approximately 10,000
users have used our platform. One of our valuable achievements was the establishment of thisrelationship, “KIZUNA”.
Manufacturing is a major driver of sustainable and economic development of our society, as
claimed in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Goal 9. Manufacturing technology has madecontinuous progress over the years and has brought about innovations in various industrial fields.
Elemental technologies such as thin film deposition, lithography, etching, cleaning, measurement /analysis, and database-driven design have been developed on a nanoscale. Thus, nanotechnology
in fabrication processes is a fundamental and indispensable to spur the development, and further
stimulate academic research.

Fig. 1 Nanofabrication platform built by users and 226 project membersof 16 institutions (as of July 30, 2021).
Figure 2 shows a brief history and the prospect of nanoscale fabrication technologies [1, 2]. With
the development of IoT, nanofabrication technologies are expected to become more familiar. As
mentioned above, nanotechnology is the foundation of various research and industrial fields, andwe have cultivated the fertile soil that forms the basis of them. At the request of users, our platform
members developed technologies to meet their purposes, which means that it was a technicalcompetition and collaborative creation to improve our technical level to being high. These
achievements contribute to society as an international standardized document [3] and are released
as video contents for training engineers [4].
We have built a system that will strengthen the research function and industry-academiagovernment collaboration of each institution, through the exchange of diverse human resources andthe aggregation of knowledge centered on shared facilities. We have fostered a culture to promote14research and development efficiently by installing large and expensive equipment in the facility andusing them by users. Our platform will continue to grow. The platform will promote shared use by
diverse users of industry, academia and government, provide users with the shortest approach toproblem solving, and will continue to promote their collaboration and interdisciplinary researches.
Our platform must continue to grow. Digital transformation will make shared facilities smarter,
enable high throughput and interoperability. By implementing machine learning, artificial
intelligence, and informatics, we do develop our nanofabrication platform that provides users withnew insights that can be obtained synergistically and emergently.

Fig.2 Who owns nanotechnology? Cloud manufacturing will
spread widely by making access to nanotechnologies easy [2].
Acknowledgements
The author is deeply grateful for the active leadership of Prof. H. Kotera (RIKEN, Kyoto Univ.),
the representative of this project. The author also appreciates the cooperation of the corepresentative, Prof. H. Fujita (Tokyo City Univ., Univ. Tokyo), Prof. H. Misawa (Hokkaido Univ.),
and Prof. S. Tanaka (Tohoku Univ.). The author sincerely thanks to have been able to collaborate
with the coordinators of this project, K. Tomii, M. Matsumoto, S. Horiike (Kyoto Univ.), Y.
Oonishi, and N. Shimamoto (Univ. Tokyo).
References[1] Special Issue on Advanced Nanofabrication Processes for Emerging Devices and Materials,
Sens. Mater., 31 (2019), https://myukk.org/SM2017/index.php?vol=31&no=8&sub_no=2[2] H. Akinaga, Nanofabrication Technologies for All, Sens. Mater., 31, 2477 (2019),
https://myukk.org/SM2017/sm_pdf/SM1949.pdf[3] Nanotechnologies - A guideline for ellipsometry application to evaluate the thickness ofnanoscale films, IEC TR 63258, https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/59663[4] NanoFab Platform Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk3zxbLOFMzAa5bY5yHeZpw
Hiroyuki Akinaga (Member, IEEE) received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, in 1987, 1989, and 1992, respectively. Currently,
his main affiliation is the Principal Research Manager, Device Technology ResearchInstitute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), andthe deputy research supervisor of the project of scientific innovation for energy harvesting
technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). He has been serving as aconvenor at International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), TC113 (Nanotechnology
for electrotechnical products and systems). He is a fellow of Japan Society of Applied
Physics. His current interests include nanoelectronics and open innovation platform.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5521-3148

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Molecule & Material Synthesis Platform
分子・物質合成プラットフォーム 10年間の成果
Toshihiko Yokoyama
Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Nishigo-naka 38, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan

Abstract
Molecule & Material Synthesis Platform provides shared use opportunity of highest researchfacilities in the research institutes to industrial, academic and public agency's researchers. We havesupported molecule and material synthesis, structural analysis, and molecular design to explore anddevelop organic, inorganic materials, nanomaterials that have unique functions and/or superior
characteristics. We have accepted and conducted more than 5,000 research proposals for these nine
years. In this talk, I will show some of the most outstanding scientific/technological achievementsin this platform.
Molecule & Material Synthesis (M&MS) Platform consists of ten
research organizations: Chitose Institute of Science and Technology(CIST, Chitose, Hokkaido), National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki), Shinshu University (Nagano), Nagoya
University (Nagoya, Aichi), Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT,
Nagoya, Aichi), Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(JAIST, Nomi, Ishikawa), Osaka University (Suita, Osaka), Nara
Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST, Ikoma, Nara), Kyushu
University (Fukuoka), and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS, Okazaki, Aichi). IMS is a
representative organization. We have been providing many kinds of material synthesis and analysis
techniques to domestic and international industrial and academic researchers in extremely wide
scientific and technological fields such as solid-state physics, semiconductors, magnetic materials,
catalysts, batteries and cells, organic and inorganic materials, polymers, earth and space science,
pharmacy, physiology and medicine, and so forth. Details of our shared equipment, user reports,
and other useful information can be seen in the web page of https://mms-platform.com/. In thisplatform, we are supporting not only the sophisticated material characterization using sharedequipment but also the material synthesis collaboration such as organic synthesis of importantcompounds. The latter is a quite unique program in equipment sharing projects, leading to manykinds of important and interesting scientific/technological results.
In every year, Advisory Committee in Nanotechnology Platform selects five to six outstandingachievements, and our M&MS Platform was awarded the outstanding achievement 15 times inthese nine years. The research proposal title of these outstanding achievements selected are listed
in Table 1. I am convinced that the Nanotechnology Platform program will be successfully
terminated from the qualitative and quantitative points of view. I will briefly review theseoutstanding achievements in this talk.
Although the present Nanotechnology Platform program is completed in this fiscal year 2021,
the equipment sharing supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology, Japan (MEXT) continues in the successive program of Advanced Research
Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology in Japan (ARIM). In this program, we will provide
not only shared equipment and material synthesis but also structured material database for thedevelopment of new functional materials. I believe that in the next ARIM program would be
successfully conducted to provide many kinds of harmonious materials that exhibit highperformance, excellent safety, and satisfactory reliability for our future lives.

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Table 1. List of the awarded outstanding achievements in M&MS Platform (2015-2022). For
details, see the web page: https://www.nanonet.go.jp//magazine/feature/excellent-result/
Research Title
Development of synthesis techniques for useful proteins using
cultured plant cells
Characteristic electron spin resonance of molecular magnet of
endohedral fullerene molecular complexes
Vacuum ultraviolet light source and photodetectors using
fluoride thin films
Synthesis and analysis of designated dangerous drugs of 3,4dichloromethylphenidate
Development of chiral chromatographic supports that canfreely reverse the elution sequence
Misfolding of protein onsetting neurodegenerative disease
Successful development of adhesive material that can be usedat high temperature and be peeled off with light
Development of nanotechnical prevention method against
sessile organisms with low environmental loads for theapplication on the surface of marine equipment
Molecular profiling of small extracellular vesicles via chargebased capture using oxide nanowire microfluidics
Spin structures in BiFe1-xCoxO3 thin films
Preparation of double coating nano particles and its
commercialization as cosmetics
Short and Unified Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Spiroketals,
and the Structural Elucidation by the Crystalline Sponge
MethodChirality induced spin selectivity in inorganic chiral crystal
Structural determination of photosensitive compounds
containing heteroatoms and application to anti-cancer
photodynamic therapy
Ultrahigh sensitive fast detection of COVID-19 virus using
gold nanostructures

User Affiliation

SupportYear

Ishikawa Pref. Univ.

JAIST

2015

IMS

2015

NIT

2015

IMS

2016

Kyoto Univ.
Univ. Tsukuba, JST
Tokuyama Co.
Kyushu Inst. Tech.
Tohoku Univ.
Nat. Res. Inst. Police
ScienceKanazawa Univ.
Keio Univ.
Kyoto Univ.
Nagoya Univ.
Asahikawa Medical
Univ.

NagoyaUniv.
IMS
Nagoya
Univ.

2016
2017
2017

CIST

2018

Nagoya
Univ.

2019

NIT

2020

Adv. Pharma Japan Inc.

KyushuUniv.

2021

Univ. Graz

IMS

2021

IMS

2022

Nagoya
Univ.

2022

NIT

2022

Kyushu Univ.,
Osaka Univ.,Nat. Cancer Center JapanTokyo Inst. Technol.,
Kyushu Univ.

Osaka Pref. Univ.,
Toho Univ.,
Open Univ. Japan
Osaka Pref. Univ.,
Nara Women’s Univ.,
Nagoya City Univ.
Shanghai Inst. Ceramics<CV>
Toshihiko YOKOYAMA, Prof. Dr.
Received PhD degree from the University of Tokyo in 1991. Research Associate inHiroshima University (1987-1993), Research Associate, Lecturer, and Associate
Professor in the University of Tokyo (1993-2001), and Professor in Institute for
Molecular Science (2002-present). Director in Department of Materials Molecular
Science in IMS (2011-). Director of Instrument Center in IMS (2014-). Representativeof Molecule & Material Synthesis Platform (2012-2021). President of the JapaneseSociety for Synchrotron Radiation Research (2021-).

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Session 2【Material Data Strategy to Strengthen Material Innovation Force /マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアルデータ戦略】

Session 2【Material Data Strategy to Strengthen
Material Innovation Force /マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアルデータ戦略】

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【Plenary Lecture / 基調講演】【Plenary Lecture / 基調講演】

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“Expectations for the Material DX Platform toStrengthen Materials Innovations”「マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアルDXプラットフォームへの期待」

Teruo Kishi (Innovative Structural Materials Association)
岸 輝雄（新構造材料技術研究組合理事長、東京大学名誉教授）

23Expectations for the Material DX Platform to Strengthen Materials
Innovations
マテリアル革新力強化に向けたマテリアル DX プラットフォームへの期待
1

Teruo Kishi

Innovative Structural Materials Association,
1-9-4, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
1

Abstract
Nanotechnology and materials science and technology have been focused on R & D investment invarious countries around the world as leading technological innovations in a wide range ofindustries such as resources, environment, energy and life science as well as academic science. In
the United States, President Bill Clinton delivered a speech on the National Nanotechnology
Initiative at the California Institute of Technology in January 2000. In this speech, he stated that
one of his specific goals was to "contain all the books in the Library of Congress in a memory
element equivalent to one sugar cube." In July 2000, the National Nanotechnology Initiative: The
Initiative and Its Implementation Plan was announced, and in December 2003, the 21st Century
Nanotechnology Research and Development Act was signed by President George W. Bush. In
Japan, the Atom Project carried out by NEDO started in 1993 prior to the United States, and thenanotechnology and materials field was positioned as one of the four priority promotion fields in
the Second Science and Technology Basic Plan from 2001 and Third Science and Technology Basic
Plan from 2006.
Industry-academia-government was required to work closely together to carry out research anddevelopment in order to make the best use of limited research resources such as human resourcesand experimental facilities, and the Nanotechnology Support Project supported by MEXT (Ministryof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) was started in April 2002 with a five-year
plan. Targeting nanotechnology research and development at universities, public research
institutions, and private research institutes, this project conducted both of shared use of 14 large
and special research facilities nationwide and support of nanotechnology information. The
Nanotechnology Support Project has been linked to MEXT's "Nanotechnology Network" projectfrom 2007 and also to MEXT's "Nanotechnology Platform" project from 2012. In addition, theseprojects are also an opportunity to create large national projects in elemental strategies andstructural materials.
Nanotechnology is considered to be a cross-disciplinary technology field that crosses conventional
research fields as well as being the basis for creating innovative technologies in the 21st century.
In this symposium, I will give an overview of Japan's national nanotechnology projects, whichbegan with the Nanotechnology Support Project, and I will describe my expectations for the
Material DX platform which is the next nanotechnology platform shared project.

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<CV>
Fields of Research:materials science, especially fracture mechanics andnondestructive testing of metal, ceramics and composite materials
Education/Career:
1969 Received the degree of Doctor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo
1974 Associate Professor, the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS), the University of Tokyo
1988 Professor, the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo
1995 Director General of RCAST
1997 Director General of the National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Ministry ofInternational Trade and Industry (METI)
2001-2009 President of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
2009- Emeritus of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
2014-2019 Program Director for SIP (Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program) at Cabinet
Office2015-2020 Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affiars
2013- President of Innovative Structural Materials Association
Awards:
Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, France (2004)
Honda Memorial Award, Honda Foundation (2006)
Barkhausen Award, Dresden, Germany (2007)
Distinguished Life Membership, ASM, USA (2010), etc.

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【Special Lecture / 特別講演】【Special Lecture / 特別講演】

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“Research Transformation Driven by Open Facility Platform”「マテリアル先端リサーチインフラが牽引するリサーチトランスフォーメーション〜実験装置に加え、データ・知識の共有へ〜」

Taro Hitosugi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
一杉 太郎（東京工業大学）

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Research transformation driven by open facility platform
マテリアル先端リサーチインフラが牽引する
リサーチトランスフォーメーション〜実験装置に加え、データ・知識の共有へ〜
1Taro Hitosugi

Tokyo Institute of Technology,
2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo152-8552, Japan
1

Abstract
The emergence of an "autonomous materials laboratory" using machine learning and robots isshifting a paradigm in materials science. Here, the impact of autonomous labs to open facility
platforms is discussed. The platform powered by autonomous labs strongly affects the way weconduct research and our mindset toward research.
I. INTRODUCTION
The materials that humanity has
synthesized to date represent just a tiny
fraction of all possible compounds, whichby some estimates may include 1060
possible materials.[1] Thus, before us lies
a vast search space for new materials,
many of which should be useful inaddressing the problems that society
faces. Therefore, materials exploration isa frontier for humanity, like space or
Fig. 1deep-sea exploration.
Then, a question arises. How can we An open facility platform equipped with autonomous systems"quickly and systematically" find enables to share data and knowledge with many researchers.
unexpected materials within this vast
search space? For this purpose, materials science needs a tool that serves as a "materials explorer,"like a spaceship or a deep-sea exploration vessel. There are limits on the amount and quality of
research conducted when relying on human capabilities alone.
II. A PLATFORM EQUIPPED WITH AUTONOMOUS EXPERIMENT SYSTEMSThe core of the "materials explorer" is an autonomous experiment system. Here, the termautonomous means that a computer algorithm decides what experiment to do next, and robots
proceed with the experiment. No human intervention is required; this approach is called closedloop experiments [2].
When this materials explorer is implemented to an open facility platform, users can log in to thissystem via the internet and fabricate and evaluate materials. In addition, due to the high-throughput
experiments, a large amount of data will be accumulated on the platform. Then, the data is sharedwith many researchers to stimulate discussions (Fig. 1). The new platform is not just about
shortening time and improving efficiency but sharing data and knowledge with many researchers
to obtain new materials views.
References[1] Kirkpatrick et al., Nature 432 (2004) 823 – 865.
[2] Shimizu, Hitosugi et al., APL Mater. 8 (2020) 111110.

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＜CV＞
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Advisor to the President
Associate Director of Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics
Degrees:
Bachelor of Engineering 1994, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
Master of Engineering 1996, Department of Superconductivity, The University of Tokyo
Doctor of Engineering 1999, Department of Superconductivity, The University of Tokyo
Awards2010 The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Gottfried Wagener Prize 2013
Professional Experience
1996-1999
Predoctoral Fellow, Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, LTD.
1999-2003
Researcher, Core Technology Development Group, Sony Corporation.
2003-2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
2007-2015
Associate Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Science, Tohoku University
2015-2016
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2016Professor, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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【Overseas Invited Lectures / 海外招待講演】【Overseas Invited Lectures / 海外招待講演】

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“Autonomous (AI-Driven) Experimental Materials Science”「AI駆動自立型実験による材料科学」

Martin L. Green (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

“FAIRmat’s Approach toward Enabling Data-Centric Science”「データセントリック科学構築に向けたFAIRmatの取り組み」

Claudia Draxl (Humboldt University, Germany)

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Autonomous (AI-Driven) Experimental Materials Science
AI駆
駆動自立型実験による材料科学

Martin L. Green
Materials Measurement Science Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland USA 20899

Several critical technologies are currently materials-limited, awaiting novel materials
solutions for advancement, e.g., transportation (light-weight, high-strength alloys, and corrosion
resistant coatings), sustainable energy (earth-abundant catalysts for solar fuel production), andnanoelectronics (low-energy/operation integrated circuit devices). A fundamental obstacle toefficient discovery of novel materials and processing schemes is the large number of candidate
materials, and their associated processing parameters. Modern materials scientists train for decades
in the fundamentals of the field to develop the knowledge and intuition required to discover new
materials. They must then plan and conduct a series of experiments to test their hypotheses, analyze
the resultant data, generate new hypotheses based on the knowledge gained, and plan the nextseries of experiments. They are constrained to study relatively simple materials (e.g., those that
may contain ≤ 4 elements and involve ≤ 2 processing parameters). This is because while thenumber of variable parameters (n) increases linearly, the number of candidate materials/processing
schemes increases exponentially (~102n). I will discuss the development of a novel NIST platform
which will place artificial intelligence in charge of materials optimization and discovery, thereby
transforming “dumb” instrumentation into “intelligent” systems capable of planning, executing,analyzing, and extracting knowledge from experimental and modeling data. The marriage ofartificial intelligence and materials science will result in a sea-change, enabling a 102 – 104
acceleration of materials discovery and process optimization.

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Dr. Martin L. Green

LeaderMaterials for Energy and Sustainable Development Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)EDUCATION
Ph. D., Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1972
B.S., Metallurgy, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1970
EMPLOYMENT
2003 - present: Leader, Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development Group, NIST
2001 - 2003: SEMATECH Assignee (from Agere Systems) to IMEC, Belgium
1978 - 2003: Research Scientist, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems
1966 - 1970: Co-op Student, Naval Applied Science Laboratory
AWARDS
Plenary Speaker, IUMRS (2016)
MRS Fellow (2011)
Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (2010)
President of the MRS (2001)
AMAX Fellow at MIT (1974-1977)
Kurtz Memorial Visiting Scientific Fellow, Technion, Israel (1977)

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FAIRmat’s approach toward enabling data-centric science
データセントリック科学構築に向けたFAIRmatのの取り組み
Claudia Draxl
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Physics Department and IRIS Adlershof,
Zum Großen Windkanal 2, 12489 Berlin

Abstract
High-throughput studies provide much information but will never cover the vast chemical andstructural space of materials. Thus, Artificial Intelligence (AI) must enhance our research of
tomorrow – starting today. To predict novel candidate materials for a given application, possibly
even in regions of the materials space that no-one would think of, our goal is to build a general“map of materials properties”. A FAIR (findable and AI ready; an alternative interpretation of theoriginal acronym) data infrastructure will be an important step for achieving this goal [1]. The
NOMAD Laboratory [2] is a community effort and a living example for such infrastructure incomputational materials science, comprising the NOMAD Repository (raw data) and its Archive(normalized, i.e. code-independent data), the NOMAD Encyclopedia, and the NOMAD Analytics
Toolkit. A real breakthrough is, however, only possible if the combined insight from synthesis,
experiment [3], theory and simulations are brought together. This is the concept of FAIRmat [4], aconsortium of the German data-infrastructure project (NFDI), representing the research field ofcondensed-matter physics and the chemical physics of solids. I’ll review where we are on this roadthat requires an immense but rewarding effort of the wide community.

Fig. 1: The structure of FAIRmat

References[1] C. Draxl and M. Scheffler, Big-Data-Driven Materials Science and its FAIR Data Infrastructure, Invited
Perspective in Handbook Andreoni W., Yip S. (eds) Handbook of Materials Modeling. Springer, Cham (2019).
[2] C. Draxl and M. Scheffler, NOMAD: The FAIR Concept for Big-Data-Driven Materials Science, MRS Bulletin
43, 676 (2018).
[3] A. Trunschke et al., Towards Experimental Handbooks in Catalysis, Topics in Catalysis, 1-17 (2020).
[4] https://fair-di.eu/fairmat

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Prof. Claudia Draxl

Einstein Professor
Theoretische Festkörperphysik
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Education
Studies of mathematics and physics, University Graz
PhD in solid-state theory
Professional Activities
July 2019
Fellow at the Max Planck Graduate Center for Quantum Materials
July 2014
Max-Planck Fellow at the Fritz-Haber Institute Berlin
November 2011 Einstein Professor, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
November 2005 Full professor, Montanuniversiät Leoben, Austria
2000 / 2001
Guest professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
1997
Associate professor, University Graz, Austria
Honors and Awards
2021
Lise-Meitner lecturer of the German and Austrian Physical Societies
April 2018
Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences abroad
March 2014
Appointment as Max-Planck Fellow
December 2013 Caroline-von-Humboldt-Professor 2014 by the HU Berlin
April 2013
Paracelsusring by the City of Villach (video)
November 2011 Fellow of the American Physical Society
December 2008 Science Award of the Federal State of Styria
March 2008
Beller Lectureship of the American Physical Society
April 2005
Scientist of the month (FEMtech)
2000
Guestprofessorship by the Swedish Research Council NFR
January 2000
Honorary doctorate of Uppsala University, Sweden
September 1995 Ludwig-Boltzmann award for theoretical physics by the Austrian PhysicalSociety39

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Session 3【Importance of Data Utilization in Material Strategy /マテリアル戦略におけるデータ利活用の重要性】

Session 3【Importance of Data Utilizationin Material Strategy /マテリアル戦略におけるデータ利活用の重要性】

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“Accelerating Interdisciplinary Research between Material Science
and Computer Science on the mdx Data Science Platform”「データ活用社会創成プラットフォームmdxにおける材料科学と情報科学の学際研究の促進に向けて」

Toyotaro Suzumura (The University of Tokyo)
鈴村 豊太郎（東京大学）“Materials Research in the Data Era: A NIMS Challenge”「データ時代の材料研究：NIMSの取り組み」

Masahiko Demura (National Institute for Materials Science)
出村 雅彦（物質・材料研究機構）“Standardization of Output Data Format for Measurement andAnalysis Instruments: Current Situation and Future Plan”「計測分析装置の出力データフォーマット標準化：現状と展望」

Shingo Ichimura (Waseda University)
一村 信吾（早稲田大学）

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Accelerating interdisciplinary research between material science andcomputer science on the mdx data science platform
データ活用社会創成プラットフォーム mdx における材料科学と情報科学の学際研究の促進に向けて
1Toyotaro Suzumura and 1Masatoshi Hanai

Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo
6-2-3 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0882, Japan

1

The mdx platform [1] has been jointly designed and operated by 11 research institutes including
9 national universities (Tokyo, Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tsukuba, Tokyo Tech, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka,
Kyushu), NII (National Institute of Informatics) and AIST (National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology). The aim of the platform is to provide a nation-wide researchcloud that accelerate interdisciplinary research collaborations on data utilization and data science.
This platform is not limited to academic institutes, but also open to collaborations between private
institutes, academia and governments.
The main important features that the mdx platform provide are listed as follows:• To provide a cloud-like functionalitythat allows you to create your own
virtualization
environment
byspecifying required computing andstorage resources. This is a different
point than existing supercomputerswhere you cannot change various
configurations such as OS, network,
application package depending on
your data science needs.
• To provide a high-speed network
based on SINET and mobile SINET
that
canconnect
othercomputing/storage or IoT devices.
You can establish your environment via L2VPN as well.
• To provide dedicated computing environments for users that have highly sensitive andconfidential data such as personal data.
• To provide a single sign-on mechanism by leveraging an authentication service named“Gakunin”
As of this presentation in January 2022, the mdx platform is in the testing phase that allows you
to test our the mdx platform for free and the production phase with billing mechanism plans to startaround Fall in 2022. On the top of the mdx platform, we have been starting to collaborate withmaterial science researchers from various aspects including fundamental research around material
informatics such as predicting material properties using graph neural networks and multi-task
machine learning methods, and discuss how the mdx platform can be exploited as on-demand
computing resources by coupling with a material research cloud platform that is led by NIMS
(National Institute for Materials Science)
References[1] Toyotaro Suzumura, et.al, The mdx Project Report 2021 A Large-Scale Platform for Accelerating CrossDisciplinary Research Collaborations Towards Data-Driven Societies, December 2021, AXIES 2021

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Prof. Toyotaro Suzumura is a professor at the University of Tokyo
since April 2021. His current research interests are graph neuralnetworks and their application to e-commerce, medical science,
finance, and such. After obtaining a Ph.D. in computer science in2004 from Tokyo Institute of Technology, he has 17-year
experiences from 2004 to 2021 in IBM Research as a principal
research scientist in global research labs including Tokyo(20042013), Dublin(2013-2015), and IBM T.J Watson Research Center andMIT-IBM Watson AI Lab in New York (2015-2021). As for his
research achievements, he won an international competition related to large-scale graphprocessing named Graph500 10 times since 2014. He has published more than 90 papers to toptier international conferences and journals and served as a PC chair of IEEE BigData 2017 as
well as serving program committee members in numerous international conferences such as
AAAI, ACM/IEEE Supercomputing, and IEEE Cloud.
Dr. Masatoshi Hanai is a Project Assistant Professor in the Universityof Tokyo. His research area is large-scale graph computing and analysis.
He completed his Ph.D. in Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2016. After
that, he was a research fellow in Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, and a Research Assistant Professor in Southern Universityof Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.

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Materials Research in the Data Era: A NIMS Challenge
データ時代の材料研究：NIMSの取り組み
Masahiko Demura
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),
1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki305-0054, Japan

Abstract
Data-driven materials research is spreading to various areas at NIMS. The development of a data
platform to support this research is progressing well. In the near future, it is expected that a materials
DX platform will be realized to accelerate materials research in Japan.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the development of materials, one designs the optimal combination of elements and methods ofprocessing from the desired performance. There are high expectations for data-driven approaches
to change the ways of the materials development through making it possibe to search in the vast
space1. In this talk, I will introduce data-driven research and its foundation, materials data platform,
focusing on the efforts at NIMS.
II. ADVANCES IN DATA-DRIVEN RESEARCH
Data-driven materials research began with the combination of computational materials science
typically using first-principles calculations; for example, the discovery of novel semiconductors2
and the proposal of multiphase film structures for thermal radiation3 are pioneering works. Then,
researches utilizing an experimental database has been emerging like a good example of proposing
a new polymer with high thermal conductivity4 using PoLyInfo5, which is the world's largest
polymer database. Furthermore, there is another research example that explored the combination ofelements with high thermal resistance by utilizing data in literatures6, where Bi/Si was discovered
to show the world best thermal resistance, demonstrating the usefulness of public data.
The data-driven approach has been expanding into more practical materials. Active learning can beapplied to optimize materials and processes, and there are several examples such as processoptimization of thermoelectric devices7, development of new adhesives8, search for new alcoholoxidation catalysts9, and optimization of metal fine powder processing conditions10. Furthermore,materials and processes have been explored in combination with automated experiments11, whichis called Smart Laboratory. In the SIP project12, a materials integration system (called MInt13) isdeveloped as a computational method for predicting property and performance from process
through microstructure, and based on this system, one can design materials and processes from thedesired performance in industry.
Materials data ecosystem where data is collected and utilized more and moreOpen
By registering the data
one can acceleratematerial developmentwith AI and various
shared data!

Register data in aformat suitable formachine learning

Materials Data Platform
After publish the results
as a paper, go for sharing

User’s own
dara

Shared data
Accumulation

World's largest databaseHigh quality database

Universities and researchInstitutes from all over Japan
Data creation
Platform

Analysis results
by AI

Cross-sectional data search /extraction support technology

Advanced AI analysis
platform
Scheduled after 2022

Data set for machine learning

Fig. 1
Schematic draw for a concept of materials DX platform to accelerate R&D in Japan21.

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III. MATERIALS DATA PLATFORM
Based on our experiences in developing MatNavi14, one of the world's largest materials databases,
we have been developing a materials data platform for aggregating and utilizing materials data
generated in daily research activities. It has been three years since the materials data platformproject15 started in 2017, and we have developed an automatic data collection system using the
IoT16, technology to improve the efficiency of curation of literature data by using natural language
processing technology17, and a data infrastructure system to aggregate data. Some of the systems
are now in operation on a trial basis under the name DICE18.
III. MATERIALS DX PLATFORM
Using the above-mentioned practices at NIMS as a template, the Materials DX Platform concept
has been proposed, and its construction is being promoted as projects of the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. NIMS will play the role of a data core center (Fig. 121)that will consolidate data from materials research throughout Japan. This platform is supposed toenhance R&D capabilities.
Acknowledgements
This work was partly supported by Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Cross-Ministerial Strategic
Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), “Materials Integration for Revolutionary Design System of Structural Materials”(Funding agency: JST).
References[1] M. Demura, J. Info. Sci. Tech, Ass. vol. 71 (2021), pp. 252-257 (Japanese).
[2] K. Matsuzaki et al., Adv. Mater. vol. 30 (2018), 1801968.
[3] A. Sakurai et al., ACS Central Science. vol. 5 (2019), pp. 319-326.
[4] S. Wu et al., npj Comput.Mater. vol. 5 (2019), 66.
[5] PoLyInfo. https://polymer.nims.go.jp[6] Y.-J. Wu et al., ACS Applied Nano Materi. vol. 1 (2018), pp. 3355–3363; npj Comput. Mater. vol. 5 (2019), 56.
[7] Z. Hou et al., ACS. Appl. Mater. Inter., vol. 11 (2019), pp.11545–11554.
[8] S. Pruksawan et al., Sci. Tech. of Adv. Mater. vol. 20 (2019), pp. 1010–1021[9] A. S. Nugraha et al., J. Mater. Chem. vol. A8 (2020), pp. 13532–13540.
[10] R. Tamura et al., Mater. & Design. vol. 198 (2021), 109290.
[11] S. Matsuda et al., Sci. Reports. vol. 9 (2019), 6211.
[12] M. Demura and T. Koseki, Mater. Trans. vol. 61 (2020), pp. 2041–2046.
[13] MInt. https://www.mintsys.jp (Japanese)[14] MatNavi. https://mits.nims.go.jp[15] M. Tanifuji and H. Yoshikawa, Digital Practice. Vol. 2 (2021), 06.
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Masahiko Demura is Director of Research & Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System at
National Institute for Materials Science, Japan. He received his Dr. Eng. in Material Science and Engineeringfrom U. Tokyo in 2003. His recent research interests include the digital transformation in materials research,
particularly in the field of structural materials. Demura can be reached by email at
DEMURA.Masahiko@nims.go.jp.

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Standardization of output data format for measurement and analysis
instruments: current situation and future plan
計測分析装置の出力データフォーマット標準化：現状と展望
Shingo Ichimura
Research Strategy Center, Waseda University
513, Waseda-tsurumaki-cho, Shinjyuku-ku 162-0041, Japan

I. Request for a common output data format
The request for a common output data format for measurement/analysis instruments arises fromthe activity of the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) special committee onConstruction of Measurement/Characterization Platform Strategy for Open Innovation. The
discussion at the committee (FY2014-FY2017) highlighted the importance of combined/integrated
analysis and application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to data obtained by various
measurement instruments. It became clear that the output data of the instruments should be able tobe used both inside of the instruments (i.e., use in physical space) and outside of the instruments(i.e., use in cyber space). The adaptability for the use in cyber space led the request of common
output data format for various measurement instruments [1].
II. Development of a common output data format
The development of a common output data format was achieved through two NEDO (New Energy
and Industrial Technology Organization) projects, i.e., Research and development of innovative
analysis/evaluation technology with adaptability to big data (FY2016-FY2017) [2] andDevelopment of combined measurement and characterization systems to accelerate thedevelopment of energy-saving products (FY2018-FY2019) [3]. In order to ensure the independent
availability in cyber space of data obtained by various measurement instruments, information
relating to measuring object, measurement methods, sample pretreatment, used instrument andanalysist, etc., was added to a format named MaiML (Measurement, Analysis, Instrument Markup
Language). The format is composed
Current commonof four main tags of Document,area（data）
MaiML
Protocol, Data, and eventLog as
eventLog
Document Protocol
Data
schematically shown in Fig.1. Basedon the format, output data converters
uuid
ResultsEvent
uuid
of 14 analytical instruments werecreatorMaterial
instrument
Measuring
Historicalfabricated and tested. To ensure theinformation
objectconfidentiality and safety of data
analysist
owner
MethodMeasurement methodcollected in cyber space, theLink with other
Ref. list
Ref. list
functions of recording data change
documents
and data locking are also integrated inFig. 1 Structure and main feature of the common output data format
the MaiML format.
named MaiML.

III. Standardization of the common output data format
The standardization of the common output data format based on MaiML is in progress as a METI
project (FY2020-FY2022). A Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) for the format is planned to be
published in 2023, and an ISO standard based on the JIS document is planned to follow it.
References[1] Report of the special committee of "Construction of Measurement/ Characterization Platform Strategy for Open
Innovation", Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (September, 2017) (in Japanese)[2] Research and development of innovative analysis/evaluation technology with adaptability to big data (FY2016FY2017) Final Report, NEDO No. 20190000000536 (in Japanese)[3] Development of combined measurement and characterization systems to accelerate the development of energysaving products (FY2018-FY2019) Final Report, NEDO No. 20200000000670 (in Japanese)48

Shingo ICHIMURA （一村信吾）
Shingo ICHIMURA is Professor and Associate Director of Research Strategy Center/Waseda University, andSpecial Emeritus Advisor of AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology). He also
serves as Chairman of the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) 193 Committee on Measurement
and Characterization Platform, and Chairman of the national mirror committee of ISO/TC 229 on
nanotechnology.
Prior to the current position he had been working as Professor and Director of Strategic Innovation Office/Nagoya University (from 2014 to 2018), and Vice and Senior Vice President of AIST (from 2007 to 2014). He
started his research carrier at Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL) in 1982, mainly in the fields of Applied
Surface Science/Engineering and Extremely High Vacuum Technology. He is Fellow of American Vacuum
Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics, and Regional Editor of Surface and Interface Analysis.

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小出 康夫（委員長） Yasuo Koide (Chair)

物質・材料研究機構/National Institute for Materials Science

小寺 秀俊

Hidetoshi Kotera

理化学研究所/RIKEN

佐藤 勝昭

Katsuaki Sato

東京農工大学/Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

花方 信孝

Nobutaka Hanagata

物質・材料研究機構/National Institute for Materials Science

藤田 大介

Daisuke Fujita

物質・材料研究機構/National Institute for Materials Science

三留 正則

Masanori Mitome

物質・材料研究機構/National Institute for Materials Science

横山 利彦

Toshihiko Yokoyama

自然科学研究機構分子科学研究所/Institute for Molecular Science

プログラム委員会/Program Committee
三留 正則（委員長） Masanori Mitome (Chair)
秋永 広幸

Hiroyuki Akinaga

京都大学/Kyoto University

加藤 剛志

Takeshi Kato

名古屋大学/Nagoya University

河合 壮

Tsuyoshi Kawai

奈良先端科学技術大学院大学/Nara Institute of Science and Technology

小出 康夫

Yasuo Koide

物質・材料研究機構/National Institute for Materials Science

島本 直伸

Naonobu Shimamoto

東京大学/The University of Tokyo

田浦 健次朗Kenjiro Taura

東京大学/The University of Tokyo

日原 岳彦

Takehiko Hihara

名古屋工業大学/Nagoya Institute of Technology

藤田 大介

Daisuke Fujita

物質・材料研究機構/National Institute for Materials Science

松村 晶

Syo Matsumura

九州大学/Kyushu University

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賛/Cooperating Organizations

IEEE 東京支部

IEEE Tokyo Section

応用物理学会

The Japan Society of Applied Physics

高分子学会

The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

電気学会

The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

電子情報通信学会

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

ナノ学会

The Society of Nano Science and Technology

ナノテクノロジービジネス推進協議会

Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative

日本ＭＲＳ

The Materials Research Society of Japan

日本化学会

The Chemical Society of Japan

日本金属学会

The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

日本顕微鏡学会

The Japanese Society of Microscopy

日本再生医療学会

The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine

日本材料学会

The Society of Materials Science, Japan

日本人工臓器学会

Japanese Society for Artificial Organs

日本生体医工学会

Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

日本セラミックス協会

The Ceramic Society of Japan

日本ＤＤＳ学会

The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System

日本バイオマテリアル学会

The Japanese Society for Biomaterials

日本表面真空学会

The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science

日本物理学会

The Physical Society of Japan

ファインセラミックスセンターJapan Fine Ceramics Center

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