Introducing experimental equipment necessary to form an international research base by cultivating and inventing new nanomaterials.

Introducing arc plasma deposition equipment to fabricate alloy nanoparticles and oxide nanoparticles.

Introducing AFM-Raman equipment to evaluate physical properties such as size, structure, and crystallinity of nanomaterials fabricated.

Advancing basic research on nanocarbon materials, particularly research for achieving clarification and structural control of the generating mechanisms for carbon nanotubes and graphene.

Creating a website to appeal with the university's nanomaterials research results.

Holding public symposiums and actively publicizing information on the relationship between nanomaterials research and the university, beginning with the discovery of carbon nanotubes and past outstanding research results.

Conducting mock lectures and experiments at local elementary, junior high, and high schools, and implementing awareness-raising activities to give an understanding of nanomaterials and their distinctiveness and importance.

Improving the experimental equipment introduced in FY 2017 and initiating experiments directed at new nanomaterials while improving the organization of the Nanomaterial Research Center.

Integrating equipment for nanomaterials research possessed by the university's researchers such as electron microscopes and building a robust organization that can conduct research with the university's nanomaterials researchers coordinating organically.

Hiring postdoctoral research staff to train young researchers and advancing the establishment of a research base by accepting international research staff.

Promoting nanomaterials research in collaboration with the Nagoya University Institute for Molecular Science, Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center, and other institutions by utilizing the support the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's "Nanotechnology Platform Japan" and other programs.

Initiating research on fabrication of ally nanomaterials and oxide nanomaterials and clarification of their generating mechanisms.

Fabricating oxide nanoparticles with highly uniform particle diameter, composition and crystalline structure through precision control of solution reactions.

Fabricating nanoparticles using gas phase reactions and fabricating alloy nanoparticles with highly uniform particle diameter and composition.

Conducting analyses of the microstructures of the nanoparticles fabricated and clarifying the nanoparticle generating mechanism.

Continuing to disseminate information on the university's nanomaterials research through the website and by holding public symposiums.

Holding mock lectures and mock experiments at local elementary, junior high, and high schools and implementing awareness-raising activities to give an understanding the distinctiveness, importance, and potential of nanomaterials.

Holding open recruitment for new branding methods using nanomaterials for the university's students and faculty and initiating information dissemination and branding with the new methods to the university's students.

Controlling particle diameter, composition, and crystal structure of alloy nanoparticles and oxide nanoparticles by combining the gas phase method and the solution method.

Initiating fabrication of nitride nanosheets in addition to oxide nanosheets and planning to control composition and film thickness and improve crystallinity of nanosheets.

Fabricating oxide nanotube structures based on oxide nanosheets and working on evaluation of their physical properties.

Continuing to conduct research on nanocarbon materials and aiming at controlling carbon nanotube structures and improving the crystallinity of graphene.

Starting research on mixed crystallization by the introduction of heterogenous atoms into new nanocarbons.

Advancing the clarification of the generating mechanism of nanocarbons, nanoparticles, and nanosheets by performing advanced analyses using synchrotron radiation.

Continuing to disseminate information on research results from the program through public symposiums and mock lectures and mock experiments at elementary, junior high, and high schools.

Collaborating with the OpticalDevice Research Center, which is improving "Blue LED" branding, and strategically planning improvement of brand awareness through concerted effects.

Implementing a public survey and verifying improvement of the university's brand awareness by the research branding program because this is an interim fiscal year.

Continuing to advance research on clarifying the generating mechanism of nanomaterials.

Initiating fabrication of nanostructure composites consisting of nanomaterials with different dimensional structures.

Designing structures for these new nano structures and developing lamination methods in the current fiscal year.

Collaborating with Japanese and foreign research institutions and strengthening our role as a base for international collaboration to build a stronger research base.

Continuing to disseminate information on the results of the program's research to the public through symposiums and by holding mock lectures and mock experiments at elementary, junior high, and high schools based on the results of the interim evaluation.

Continuing to work on the branding method determined by the open recruitment.

Fabricating new nanostructure composites that combine nanosheets and nanotubes and pioneering new nanomaterials that reveal functions that cannot be achieved individually.

Promoting international joint research.

Further advancing Visualization of Research Results by applying image processing technologies and visualizing new nanostructures.

Building mechanisms that can utilize the website and showroom as permanent facilities and institutions of the university by collaborating with the Research Branding Project for Development of New Optical Devices Based on Blue LED Technology research branding program.

Continuing efforts on mock lectures and mock experiments because of the importance of the program to human resource development in supporting the future of Japan.

Advancing branding toward the university's students and alumni based on the results of 5 years of work and planning improvement of the university's brand awareness through students and alumni.

Aiming at building a brand image of "Meijo University of Research" and "Global Meijo University" by being active internationally, making use of the advanced research capabilities of the university's alumni.