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Fuel-Efficient Tyres Through Nano-Technology, Advanced Materials

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Bridgestone and the authors would like to thank for the support of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Also thanks are given for the support and encouragement to Dr Toshio Nishi and Dr Ken Nakajima at World Premier International Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) at Japanese Tohoku University, Dr Hiroshi Jinnai at Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE) at Kyushu University, Dr Hiroshi Morita at Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Takuo Sone at JSR Corporation and also for the advices from Dr Masao Doi at Tokyo University and Dr Katsuhiko Takenaka at Nagaoka University of Technology.

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  1. Materials Development Department at Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

    Keizo Akutagawa

  2. Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, Brussels, Belgium

    Hans-Rudolf Hein

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Akutagawa, K., Hein, HR. Fuel-Efficient Tyres Through Nano-Technology, Advanced Materials. Auto Tech Rev 2, 40–43 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1365/s40112-013-0443-3

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