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Nanoarchitectonics for Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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Renewable energy and sustainable energy are promising, diverse, and important low-carbon energy sources that can contribute to energy security for saving our planet. These energies are expected not to emit greenhouse gases and are not dependent on specific resources located within specific regions on earth. To achieve this, it is necessary to develop materials with high performance in energy production, conversion, and storage. In particular, it is useful to develop highly functional materials that take advantage of material properties unique to nanoscale characteristics. This role will be played by the new concept of "nanoarchitectonics," which uses well-regulated nanostructures to purposed functional materials. Nanoarchitectonics is a concept that can be considered post-nanotechnology, and its goal is to utilize nanotechnology in material science to fabricate functional materials. Based on the concept of nanoarchitectonics, this collection features research to develop new materials to promote the use of renewable energy, materials that contribute to energy conservation, materials with low environmental impact, and materials for the reduction, substitution, and recycling of rare elements. The collection will become a world-hottest assembly for pioneering research activities on Nanoarchitectonics for Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

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  • Katsuhiko ARIGA Katsuhiko ARIGA  &

    Katsuhiko ARIGA

    Katsuhiko Ariga is the Principal Investigator of World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He received his Ph.D. Degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research field is based on supramolecular chemistry and surface science, including the boundary research areas of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and materials chemistry. He also appointed as a professor of Univ. Tokyo since 2017. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry; Member of World Economic Forum Expert Network.

  • Masahiro GOTO Masahiro GOTO

    Masahiro GOTO

    Masahiro Goto is the Chief Researcher of International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He received the PhD degree in Faculty of Science at Nagoya University in 1994. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at National Institute for Molecular Science (1994-1995), Research Development Corporation of Japan (1995-1997) and Advanced Science Research Center of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (1997-2000). After he was a researcher at National Research Institute for Metals from 2000.

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