MEMBERS
Research Team Leader
Dr. Yusuke HIRAYAMA
- Specialty
- Metal nanoparticle synthesis, Magnetic materials & evaluation
- Society
- Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy, The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, The Magnetics Society of Japan
- Research Theme
- Yusuke Hirayama focuses on a development of various kinds of functional materials, especially for permanent magnetic materials and metal matrix composites which allow to control heat and electron, based on a metal nano powder synthesis technology.
Senior Researcher
Dr. Wataru YAMAGUCHI
- Specialty
- Nanomaterials engineering, Electron spectroscopies
- Society
- The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy
- Research Theme
- Wataru Yamaguchi is in charge of producing high quality magnetic powders for sintering by way of development of low-oxygen pulverizing technology. Additionally, by making full use of a powder nano-coating technique, he researches on grain-boundary engineering.
Senior Researcher
Dr.Mingjun LI
- Specialty
- Solidification; Crystal growth; Structural control
- Society
- The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
- Research Theme
- Mingjun Li is engaged with the solidification of metals and alloys under various external fields, e.g., a magnetic field, and/or an electromagnetic field to control solidification structures.
Senior Researcher
Dr. Akihide HOSOKAWA
- Specialty
- Permanent magnet materials, Nanocrystalline materials, Metal forming
- Society
- Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy, The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
- Research Theme
- Akihide Hosokawa's ultimate goal is to develop a new class of commercially available ultra-strong permanent magnets via microstructural control techniques. His particular research interest includes the following two.
(I) Production of bulk Sm-Fe-N magnets via economical processes
(II) Development of bulk nanocomposite magnets (also known as exchange spring magnets)
Senior Researcher
Dr. Jungryang KIM
- Specialty
- Synthesis of magnetic powder, Rare-earth magnet
- Society
- The Magnetics Society of Japan, Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy
- Research Theme
- Development of new rare-earth magnets by the reduction diffusion process.
Senior Researcher
Dr. Jian WANG
- Specialty
- Magnetic nanoparticle, Ordered alloy,Microstructural analysis and engineering
- Society
- Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy, The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, The Magnetics Society of Japan, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- Research Theme
- Jian Wang's current research focus on the development of new magnetic nanopowders for permanent magnet applications. Meanwhile, he also dedicates on the mechanism study and optimization of the fabricated nanopowders via the microstructure engineering for high magnetic performance.
Researcher
Dr.Kwangjae PARK
- Specialty
- Composite materials, Permanent magnet materials, Metal nanoparticle
- Society
- Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy, The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
- Research Theme
- Kwangjae Park's research goal is the development of high-performance nanocomposite materials with novel microstructures using the non-oxidized metal nanoparticles.