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.
Chief Senior Researcher
Zheng LIU
- Specialty
- Transmission electron microscopy, nanomaterials
- Society
- The Japanese Society of Microscopy
- Research Theme
- Structural evaluation of various materials using transmission electron microscopy
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. 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.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.