General-purpose aluminum alloy (Al-Mg-Si alloy)

From aluminum sashes and doors to car bodies
Characteristics: It is easy to process, has excellent corrosion resistance, and its strength increases by aging treatment after finishing, so it is very easy to use.
Goal: Since it is used as a material for automobiles, it is necessary to further increase its strength. In order to increase the strength, the atom aggregate is miniaturized and the atomic arrangement in the fine aggregate is controlled.

Highest strength aluminum alloy (Al-Zn-Mg alloy)

Expanded from baseball bats to hydrogen storage containers.
Characteristics: It is the strongest of all aluminum alloys, but it is too strong and brittle.
Goal: Develop a fuel cell container for automobiles by transforming into a material with excellent spreadability.
Since this material has a fine structure peculiar to this material and has a locally weak portion, that portion is eliminated to provide high spreadability. At the same time, we will clarify the location of hydrogen and develop a method to prevent the material from being destroyed by hydrogen.

Material for practical use (the basic characteristics are still unknown)

Characteristic: It is the lightest of all practical alloys and can be applied with the same heat treatment method as aluminum alloys. On the other hand, it has poor heat resistance and corrosion resistance.
Goal: Promote heat resistance and elucidate basic characteristics of materials.　
Addition of rare earths, zinc, and aluminum to magnesium has a characteristic microstructure and produces unique characteristics.

General-purpose copper alloy (Cu-Zn alloy: brass)

Characteristic: It is nourished in various shapes because it is easy to process.
Goal: Strengthen general-purpose materials and aim for further expansion of applications
Utilizing a special reaction (bainite reaction), we develop a favorable strength material that was not previously available.

Corson alloy (Cu-Ni-Si alloy)

Characteristics: By adding general-purpose nickel and silicon, the strength can be easily increased.
Goal: Clarify the basic characteristics of the material as it is a developing material
(Copper alloys that succeeded in improving strength (age hardening treatment) by heat treatment had to be used with unwieldy and special elements such as beryllium and titanium, but this alloy revealed its strengthening mechanism as it is effective by applying the elements that have been conventionally used.)

Metal-based material (Ni3Sn)

Characteristics: It is stable as a superconducting material and is a general-purpose practical material.
Goal: Clarify the effect of additional elements in order to further promote the formation of wires and thin films for superconducting materials.

Materials with new functions by combining metals and ceramics

Characteristics: A material that combines the ductility of aluminum with the synthesis of ceramics, and also shares the light emitting properties, magnetism, superconducting properties, and photocatalytic properties.
Goal: Develop a material that has multiple functions, not a specialized single-function material.

Functional thin film

Characteristics: It becomes an excellent tool by attaching a ceramic thin film to the surface of steel.
Goal: Since thin film coating technology is a special research field and there is a gap between research and development and manufacturing of practical materials, we will eliminate the gap.