Our research controls the microstructures of materials on multiscales (i.e., nano-, meso-, and microscales). It involves the manipulation of microstructural properties such as lattice defects, translocations, crystal structures, phase stabilities, and structural morphologies. We use this approach to develop and improve the properties of various novel metal and metallic structural materials, including those used in social infrastructure and next-generation advanced materials. To meet the diverse requirements of modern society, we create novel active structural materials, which exhibit excellent potential as advanced highly-multifunctional structures (e.g., very strong lightweight materials that are biocompatible and highly heat- and corrosion-resistant) and synergistically express novel functions. We achieve this goal by accomplishing the highest degree of multiscale control of microstructures of materials, including morphological control as well as manipulation of the crystal orientation and the atomic arrangement.
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Associate Professor :
Koji Hagihara
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