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Cutting edge of ceramic research is rapidly expanding and advancing, being far beyond the traditional scope of ceramics. The primary driving forces for such advanced researches are society’s needs such as to realize safe society as well as researchers’ desire of “want to create a dream material.” The main materials of ceramics are oxides which are the main constituents of the earth’s crust. They are abundant and benign for environment, and have many unique properties, which are not seen in conventional semiconductors and in organic materials. We believe new properties further remain untapped as exemplified by the discovery of high-Tc superconductors.
The Laboratory for Materials and Structures (MSL, formerly The Materials and Structures Laboratory) of Tokyo Institute of Technology is a center of excellence in ceramics research in Japan and has made major contribution to cultivating new frontiers in ceramic research. Ceramic researches have been contributing to true nano-technology through appropriate fusion of the neighboring disciplines. We, thus, launched this international conference as a new forum to stimulate the interaction among different disciplines through the discussion on high-level research outputs.
The first conference was held in 2006 in Shonan, Japan, organized by MSL. After then, MSL, Division of Ceramics Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology and National Institute for Materials Science have organized the series of STAC conferences. This is the fourteenth conference, and will be accompanied by special sessions of ‘MDX Special Session: Materials DX’. The program will feature approximately 30 invited talks, contributed oral and poster presentations, and a banquet. Anybody interested in the following areas is welcome to participate.
M. Hara (Tokyo Tech, Japan)
E-Mail: mazuma@msl.titech.ac.jp Dr. M. Azuma Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
E-Mail: kamiya.t.aa@m.titech.ac.jp Dr. Toshio Kamiya MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
