Research Areas of NIHEI Laboratory


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Overview

Materials Engineering is greatly advanced only by tight and interactive co-operation of the field of material formation, material functionalization and material characterization. This laboratory aims at the development of methodology for surface and interface analysis, and for local and micro-volume analysis from the standpoint of material and chemical information analysis. Development of new method for environmental chemical analysis is also aimed at from the standpoint of environmental science. The development of new kinds of instrument, especially based on newly discovered phenomena, and the application of them to new fields is specially emphasized in the projects.

The research activity is currently concentrated to the following three major areas.

  1. Photoelectron Diffraction Studies on Surfaces and Interfaces
    1. X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction Studies on Epitaxial Thin Films
    2. Scanned Energy Photoelectron Diffraction by using a Synchrotron Radiation
    3. Photoelectron Diffraction Phenomena in X-ray Energy Region
    4. Instrumentation of X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction

  2. Instrumentation and Application of Submicron Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
    1. Study on Microanalysis of Solids by using a Focused Ion Beam
    2. Submicron Characterization of Micro Particles and Small Volume Samples by FIB-SIMS
    3. Development of a Three-Dimensional Micro Analysis Method Using Ion and Electron Dual Focused Beams

  3. Environmental Chemical Analysis of Aerosol Particles
    1. Individual Particles Analysis and Source Apportionment of Aerosol Particles in Urban Sites
    2. International Comparison of aerosol Particles in Asia

Supporting Facilities

(Last Update : June 26, 1997)

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