In our Laboartory, we are developing new functional materials that take advantage of novel properties characteristic of the ultrafine particles with sizes ranging from submicrons to nanometers in diameter. One of our research subjects is to develop basic techniques for fabricating new materials by metal or semiconductor clusters deposited on substrates (cluster engineering).
　Another research subject is to develop new materials related to energy. This includes passive solar materials, solar cells, high temperature superconducting materials, and so on.

　1. Basic research on cluster engineering

　(1) developing new techniques for generating clusters and　ultrafine particles.
　(2) Developing techniques for stable deposition of clusters on　substrates.
　(3) Search for new chemical and physical properties of deposited clusters.
　(4) Simulations of cluster-substrate interactions based on 1st　principle calculation.

　2. Development of energy-related new materials

　(1) Chromic materials(electro,thermo and piezo chromic)
　(2) Heat insulating materials with ultra high efficiency
　(3) Dye-sensitized wet solar cells
　(4) Efficient substrates for solar cells
　(5) Cluster based materials with new optical properties
　(6) Application of metal-oxide superconducting materials
　(7) New materials for retaining hydrogen
　(8) Protecting materials from high-temperature water vapor in a hydrogen combustion engines 　
　(9) Conjugate materials

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