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Contents List Feature:Rare Metals Research Hotline In Brief

Front Cover
Front Cover [ PDF:205KB ]

Rare Metals
AIST Rare Metal Task Force [ PDF:1.6MB ]
Rare Earth Magnet without Use of Heavy Rare
Palladium Dependency Reduction / Alternative Hydrogen Separation Membrane
Recycling of Rare Earth Elements
Rare-Earth: Resource Exploration and Development

Research Hotline
UPDATE FROM THE CUTTING EDGE (Apr.−Jun. 2008)
The abstracts of the recent research information appearing in Vol.8 No.4-6 of "AIST TODAY" are introduced here, classified by research area.
For inquiry about the full article, please contact the author via e-mail.
Non-invasive evaluation of arterial stiffness using conventional oscillometric blood pressure measurement
 - A simple method for evaluating arterial stiffness -

Life Science and Biotechnology
A melt-treatment of asbestos by heating with infrared light
- Possible application to an easy and safe treatment for asbestos on site -		 Information Technology and Electronics
A new inorganic binder
- Aiming to develop an environment-friendly ceramic process with the binder -		 Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
High yield separation of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes
- Quite simple, quick and scalable method -
Novel manufacturing technology for magnesium alloy sheets
 - Full-dry hot pressing technology using a diamond-coated die -
Production of thick-film thermoelectric devices using centrifugal force
- One step forward to realization of high-efficiency thermoelectric devices -
A novel and practical method for pressureless sintering of boron carbide
 - New process greatly lowers the cost of manufacturing the hardest and lightest engineering ceramics -
Development of an efficient tandem type dye-sensitized solar cell
- New architecture of dye-sensitized solar cells for higher conversion efficiency -		 Environment and Energy
Accurate measurement of the volume of silicon spheres
- Interferometeric determination of the sphere volume for the redefinition of the kilogram based on an atomic mass -		 Metrology and Measurement Science
Accurate quantification for the environmental pollutants at trace levels
- Accurate quantification using 13C-labeled internal standards -
Development of an optical lattice clock
- Toward the next-generation atomic clock -

In Brief
The 41st Science Advisory Committee of International Science and Technology Center [ PDF: 585KB ]
A Visit by Thailand Minister of Science and Technology
Report on "nano tech 2008" International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference
Thailand NSTDA International Advisory Board and NSTDA Annual Conference
Exhibition at Hannover Messe 2008

Back Cover
Back Cover [ PDF:302KB ]

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