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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Establishes Sulfur Battery Knowledge Exchange Network

on April 12, 2024 in Industry

Sumitomo Rubber and Adeka established on April 1 the Sulfur Battery Business Creation Study Group as a forum for corporate co-creation with a view to creating a business for sulfur batteries, which are expected to become next-generation batteries. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) will be the representative organizer, with the Osaka Industrial Technology Research Institute...

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AIST and AGC Develop New Material for High Performance Elastic Adhesive

on April 8, 2024 in Innovation

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and AGC have developed a new material for high-performance elastic adhesives that enables the manufacture of new rubber materials with excellent elasticity and durability. Adhesives made from this material will be able to absorb vibration energy caused by strong external forces through expansion and contraction. Elastic adhesives are used for...

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Research Group Succeeds in Measuring Carbon Particle and Polymer Movement in Rubber

on September 15, 2023 in Innovation

Using tire rubber as a sample, a joint industry-academia research group has succeeded in measuring the movement of carbon particles, one of the fillers used in tire rubber, and polymers with a time resolution of 890 nanoseconds (one billionth of a second), the fastest in the world. The group includes Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Director of the Analysis Center, Research and Development...

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Sumitomo Riko, AIST Revamp Automotive Test Course With Six New Special Road Surfaces

on October 22, 2021 in Industry

Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have improved part of the test course facilities set up at AIST’s Tsukuba North site. Coming as part of a collaborative research effort, this has seen six types of special road surface set up on the course – where testing on these new surfaces...

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AIST, Tokyo University Codevelop Rubber Composite Material With Heat Conductivity Similar to Metal

on March 5, 2020 in Industry, Innovation

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has worked with the University of Tokyo to develop a rubber composite material that offers heat conductivity on par with that of metal. This was achieved by dispersing two kinds of carbon fiber – specifically carbon nanofiber (CNF) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) – as fillers throughout polyrotaxane, a type of...

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Yokohama Rubber, AIST, ADMAT Develop System for High-Yield Butadiene Production from Bioethanol

on August 1, 2019 in Industry

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has carried out joint R&D efforts with two academic partners to develop a catalyst system with the world’s highest productivity for creating butadiene from bioethanol. The company has then also been successful at using this butadiene in the synthesis of butadiene rubber. For its research here, Yokohama Rubber worked with the National Institute of Advanced...

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