MANA International Symposium 2012

The International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) has been established at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in October 2007 as one of the five research centers selected as part of the World Premier International (WPI) Research Center Initiative, launched by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). In order to develop a sustainable society, MANA intends to open a new paradigm of materials science development based on a new technology system named “materials nanoarchitectonics”, where nanoscale structural units are arranged in desired configuration to create novel functionality by manipulating the interaction between the units.Based on the convergence of nanoarchitectonics technologies, MANA focuses on the 4 research fields, 1) Nano-materials, 2) Nano-system, 3) Nano-green, 4) Nano-bio.

The MANA International Symposium, jointly held with International Center for Young Scientist (ICYS) is organized once a year to disseminate the research results of MANA and ICYS to a wides audience. At the MANA Symposium 2012 we invite many distinguished guests from around the world to discuss the research activities and future directions of MANA. More than 40 oral presentations including 10 invited lectures and 80 poster presentations will be presented for 3 days.

We hope all participants will enjoy the Symposium and obtain fresh inspirations.

The deadline for online registration is 24th February 2012. Registration is free.

For more information, please visit the official website

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Contact

MANA International Symposium 2012 Secretariat

MANA Administrative Office
National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS)
1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN
FAX : +81-29-860-4706
E-mail : MANA-Symposiumnims.go.jp
web : http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/index.html