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Welcome address
Teruo Kishi
Chief Project Officer, MANA
President, NIMS
After the inauguration of MANA in October 2007, we have continued to search for the
best structure of the organization of MANA as a world premier international research center
supported by MEXT. As a result, one year after the inauguration, in October 2008, MANA
was restructured as follows. The previous grouping into five research fields based on the
key technologies was changed to a new grouping into four research fields: 1) Nano-
Materials, 2) Nano-System, 3) Nano-Green, and 4) Nano-Bio. At the 2 nd MANA International
Symposium, we would like to present the research directions of these four fields.
The unchanged goal of MANA is based on our conviction that materials are the
mother of science and technology. We therefore believe that many of future technologies
necessary for the sustainable development of our society in the 21 st century cannot be
realized without the development of novel materials. To meet the demand, MANA is
attempting to open a new paradigm of materials development based on a new technology
system named “materials nanoarchitectonics”, where nanoscale structural units are
arranged in a desired configuration to create new functionality by manipulating the
interaction between the units. This challenge is tackled with the innovative development
and integration of five key technologies: a) novel atom and molecule manipulation, b)
controlled self-organization, c) chemical nanostructure manipulation, d) field-induced
materials control, and e) theoretical modeling and designing. By advancing research in this
new realm, MANA will open a new paradigm of materials development that can assure
significant contributions to our society in such forms as environmental and energy
sustainability, next-generation computation and communication, and regenerative medicine.
At this 2 nd
MANA International Symposium, presentations are made by a wide variety
of speakers, i.e. distinguished scientists as invited speakers and a special lecturer, several
MANA Principal Investigators, MANA Scientists, and young MANA Independent Scientists.
We hope all participants to this symposium will obtain fresh inspiration from the
presentations and mutual discussions.