Collaboration

In promoting industry-academia collaboration, AIMR actively carries out joint research and commissioned research with research institutions and corporations at home and abroad. Below are sampling of projects have been conducted.

Battery Industries


  • Cathode material for lithium-air batteries
  • Synthetic processing of multicomponent substances for all-solid-state batteries

Hydrogen Industry


  • Metal-based high-density hydrogen storage materials
  • CO2 emissions reduction: Novel chemical processes for hydrogen co-production

Semiconductor and Information Communication Industries


  • New materials and measurement technologies for magnetoresistive non-volatile memory
  • Photonic integrated circuits using synthetic dimensions and topological edge states


Resource Recycling Industry


  • Highly efficient heat pump with natural refrigerants using nanoporous materials
  • Chemical looping processes by low-temperature hydrocarbon reforming

Co-creation Research Center

The Co-creation Research Center is a liaison point between the university and companies that was established in the university and provides cross-departmental access to university researchers, knowledge, and facilities. This enables the planning and promotion of joint research, human resource development, and the promotion of a variety of collaborative activities, including partnerships with university-launched ventures.

SMM × Tohoku University
GX Materials Science Co-Creation Research Center


3DC–Tohoku U Joint Research Laboratory: Transforming the World with GMS, a New Carbon Material


AZUL Energy x Tohoku University
Bio-Inspired Emergence GX Co-Creation Center


Open Innovation Center

AIMR has an Open Innovation Center with the aim of applying and expanding AIMR’s research achievements in industrial fields.

Applications of hydrogen science and related GX research


One-Stop Service Desk

AIMR conduct various collaborative research with institutes and companies.
Please see the site of "Tohoku University Research Profiles(will open in a new tab) " for more details. If you are considering a collaborative project with AIMR researchers, please contact with One-Stop Service Desk of Industrial Liaison Division, Head Office of Enterprise Partnerships, Tohoku University.