Organizers:

Representative

Correspondence

Scope:

The elements such as noble and rare earth metal elements are very important from application viewpoint because of their valuable characteristics. They are also used frequently as doping elements to enhance the properties and characteristics of other materials for targeted applications. Most of these elements are unevenly distributed on the earth and some are going to be exhausted. Therefore prioritized promotions are expected to develop new functional nanostructured materials for their substitution using newly developed nanostructure control and observation techniques. Especially, international collaborative researches will be more effective for these promotions.
These new materials are expected surely to have new or improved characteristics. Some successes have also been achieved in this direction. Simultaneously, because these achievements are very important and should be easily obtained by one who needs them, the construction of the database for new or alternative materials is desirable.

The aims of this session are as follows:

(1) To have a wide ranging discussion about the new properties of nanotech based materials and availability of them for the substitution of rare metals.

(2) To offer the place to prepare the international collaborative researches.

(3) To discuss how to construct the database for new or alternative materials.

Topics:

• Reducing of rare metal usage
• Rare metal free batteries
• Rare metal recycling
• Computer simulations for development of alternative materials
• Construction of the database for new or alternative materials