Tohoku University, International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart
Phone +81-22-217-5204
Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577
OutlineOBJECTIVES
Background
Synchrotron radiation is a powerful X-ray, which has a short wavelength.
For the observation of materials wiith light source, the resolution is
limited by the degree of wavelength, so X-rays are necessary to observe
the nano world with light. Since operating the world's first dedicated
accelerator for synchrotron radiation at the Nuclear Research Institute
of the University of Tokyo in 1974, Japan has been a leading runner in
the world of synchrotron radiation science. However, with the development
of high-brightness light sources since the 1990s, the world's highest-level
light sources have been developed: SPring-8 (Harima RIKEN) in the hard
X-ray region and UVSOR-III (Okazaki Molecular Research Institute) in the
extreme ultraviolet region. However, the soft X-ray region is blank, and
science in this region is lagging greatly behind the world.
In a wide range of science and technology fields such as medicine, biology,
chemistry, physics, and material science, it is a big trend of science
to search for the function that it exerts from the combination of atoms
and molecules in the nano world. Synchrotron radiation is the light to
see the nano world, and it is indispensable to various fields. By using
brighter (higher brightness) synchrotron radiation, the nano world can
be seen more clearly and observed even during fast movements.
For this regards, SPring-8 is used in various academic fields in the hard
X-ray region and is being industrially used, but next-generation synchrotron
radiation facility for soft X-rays, which has strengths in lighter elements,
expands the field of science and technology and enables broader industrial
development. For this reason, there are many expectations for next-generation
synchrotron radiation facility, being now constructed on the new extention
of Aobayama campus, Tohoku University.
Tohoku University hence established a new center, International Center
for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, that promotes the fusion of
different fields, including industry, with diverse academic fields and
leads innovation creation. As a result, when the operation will start in
2023, it will be used smoothly and produce useful results so that it will
contribute to the formation of the research complex.
The roles of this center are to lead full-scale cooperation in science
and maintenance of end stations in Beam Lines from design to their utilization
for industry, in corporation with the National Institutes for Quantum and
Radiological Science and Technology (QST) and the Photon Science Innovation
Center (PhoSIC) . Our center will also serve as a hub for collaboration
between overseas research complexes in the “Research Complex Four-Pole
Concept”. For an international scale, we will perform research, education,
and human resource development utilizing next-generation synchrotron radiation
facilities through the cooperation both of universities and facilities.
The Tohoku University has already held the workshop for the utilization
of next-generation synchrotron radiation facilities. For the 1st International
Forum held in April 2019, the world's major 3 GeV class synchrotron radiation
facilities with the considerable universities presented the statement of
cooperation “AOBA Communique” in research, education and human resource
development. We have increased the momentum of cooperation with national
universities and research institutions.
The establishment of this center and the fulfillment of missions will be
promoted with Tohoku University Vision 2030, leading to the formation of
an ecosystem in which the achievements are communicated and the excellent
and challenging human resources and the influx of knowledge continuously
spiral up, being finally the driving force to the formateion of the research
complex.
Objectives
We are utilizing the next-generation synchrotron radiation facility, being now constructing on our campus, we will form the world's highest-level R & D base for industry-academia co-creation that is induced by the fusion of academic challenge and industrial innovation.
We are strategically utilizing this center so that it will be possible to form a research complex consisting of industry, government, and academia, to work on building an innovation ecosystem, and to develop global leaders.
4 missions and 3 research devisions
Four missions of the International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart
- 1. Leading academic research / industry-academia collaboration utilizing next-generation synchrotron radiation
- Pioneering new research areas that also incorporate the perspectives of social science and economics
- 2. Building an innovation system through industry-government-academia collaboration
- Creating new knowledge and fusion of fields that contribute to industry and society
- 3. Formation of international university synchrotron radiation alliance
- Strengthening international competitiveness by forming research networks with overseas synchrotron radiation facilities and collaborative research institutions
- 4. Human resource development utilizing synchrotron radiation facilities
- Leading young researchers who will lead the development of new industries by creating a new field with a broad perspective through the establishment of the Synchrotron Radiation Graduate School Union
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Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart
Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku
Sendai 980-8577
Tohoku Univ.
TEL +81-22-217-5204
FAX +81-22-217-5211
Partner Organization:
Photon Science Innovation Center