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Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Reveals Molecular-Level Bonding State of Rubber and Silica

on June 27, 2024 in Industry

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), the J-PARC Center, Yamagata University, Mie University, Kyoto University, and Yokohama Rubber have elucidated the molecular-level bonding state of rubber and silica using spin contrast modulated neutron reflectometry that utilizes neutrons and hydrogen spins. The spin-contrast modulated neutron reflectometry is a method for structural analysis of...

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Major Research Seminar Looks at Natural Rubber From Biomaterial Engineering Perspective

on August 29, 2019 in Industry

The Japanese rubber industry, and tire companies in particular, are carrying out a flurry of activities with regard to sustainable natural rubber. This saw a recent research seminar held to think about natural rubber from the perspective of biomaterial engineering, with backers for the seminar including the Riken Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), the Kyoto University Research Institute for...

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Kyoto University Proves Strength of Sumitomo Rubber’s Miraie Seismic Damper System

on February 13, 2017 in Products

Since Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) launched its Miraie residential-purposed seismic damper units in March 2012, they have gone on to be installed in 18,000 buildings through the end of last year. After earning high praise in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, effectiveness has now also been proven by conducting a full-scale seismic test on Jan. 27 at Kyoto University’s Disaster Prevention...

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