Materials Integration Market, Material Industry

This report was compiled based on an article introduced in our periodical, “Yano E plus” of June 2019 issue.

The method of designing and manufacturing structural materials meeting required performance in a short term – Expected to become a next-generation efficient development tool!

1. Materials Integration and Materials Informatics

2. Why is Material Integration Attracting Attention Now?

1. Difficulty in Material Development
2. Material Integration is a Key Component to Utilize Materials
3. Direct Problems and Inverse Problems in Material Development

3. Major Target Fields of Materials Integration

1. Structural Materials
2. Polymer Materials

4. Forecast in Market Size of Materials Integration

[Figure/Table 1: Forecast in Domestic and Worldwide Market Size of Materials Integration (Value: 2020 – 2040)]

[Figure/Table 2: Forecast in Worldwide Market Size by Target Field of Materials Integration (Value: 2020 – 2040)]

5. Worldwide Trends in Materials Integration

1. United States
2. Europe
3. Japan

[Figure 1: Approach of Material Development]

[Figure 2: Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP)’s “Materials Integration for Revolutionary Design System of Structural Materials” with an Objective Eye]

[Figure 3: Concepts of Materials Integration Project by SIP]

6. Activities of Companies and Research Institutes Related to Materials Integration

1. Kogakuin University

(1) Multi-scaling of Computational Chemistry

[Figure 4: Approach Merging Materials Informatics and Computational Chemistry]

(2) Improvement of Prediction Reliability of Materials Informatics Computation

[Figure 5: Materials Informatics Utilizing Computational Chemistry as a Method of Multi-scaling]

(3) Effective Use of Computed Data

[Figure 6: Example of Making Spectral Theoretical Evaluation of Complex System Efficient by Using Materials Informatics]

2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
3. Tohoku University
4. Hitachi, Ltd.

[Figure 7: Schematic Diagram of Material Data Analysis Support Service]

[Figure 8: Schematic Diagram of Material Data Analysis Environment Provision Service]

5. Yokohama National University

[Figure 9: Results of Dispersion of Various Degrees of Rupture Strength Based on Distribution Characteristic of Microstructure]

[Figure 10: Results of Virtual Test Based on Information Regarding Ceramics Microstructure]

6. Institute of Physical and Chemical Research [RIKEN]

VII. Future Outlook of Materials Integration