National Institute for Materials Science
E422022
independent administrative institution of Japan
national research and development agency
research institute
The National Institute for Materials Science is a leading Japanese research organization dedicated to advanced materials science and technology development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Institute for Materials Science canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4214753 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Institute for Materials Science Context triple: [Tsukuba, hasInstitution, National Institute for Materials Science]
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A.
Institute for Materials Research
The Institute for Materials Research is a leading Japanese research center at Tohoku University specializing in advanced materials science and engineering.
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B.
Frontier Research Institutes for Materials Science
Frontier Research Institutes for Materials Science is a research center at Nagoya Institute of Technology dedicated to advanced, interdisciplinary materials science and engineering research.
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C.
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
The Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research institute dedicated to advanced science and engineering, spanning fields from information technology and robotics to materials and environmental studies.
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D.
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo is a leading interdisciplinary institute focused on pioneering research and innovation across cutting-edge fields in science and technology.
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E.
Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
The Institute for Solid State Physics at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research institute specializing in condensed matter physics and related materials science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Institute for Materials Science Target entity description: The National Institute for Materials Science is a leading Japanese research organization dedicated to advanced materials science and technology development.
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A.
Institute for Materials Research
The Institute for Materials Research is a leading Japanese research center at Tohoku University specializing in advanced materials science and engineering.
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B.
Frontier Research Institutes for Materials Science
Frontier Research Institutes for Materials Science is a research center at Nagoya Institute of Technology dedicated to advanced, interdisciplinary materials science and engineering research.
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C.
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
The Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research institute dedicated to advanced science and engineering, spanning fields from information technology and robotics to materials and environmental studies.
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D.
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo is a leading interdisciplinary institute focused on pioneering research and innovation across cutting-edge fields in science and technology.
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E.
Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
The Institute for Solid State Physics at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research institute specializing in condensed matter physics and related materials science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent administrative institution of Japan
ⓘ
national research and development agency ⓘ research institute ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
international research institutions
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universities in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| employs |
engineers
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graduate student researchers ⓘ materials scientists ⓘ postdoctoral researchers ⓘ |
| field |
biomaterials
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computational materials science ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ electronic materials ⓘ energy materials ⓘ magnetic materials ⓘ materials engineering ⓘ materials science ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ structural materials ⓘ |
| focus |
advanced materials research
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applied materials research ⓘ fundamental materials science ⓘ industrial collaboration in materials science ⓘ international collaboration in materials science ⓘ materials technology development ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Japan ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
materials characterization centers
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nanotechnology research laboratories ⓘ synchrotron and advanced analysis facilities ⓘ |
| headquarters | Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ONNED1 ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ibaraki Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Kanto region ONNED1 ⓘ Tsukuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
to advance materials science and technology for society
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to promote international leadership in materials science ⓘ to support industrial innovation through materials research ⓘ |
| nativeName | 物質・材料研究機構 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ONNED1 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Japan
ⓘ
global materials science community ⓘ |
| researchOutput |
patents in materials technology
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scientific papers in materials science ⓘ |
| shortName | NIMS ONNED1 ⓘ |
| type | non-profit public research organization ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nims.go.jp/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Institute for Materials Science Description of subject: The National Institute for Materials Science is a leading Japanese research organization dedicated to advanced materials science and technology development.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tsukuba