Center for Materials Research
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The Center for Materials Research is a research institute at the Naval Postgraduate School focused on advancing the science and engineering of materials for defense and related applications.
All labels observed (1)
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| Center for Materials Research canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4681635 — 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: Center for Materials Research Context triple: [Naval Postgraduate School, hasResearchCenter, Center for Materials Research]
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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.
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
The Institute of Materials Science and Engineering is a specialized research and academic unit at Hanoi University of Science and Technology focused on advanced materials, their properties, and engineering applications.
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C.
Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology
The Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology is a research and education institute focused on advanced materials, nanoscience, and nanotechnology.
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Center for Functional Nanomaterials
The Center for Functional Nanomaterials is a U.S. Department of Energy user facility dedicated to research and development in nanoscience and nanotechnology, providing advanced tools and expertise for studying and engineering materials at the nanoscale.
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E.
Department of Materials Science
The Department of Materials Science is an academic unit specializing in the study, development, and engineering of materials and their properties within Volgograd State Technical University.
- 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: Center for Materials Research Target entity description: The Center for Materials Research is a research institute at the Naval Postgraduate School focused on advancing the science and engineering of materials for defense and related applications.
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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.
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
The Institute of Materials Science and Engineering is a specialized research and academic unit at Hanoi University of Science and Technology focused on advanced materials, their properties, and engineering applications.
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C.
Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology
The Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology is a research and education institute focused on advanced materials, nanoscience, and nanotechnology.
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Center for Functional Nanomaterials
The Center for Functional Nanomaterials is a U.S. Department of Energy user facility dedicated to research and development in nanoscience and nanotechnology, providing advanced tools and expertise for studying and engineering materials at the nanoscale.
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Department of Materials Science
The Department of Materials Science is an academic unit specializing in the study, development, and engineering of materials and their properties within Volgograd State Technical University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
materials research center
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research institute ⓘ |
| activity |
collaborates with defense laboratories
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collaborates with industry partners ⓘ conducts applied research in materials ⓘ conducts basic research in materials ⓘ supports graduate education ⓘ supports thesis research ⓘ |
| affiliation | Naval Postgraduate School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
applied physics
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electronic materials ⓘ energy materials ⓘ functional materials ⓘ materials characterization ⓘ nanomaterials ⓘ structural materials ⓘ |
| focus |
defense applications
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materials engineering ⓘ materials science ⓘ military technology ⓘ |
| location | Monterey, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Naval Postgraduate School research enterprise ⓘ |
| purpose |
advance engineering of materials for defense
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advance science of materials for defense ⓘ support Naval Postgraduate School research mission ⓘ |
| researchArea |
composites
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corrosion and protection ⓘ materials for extreme environments ⓘ mechanical behavior of materials ⓘ microstructure-property relationships ⓘ thin films and coatings ⓘ |
| sector | defense research ⓘ |
| serves |
U.S. Department of Defense
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Center for Materials Research Description of subject: The Center for Materials Research is a research institute at the Naval Postgraduate School focused on advancing the science and engineering of materials for defense and related applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.