Science & Innovation Center

The Science & Innovation Center is in charge of the mid- and long-term R&D in Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and its Group Companies. and its Group Companies. It also cooperates with R&D Centers which are in charge of short- and mid-term R&D to accelerate R&D, and promotes open innovation with users, academia, venture companies, etc. in and outside Japan.

In the information and electronics field, we have developed products using photopolymer materials and functional pigments based on the catchphrase of “chemistry of light and color.”
Products include materials for displays including color resist, materials for printers including organic photoconductors and sublimation type thermal transfer pigments, and materials for optical recording media including DVDs.

We handle substances including porous zeolite materials.
Zeolite is a generic term for aluminosilicate crystals that have regularly arranged pores. The pore diameter varies depending on the structure. These pores exhibit shape selectivity, ion exchange function, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, and solid acidity, which are the main features of zeolite.
In particular, we have been promoting development to deploy zeolites as water vapor adsorbents, and separation membranes using shape selectivity.