Functions and Activities of Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, for Catalysis Research Communities

Materialization of sustainable society that balances the economy and the natural environment has been high priority. For this issue, catalysis has been regarded as a key technology and there is no doubt that catalysis researches have to be greatly promoted everywhere in the world in order to sustain and to secure the nature, the life, and the society. Recent activities of Catalysis Research Center in Hokkaido University for contributing to the above issues are introduced.