Aerogel Factory Co., Ltd.

Aerogel Factory

Aerogel Factory Co., Ltd.

Transparent, monolithic silica aerogels have been developed over 25 years at Chiba University under the support of the Japanese experimental particle- and nuclear-physics community. Our company inherits the production technology and conducts research and development, manufacturing, and sales.

We are accepting purchase orders for silica aerogels for mainly academic research. We have delivered aerogels with refractive indices of 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.045, and 1.05 for use as Cherenkov radiators thus far (as of May 2022). It is also possible to manufacture aerogels with higher and lower refractive indices. Please get in touch with us!

E-mail:　inquiry@aerogel-factory.co.jp

Aerogels with refractive indices ranging from 1.003 to 1.18 have been developed at Chiba University and have practical use in scientific experiments. We design aerogels with optimum characteristics according to each experiment. We also manufacture ultralow density aerogels for capturing hypervelocity dust.

Highly transparent for visible light (particularly in short wavelengths (~400 nm).
Well-controlled refractive index (e.g., at 405 nm wavelength).
Monolithic blocks with no cracking.

Company Profile

Company name　　　　Aerogel Factory Co., Ltd.
Date of foundation　　　　　June 2, 2021
Representative director　　　　Makoto Tabata, Ph.D. in Physics
Location　　　　401 KCRC Building, Chiba University Campus, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-0022, Japan
Website　　　　https://www.aerogel-factory.jp/