【详细解释】 The Research Institute for Catalysis at Hokkaido University, founded in 1943, was re-established as the Catalysis Research Center (CRC) in 1989. In 1998, CRC was expanded to a center currently consisting of three divisions with nine areas, (eight professors, seven associate professors, eight research associates) and a Visiting Scientist Division with two areas (two professors (one of the two is a foreign scientist), one associate professor). It is well known that catalysis plays an important role in the areas of environment, energy and nano-technology.