A Brief Introduction of RISC

Research Institute of Synthetic Crystals (formerly known as Research Institute of Non-Metallic Minerals), founded in February 1963, is a high-tech enterprise engaged in researching, manufacturing and developing of synthetic crystals and their products. RISC has been changed into a scientific and technological enterprise since July 1, 1999 and merged into China National Non-Metallic Minerals Industry Corporation (Group) owing to the economic reform in China.

The development strategy that RISC insists on is to take science and technology as the guide, industry as the base, innovation as the motive force and talent as the foundation. An encouragement mechanism and model with our own features, full of competitive ability and vigor will be gradually set up, and stronger ability of scientific research and development and ability of achievements conversion and industrialization have been formed. A versatile talent headed by an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and the state level experts has been built up, which provides a reliable guarantee for the healthy, continuous and rapid development of RISC.

The Party and the State leaders, a former President Li Xiannian, Vice Premier Gu Mu and Councilor Song Jian once came to inspect our institute and to direct our work, which gave us a great concern and support for the development of our institute. Scientific and technological personnel from generation to generation in our institute have been striving not to fall short of the people’s expectations, undertook and completed more than 100 scientific research projects, such as the State Key Scientific and Technological Project, National Programme (863) Project, National Natural Science Funds Project and National Defence War Industry Supplies Project. Growing technologies and preparing technologies for nonlinear optical crystals (KN, KTP, LBO and CLBO), laser crystals (Cr: LiSAF, Cr: LiCAF and Co: MgF₂), infrared optical crystals (CaF₂, MgF₂, ZnS, ZnSe, α-Al₂O₃ and ZnS/diamond, etc.), quartz crystal and its products, scintillating crystals (NaI and CsI), birefringent crystal (YVO4), CVD diamond film and its products, transparent ceramics (MgAl₂O₄ and YAG), glass ceramics and synthetic mica have all reached advanced levels both at home and abroad. RISC was awarded nearly 100 prizes at different levels in scientific researches, including 2 achievements gaining the first National Science and Technology Progress awards, 5 achievements the second National Science and Technology Progress awards and 2 achievements the Dubang Science and Technology Innovation awards. And dozens of inventions have been patented at home and abroad respectively and several thousand articles were carried in domestic and foreign academic publications.

Our Institute lays stress on predominant subjects constructions, and such 4 predominant subjects as optoelectronic functional crystal materials, superhard materials, advanced functional composite materials and synthetic mica insulating materials have come into being. And main high-tech products researched and developed are as follows:

Optoelectronic Functional Crystal Materials: Nonlinear optical crystals, infrared crystals, laser crystals, scintillating crystals, synthetic quartz crystal and its products.

Superhard Materials: Synthetic diamond and diamond tools, diamond film and its products.

Advanced Functional Composite Materials: Superlow expansion glass ceramics, transparent ceramics and AlN based high thermal conductivity composite material and so on.

Synthetic Mica Materials: Mica plates, mica scraps, mica papers, mica tapes and synthetic mica nacreous pigments, etc.

These products are widely used in such fields of military and civil as aviation, spaceflight, weapons, nuclear industry and communication, including the parts used in the Shenzhou Airship, Long March Carried Rocket and East Wind Range of Missile Systems, which made contributions to the causes of the developments of high and new technology and national defence of our country.

Cooperating with some other strategic partners, up-to-date Bright Crystals Technology INC. and Beijing Tiandi Orient Superhard Materials Co., Ltd. have been jointly set up in recent years. Production capacity of synthetic crystals products per year is up to a hundred million RMB, which pushed forward the process of the industrialization of synthetic crystals of our country.

Our institute has followed the new ideas of “setting high demands for the quality, providing qualified products for the customers, keeping forging ahead continuously and creating the cream of the synthetic crystals” to enlarge the domestic market and the world market. Since passing ISO9001 certification, the markets for the products of our institute have been steadily expanded, the quality of products is obtained a guarantee, and the products are sold to more than 30 countries and regions, such as USA, UK, France and Japan.

Carrying forward 40 years splendid achievements and pooling the wisdom of the generation after generation engaging in research work on synthetic crystals and persisting in the management ideas of “Encouragement, Unity, Innovation and Development”, we are eager to make friends at all circles to create a brilliant future for the synthetic crystals hand in hand.