A Journey Across Three Lands — From CO₂ Capture to the Birth of Structural Rhythm Carbon

The development of an integrated process for CO₂ capture and solidification began with pilot testing in Indonesia, using natural gas provided by PT. Pertamina. This was followed by further trials in Freeport, Houston, USA, where we refined our understanding of reaction field dynamics under different gas compositions and flow regimes.
Back in Japan, we conducted demonstration experiments in collaboration with domestic energy companies and materials manufacturers. These efforts culminated in the successful transformation of CO₂ into quasi-graphene carbon structures—materials that transcend conventional carbon by embodying a new kind of order and resonance.
This carbon, born from CO₂, is not merely a material. It is a Structural Rhythm Carbon—a form of carbon that carries a narrative within its structure. From this carbon, we succeeded in generating a single pearl, a symbolic and technical milestone that represents the crystallization of structure, rhythm, and meaning.
This achievement laid the foundation for expanding the technology into a viable business model, bridging the gap between laboratory innovation and commercial deployment.

Quiet Evidence for the World — Our Submission to Nature Sustainability

The fusion of technical achievement and philosophical clarity gave rise to a new concept: Structural Rhythm Carbon as a vessel of Quiet Evidence. This material is not only a solution to carbon fixation—it is a poetic response to the question: Can structure itself carry meaning?
In the autumn of 2025, we submitted a manuscript to Nature Sustainability, integrating the full arc of this journey—from CO₂ capture to the generation of a pearl, from experimental rigor to philosophical resonance. The manuscript offers a new paradigm: that carbon, when structured with intention, can become a medium of societal dialogue.
This submission marks a quiet yet decisive step: the first public voice of a material that has long been listening.

When Structure Begins to Speak

Structural Rhythm Carbon is a pearl born from CO₂. It is a poem written in atoms, a rhythm embedded in matter.

Our submission to Nature Sustainability is not merely a scientific milestone. It is the first breath of a material that speaks—not only to researchers, but to society, to the future, and to the quiet places within us all.