Structural Control and Functions for Poly(vinyl alcohol)

• Project/Area Number: 15K13707
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Polymer chemistry
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Sawamoto Mitsuo 京都大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (90150325)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 高分子合成 / 高分子構造・物性 / ナノ材料 / 生体材料 / 自己組織化 / 配列 / 水素結合 / 鋳型

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Poly(vinyl alcohol) and the copolymers are one of fundamental functional polymers showing the hydroxy pendant-oriented properties that are derived from the hydrophilic and hydrogen bonding features. In this research, sequence-controlled copolymers containing hydroxy pendant units were prepared and the sequence-specifc functions were clarified.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Alternating Sequence Control for Carboxylic Acid and Hydroxy Pendant Groups by Controlled Radical Cyclopolymerization of a Divinyl Monomer Carrying a Cleavable Spacer (2016)
  • Author(s): Makoto Ouchi, Marina Nakano, Tomoya Nakanishi, and Mitsuo Sawamoto
  • Journal Title: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Volume: 55 Issue: 47 Pages: 14584-14589
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607169
  • NAID: 120006708250
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Ring-Expansion Living Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers: Optimized Ring Propagation (2015)
  • Author(s): H. Kammiyada, M. Ouchi, M. Sawamoto
  • Journal Title: Macromolecular Symposia Volume: 350 Issue: 1 Pages: 105-116
  • DOI: 10.1002/masy.201400044
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Living Cationic Polymerization and Living Radical Polymerization: Development and Future (2016)
  • Author(s): Mitsuo Sawamoto
  • Organizer: The World Congress on Living Polymerizations and Polymers (LPP16)
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest (Hungary)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Precision Polymers by Precision Polymerizations: Structural Control and Func- tions (2016)
  • Author(s): Mitsuo Sawamoto
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Polymer and Related Materials
  • Place of Presentation: Harbin (China)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Precision Polymerization for Precision Functional Polymers (2016)
  • Author(s): Mitsuo Sawamoto
  • Organizer: Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: Potsdam (Germany)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Precision Functional Polymers by Precision Polymerization (2015)
  • Author(s): Mitsuo Sawamoto
  • Organizer: The 14th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC15)
  • Place of Presentation: Kauai, Hawaii (U. S. A.)
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-09
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Precision Functional Polymers by Precision Polymerizations: A Bridge from Polymer Chemistry to Polymer Physics (2015)
  • Author(s): Mitsuo Sawamoto
  • Organizer: The 250th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
  • Place of Presentation: Boston (U. S. A.)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-16
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Remarks] 京都大学大学院工学研究科高分子化学専攻高分子生成論分野 webページ
  • URL: http://living.polym.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html