| Project/Area Number |
18550194
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Polymer/Textile materials
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| Research Institution | Kyoto Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
JINNAI Hiroshi Kyoto Institute of Technology, Graduate Schoolof Seicnce and Technology, Associate Professor (20303935)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NISHIKAWA Yukihiro Kyoto Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor (60332285)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,150,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
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| Keywords | Transmission Electron Microtomography / Nano-composite / Three-dimensional analysis / Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy / 透過型電子線トモグラフィー法 / 電子エネルギー損失分光法 / 電子線ダメージ低減 |
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| Research Abstract |
The three-dimensional (3D) morphology of particulate fillers embedded in a rubbery matrix was examined by transmission electron microtomography (TEMT). Two types of nano-fillers, i.e., carbon black (CB) and silica (Si) nano-particles, were used as the nano-fillers. Although the CB and Si nano-particles were difficult to distinguish by conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEIM), they appeared different by TEMT; the CB and Si nano-particles appeared to be hollow and solid particles in the cross-sectional images of the TEMT 3D reconstruction, respectively, demonstrating that TEMT itself provided a unique particle-discriminative function. The nano-particles were found to than aggregates in the matrix. It is intriguing that each aggregate was made of only one species; not a single aggregate contained both the CB and Si nano-particles A particle-packing algorithm was developed to estimate the positions of each primary nano-particle inside the aggregates.
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