Creation of novel polymer gels consisting of block copolymer network

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20750095
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Polymer chemistry
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	OKABE Satoshi Kyushu University, 大学院・理学研究院, 助教 (80452738)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords	ブロック共重合体 / 高分子ゲル / 相分離 / 相転移
Research Abstract	Investigation has been carried out on a novel method of polymer crosslinking in order to prepare novel type of polymer gels. The method utilizes silica nano-particles whose surfaces are modified to have a large number of vinyl groups so that the particles are able to be included in polymer gels as multi-functional crosslinks through polymerization with vinyl monomers in aqueous media.