Light-Driven Cellulose Nanocrystals Enabled by Photochromic Molecular Switch

• Project/Area Number: 24K17577
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 28010:Nanometer-scale chemistry-related
• Research Institution: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
• Principal Investigator: HASSAN Fathy 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, パイ共役ポリマーユニット, ポストドクトラルスカラー (70986504)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2026-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: Sustainable materials

Outline of Research at the Start

Sustainable materials.
Light-driven assembly-disassembly property.
Photo-switchable Pickering emulsions.
Optically tunable RGB reflections.