| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Molecular mechanism of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) stereocomplexation is still not well-understood. In this work, we tried to observe the stereocomplexation process from isolated chains by atomic force microscopy. We solubilized a small amount of stereoregular PMMAs in a matrix monolayer as isolated chains, then, compressed the mixed monolayer to form stereocomplex. We successfully observed stereocomplexes composed of a few PMMA chains, in which only a part of it- and st-PMMA chains gathered and formed a stereocomplex with the residual chains emanated from it. We believe that further detailed study will improve our understanding of molecular mechanism of PMMA stereocomplexation.
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