Development of anisotropic nanocomposite gel by magnetic alignment of clay

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13790
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Polymer/Textile materials
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: Yamato Masafumi 首都大学東京, 都市環境科学研究科, 准教授 (40244420)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ヒドロゲル / 磁場配向 / クレイ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we succeeded in creating an anisotropic NC gel by using montmorillonite as a clay. However, the obtained NC gel was very fragile compared to the NC gel made with Laponite. This is because the crosslinking density is small. Mixed clay NC gels mixing laponite with high crosslinking point effect were also prepared. It was suggested that the orientation of laponite was induced by the influence of the oriented montmorillonite in the mixed clay NC gel. Currently, development of composite type NC gel with clay having liquid crystallinity and investigation of mechanical measurement are aimed at development of high strength anisotropic NC gel.

Free Research Field

高分子構造・物性