Inventions of the high functional rubber materials by the control of the surface nano structures

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K18227
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Composite materials/Surface and interface engineering
• Research Institution: Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Honda Koji 兵庫県立工業技術センター, その他部局等, 主任研究員 (20553085)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ゴム材料 / フッ素材料 / 高分子表面 / ぬれ性 / ナノインプリント / 微細構造 / 超撥水 / ぬれの異方性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The surface properties of the rubber materials were controlled by the addition of the fluorine-containing copolymers and the fabrication of nano-structures.In thi study, the surface nano-structures of the rubber materials with fluorinated polymers were fabricated by nano-imprint lithography and that of wettability was investigated.
It was clarified that nano-structure could be formed in the rubber surface. Then, the rubber surface with nano-structures were confirmed the high functional wettability, for instance the super hydrophobicity and the anisotropic wetting.

Free Research Field

高分子表面