Development of light-electron active ionic liquids

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13986
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Functional solid state chemistry
• Research Institution: National Institute for Materials Science
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Yuka 国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 機能性材料研究拠点, 主幹研究員 (80334316)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: イオン液体 / 光異性化 / 電気伝導性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Novel ionic liquid materials, which are responsive for an electric field and light, have been developed. First, light-responsive ionic liquid with an azobenzene unit was synthesized, and then confirmed to carry out a transformation reaction between trans-form to cis-form under irradiation of light in ultraviolet and visible regions. We also succeeded to develop electric-field responsive ionic liquid, which possibly conducts direct current. Furthermore, a novel Si-substrate has been developed, which is able to evaluate electrical conductivity of electric-field responsive ionic liquid accurately even for using a small quantity of the sample with micron litter order.

Free Research Field

物性化学