Development of stretchable materials inspired by the motion of pantograph

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14074
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Polymer/Textile materials
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Honda Satoshi 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 助教 (10711715)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 分子機械 / 開環重合 / 高分子機械 / 主鎖型高分子機械 / 高分子トポロジー / 粘弾性 / 流動性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ring opening polymerization of novel cyclic molecular machines with tunable ring strain was carried out and main-chain molecular machine polymers was synthesized. This study also targeted tuning of viscoelasticity based on repeatable transformation of macromolecular topology and solvent-free conversion of liquid and nonliquid states upon UV irradiation to network poly(dimethyl siloxane) was achieved.

Free Research Field

高分子合成