2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
New developments in polymer science through polymer chain imaging : empirical foundation research using scanning near-field optical microscopy
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18105005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Polymer chemistry
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Shinzaburo Kyoto University, 大学院・工学研究科, 教授 (50127049)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OHKITA Hideo 京都大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 准教授 (50301239)
AOKI Hiroyuki 京都大学, 先端医工学研究ユニット, 准教授 (90343235)
BENTEN Hiroaki 京都大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 助教 (60422995)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2010
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| Keywords | 高分子構造 / 近接場光学 / 走査顕微鏡 / 蛍光法 / 単一分子鎖 / 高分子薄膜・表面 |
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| Research Abstract |
The spatial dimensions ranging from 10nm to 100nm, which is called the critical length in polymer science, have been visualized by scanning near-field optical microscopy with an extremely high sensitivity and a high resolution. This emerging technology enabled us to show up the real images of single polymer chains embedded in polymer matrices and molecular assemblies. Consequently, the macroscopic physical properties and functions of polymeric materials, that used to be studied by statistics and/or analytical models, have come to be molecular level subjects investigated from a real image of polymer chain.
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