Creation of multi-component gel materials utilizing molecular and polymer networks

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K05634
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 35030:Organic functional materials-related
• Research Institution: Nara Women's University (2020-2022); Ashikaga University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Ohsedo Yutaka 奈良女子大学, 工学系, 准教授 (70324811)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 分子性ゲル / ゲル材料 / ヒドロゲル / オルガノゲル / チキソトロピー性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to control or improve the mechanical properties of molecular gels, the principal investigator has studied the multi-component systems of low-molecular-weight gelators and polymer gelators to create novel hybridized molecular gels and evaluated their physical properties for obtaining guidelines for the creation of high-performance molecular gels. Based on the research results on the addition of functions to mixed molecular gels by mixing and multi-componentization that the principal investigator has discovered so far, the hybridization of low-molecular-weight or high-molecular-weight molecular gels with new or known materials was investigated, and new mixed multi-component molecular gels were created in which the network components of the molecular gel of the low-molecular-weight gelator or polymer gelator cooperate with polymer compounds.

Free Research Field

有機材料化学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究代表者が見出した混合化・多成分化による混成系分子性ゲルの創製は、ゲル化剤同士あるいはゲル化剤を母材とする単純な混合により達成できる。本研究では、良好な力学物性を示す混成系分子性ゲル系をいくつか見出したのみならず、電気化学特性を示す半導体性新規混成系分子性ゲルを見出し、かつこれらのさらなる物性向上や機能付与が可能であることが明らかとなった。