2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of ionic liquids for bioscience
Project/Area Number |
21225007
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Functional materials/Devices
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Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Principal Investigator |
OHNO Hiroyuki 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00176968)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKAMURA Nobuhumi 東京農工大学, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (60313293)
MORISHIMA Keisuke 大阪大学大, 学院工学研究科, 教授 (60359114)
MIZUMO Tomonobu ㈱メドレックス, 研究員 (90436676)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009-05-11 – 2014-03-31
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Keywords | イオン液体 / タンパク質 / バイオマス / エネルギー変換 / 細胞 / 機能制御 |
Research Abstract |
Many novel ionic liquids have been synthesized to support several different fields of bio-science. Following four subjects have been carried out in this project. (1) We have succeeded to synthesize novel ionic liquids (ILs) to dissolve biomass and extract useful materials such as cellulose. (2) We have proposed new methods to detect material conversion of such a cellulose into other chemicals in ILs as well as changes in molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the extracted polysacchar ides in the ILs. Then (3) ethanol, one of products from biomass, was used to generate electricity with the aid of enzymes in suitably-designed ILs. (4) Design of ILs as a protection fluid for cells has also been carried out to keep bio-activity of cells under air. Long term stability is a future task.
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Research Products
(49 results)