Challenge to fabricate "ultra-low-density" porous sheets and fibers by controlling self-emulsification phenomenon

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K19892
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 90:Biomedical engineering and related fields
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Murakami Yoshihiko 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00339748)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-07-09 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: シート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, we applied "ultra-low density" porous material fabrication method to the fabrication of various materials such as sheets, aiming to elucidate the behavior of emulsions in the material fabrication process and to establish a technology for hybridization of colloidal materials. As a result, the behavior of self-emulsifying emulsions (especially during sheet formation) was clarified, and it was found that the physical properties (such as pore diameters) and drug release properties of the sheet can be controlled.

Free Research Field

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「超低密度」のファイバーやシートは、柔軟性が高い人工神経や、細胞培養速度が極めて速い再生医療用の足場材料などの実現にもつながり、患者の治療期間の短縮（医療費の軽減）などの社会的な波及効果も高い。