2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Molecular-Sized Tunnel-Porous Crystal with a Ratchet Gear Structure and Its One-way Guest-Molecule Transportation Property
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23651113
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Nanomaterials/Nanobioscience
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011
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| Keywords | 結晶工学 / 有機フッ素化合物 / ブラウニアン・ラチェット / ブラウニアン・ポンプ / 異方性ナノ細孔 / ボトムアップ・ナノテクノロジー / 熱の高度利用 / 単結晶X線構造解析 |
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| Research Abstract |
Using the crystal engineering process, we constructed an asymmetric tunnel crystal that acted as a molecular-sized linear ratchet motor. The crystal changed the distribution of guest molecules from uniformly distributed to distributed on only one side in a macro-length tunnel. Here, the guest molecules in the tunnel should be stabilized equally by the tunnel wall. The guest molecules simply changed their locations in the tunnel. The movement of the guest molecules would be caused by thermal fluctuation of the crystal lattice.
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