Syntheses of high-performance polyamides by asymmetric reaction of itaconic acid

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24655099
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Polymer chemistry
• Research Institution: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: KANEKO Tatsuo 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, マテリアルサイエンス研究科, 准教授 (20292047)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ポリアミド / イタコン酸 / 重縮合 / ステレオコンプレックス / 高耐熱ポリマー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Bio-based polymers prepared from plant-derived starting-materials are important in the viewpoint of carbon-fixation and renewability. In addition, the bio-based polymers give a new field of functional polymeric materials induced from the specific structures of biomolecules. However the bio-based polymers are not applized very widely because of the low thermal resistance performance. In this project, the polyamides such as NylonTM were newly synthesized one of widely-circulating biomolecules, itaconic acid, and from which we developed high-thermoresistance bioplastics. Moreover the polymers prepared by incorporation of both of L-amino acid and D-amino acid showed a higher crystallization degree, higher thermoresistance, and higher mechanical properties than those prepared by each of L-amino acid and D-amino acid.

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