2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Creation of novel nano structures at room/low temperature utilising critical fluids
| Project/Area Number |
24656148
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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 |
Thermal engineering
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| Research Institution | Toyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
MAEKAWA Toru 東洋大学, 理工学部, 教授 (40165634)
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| Research Collaborator |
KATSUBE Yoshihiro 東洋大学大学院学際, 融合科学研究科
WHITBY Raymond School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences University of Brighton
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | Critical fluids / Nanostructures / Nano materials / Carbon nanotubes / Self-assembly |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
New methodologies for synthesising functional carbon nano materials via self-assembly utilising critical fluids were developed. Metal-filling carbon nanoparticles, carbon nano fibres, carbon nano coils and magnetic carbon nanotubes were synthesised by mixing metallocenes with critical fluids such as benzene and acetone and irradiating a UV laser into the fluids. The operational temperature was low since the critical temperature of the fluids is relatively low. The present synthetic methodologies are so simple that they can easily be applied to the production of other types of functional nano materials such as magnetic fullerene and graphene.
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| Free Research Field |
Nanoscience/nanotechnology
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