2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Dynamics of highly ordered structure in soft matter under temperature gradient
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24740283
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics/Chemical physics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University (2013)
The University of Tokyo (2012) |
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Principal Investigator |
KURITA Rei 首都大学東京, 理工学研究科, 准教授 (20579908)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ソフトマター / 温度勾配 / 非平衡 |
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| Research Abstract |
Surfactant molecules consist of hydrophobic part and hydrophilic part. Surfactants have membrane when they mix with water. In addition, membranes make two topological different phases, which are lamella phase and sponge phase. Now we apply temperature gradient to the lamella phase and we observe energy transportation in the lamella phase. In lamella phases, we can observe line defects, which are energetically unfavored structure. However, we found that the line defects play quite important roles in the energy transport under temperature gradient. Our results imply that defects are crucial under temperature gradient system such as the real world.
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