Development of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in Aqueous Dispersed Systems and Synthesis of Functional Polymer Particles

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25288054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Polymer chemistry
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Okubo Masayoshi 神戸大学, 工学研究科, 名誉教授 (30031131)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 竹内 俊文 神戸大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (70179612)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MINAMI Hideto 神戸大学, 大学工学研究科, 准教授 (20283872) ; SUZUKI Toyoko 神戸大学, 大学工学研究科, 助教 (40314504)
• Research Collaborator: CHAIYASAT Amorn ; CHAIYASAT Preeyaporn Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Faculty of Science and Technology
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 制御・リビングラジカル重合 / 乳化重合 / マイクロサスペンション重合 / 蓄熱材 / カプセル / 微粒子 / 異形 / バイオセンサー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have tried to apply controlled/living radical polymerization (CLRP), which has been so far mainly developed in homogeneous systems, to aqueous dispersed systems and gotten better harvests than expected. Especially, development of emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization, synthesis of high molecular weight (>10e6), monodisperse polystyrene particles, Syntheses of Janus type nonspherical polymer particles by applying CLRP at the limited locus of polymerization at a particle surface, high performance heat storage microcapsule particles, micrometer-size hydrophilic polymer particles without submicrometer-size byproduct particles, and polymer particles having biosensor functionality have been successfully conducted. These results will contribute to overcoming the long-standing problem and creation of novel functional polymer particles.

Free Research Field

高分子コロイド科学