Creation of new functions by actively controlling location of an anisotropic sphere in confinement of hollow particles

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25600001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Nanostructural chemistry
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NAGAO Daisuke 東北大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50374963)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ナノ材料 / 中空粒子 / 外場

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In fabrication of colloidal crystals, where spherical particles have been regularly assembled as building blocks, assemblies of anisotropic particles are also highly required. The present study proposed a novel method to fabricate the assemblies of anisotropic particles. The proposed method consists of preparation of anisotropic particles in spherical hollow particles and self-assembling of the hollow particles containing the anisotropic particles. An interesting feature is that the anisotropic particles can be freely moved in the confinement of spherical shell, which expects control over positions of anisotropic particles in the confinement by external fields.

Free Research Field

材料化学工学