2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Self-assembled structure of Janus nanoparticles using dissipative particle dynamics simulation
Project/Area Number |
25870229
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Nanostructural chemistry
Biological physics/Chemical physics/Soft matter physics
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Research Institution | Kinki University (2014) The University of Electro-Communications (2013) |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Keywords | 分子シミュレーション / 自己集合 / ナノ粒子 / 散逸粒子動力学法 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Self-assembly of nanoparticles is used in various functional materials that are familiar to our daily lives. In other words, the self-assembly and those functions have a strong relation. The Janus nanoparticle is a unique anisotropic nanoparticle that typically has two or more distinct functional surface regions (for example, hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions). In this study, I have performed molecular simulations to investigate morphologies of the self-assembled Janus nanoparticles. As a result, evidence of rich polymorphic structures of the Janus nanoparticles is revealed for the first time, and I found some conditions which are observed highly ordered morphologies tend to form.
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Free Research Field |
マイクロ・ナノ工学
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