2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fabrication of high-refractive index polymer composite
Project/Area Number |
26600027
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Nanomaterials chemistry
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Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
Principal Investigator |
IHARA HIROTAKA 熊本大学, 大学院先端科学研究部(工), 教授 (10151648)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
佐川 尚 京都大学, エネルギー科学研究科, 教授 (20225832)
緒方 智成 熊本大学, 熊本創生推進機構, 准教授 (90332866)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKAFUJI Makoto 熊本大学, 大学院先端科学研究部, 准教授 (50332086)
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Research Collaborator |
KUWAHARA Yutaka 熊本大学, 大学院先端科学研究部, 助教 (60347002)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | 高屈折率 / ヘテロポリ酸 / チタニアナノ粒子 / 複合ポリマー / 透明材料 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this work, we aimed to prepare the polymer composite exhibiting high reflactive index. Our approach is emphasized by no use of any surfactant to disperse an inorganic component in polymer. For this purpose, direct polymerization of acrylate or metacrylate monomer with metal oxide nano-particles, and also a casting method of a polymer solution composed of hydrophilic polymer with metal oxide nano-particles were investigated. The successful results were obtained by selecting monomers or polymers having hydroxy and ester or amide bonds as an organic omponent and hetropoly acid or rod-like titania nano-particles. The most impactful result was shown in the combination of poly(hydroxyethyl acrylamide) with rod-like nano-titania. The highest reflactive index reached n = 1.9.
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Free Research Field |
高分子機能材料
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