Development of novel polymerization technique and nano-reactor driven by size exclusion principle

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26620171
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Polymer/Textile materials
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: HIGUCHI TAKESHI 東北大学, 多元物質科学研究所, 助教 (50547304)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 高分子微粒子 / ミクロ相分離 / コアシェル粒子 / 中空粒子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we are aimed at a development of novel polymerization technique, which can produce a polymer having narrow molecular weight distribution with high reproducibility and low environmental burden. To achive this polymerization, we designed a hollow polymeric particle with surface nano-channels and catalysts for polymerization reaction. The core-shell particles having cylindrical structures with several tens of nm diameter were successfully prepared from homopolymer and block copolymer blend system. The hollow particles with spherical pores with 50 nm diameter at the particle surfaces were also prepared. Furthermore, one-pod synthesis of metal phthalocyanine nano-crystals were carried out by using a nano-reactor based on the research concept, that is a synthesis of organic compound in a nano-sized confined space.

Free Research Field

高分子構造