Electron microscopic imaging of reaction and phase separation processes for molecules

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26708016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Analytical chemistry
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Harano Koji 東京大学, 総括プロジェクト機構, 特任准教授 (70451515)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 電子顕微鏡 / 透過電子顕微鏡 / 走査電子顕微鏡 / 自己集合 / ナノ粒子 / カーボンナノチューブ / ベシクル / 重合反応

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I established new techniques to analyze nano-level structure of organic materials and organic-inorganic composite using atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. By the use of this technology, we revealed chemical processes of self-assembly such as formation of metal-organic hybrid vesicles and polymer-vesicle composites, at single molecule level. In addition to that, we succeeded in designing functions of self-organizing functional materials such as drug transport carriers and hybrid catalysts based on the knowledge obtained by the high-resolution microscopic analyses.

Free Research Field

電子顕微鏡化学