Exploration of Dynamic Functions of Fusion Materials using Organic Hydrogels and Polymers

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Fusion Materials: Creative Development of Materials and Exploration of Their Function through Molecular Control
• Project/Area Number: 22107012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEOKA YUKIKAZU 名古屋大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20303084)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 融合マテリアル / 構造色 / コロイドアモルファス集合体 / ゲル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our recent advances in the preparation of fusion materials between many types of submicrometer-sized fine inorganic particles and stimuli-sensitive soft materials such as gels have introduced exciting new possibilities for developing unprecedented new materials with optical and mechanical properties. In this study, stimuli-responsive colloidal amorphous arrays displaying various angle-independent structural colors which are one these interesting new materials were studied. Similarly to humans yearning to fly like birds and eventually developing airplanes, we may be able to develop new fusion materials for optical applications; such materials may be beyond what can be synthesized in natural systems and may someday be useful for enhancing our quality of life. We look forward to the development of materials with similar exciting functions stemming from future advances in the field of materials science.

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