Development of Element-block Polymers Based on the Inorganic Chemistry Technique

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Creation of Element-Block Polymer Materials
• Project/Area Number: 24102008
• 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: Tokyo University of Science
• Principal Investigator: GUNJI Takahiro 東京理科大学, 理工学部先端化学科, 教授 (20256663)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 塚田 学 東京理科大学, 理工学部, 助教 (60632578)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-06-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 元素ブロック高分子 / シルセスキオキサン / フラーレン / 有機-無機ハイブリッド / メタロキサン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The synthesis of element-block polymers by an inorganic technique and the fabrication of the element-blocks by a control in layer-by-layer were studied. Such element-block polymeric materials are prepared by the combination of element-block as a structural unit that is composed of various types of elements.
Element-blocks of siloxanes that are mainly composed of silicon, oxygen, and carbon and element-blocks of titanium cluster that are composed of titanium, phosphorus, and oxygen were successfully synthesized. Especially, the organic-inorganic hybrid materials that are compoased of methylpolysilsesquioxane and fullerene derivative showed higher mechanical strength compared with the methylpolysilsesquioxane only to show the fabrication of novel materials by overcoming the trade-off of the properties in the composition.

Free Research Field

高分子化学