2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Management of the research project for Innovative utilization of strong magnetic fields
| Project/Area Number |
15085101
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Science and Engineering
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| Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAGUCHI Masuhiro Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (10018046)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANIMOTO Yoshifumi Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science, Professor, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (10110743)
OZEKI Sumio Shinshu University, Faculty of Science, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (60152493)
KIMURA Tsunehisa Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor, 都市環境学部, 教授 (40264593)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2006
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| Keywords | strong magnetic field / magnetic field-induced process / micro-gravity / diamagnetic levitation / magnetic alignment / magneto-science / functional materials / nano-materials |
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| Research Abstract |
In this project, we intended to utilize strong magnetic fields over 10T to develop novel process and to synthesize functional nano-materials. Applying strong magnetic is an innovative tool in the materials science and technology. We studied (1) the mechanism of magnetic field induced non-or micro-gravity and apply it to produce new functional materials, for instance, highly conductive polymers, (2) the mechanism of magnetic field-induced alignment of molecules and apply it to synthesize new functional materials, such as high performance polarizing polymer and electrophoretic gels for high DNA resolution, (3) the mechanism of the magnetic-field induced chemical reactions, phase changes, novel phenomena due to high magnetic energy and apply it to develop new materials functions, such as magnetic shape memory alloys and hydrogen isotope separation, photo-electrochemical device, etc.
During the project term, we organized 4 workshops, 3 open symposiums and 1 international symposium in order to discuss latest results in our study. Especially, at the Internal Symposium on Magneto Science (ISMS 2006), which was held on Nov. 14・17, 2006 in Yokohama, a variety of developing topics were discussed by near 200 participants (including 40 from abroad) and about 100 contributed papers, which were published in the proceedings in CD-edition.
Moreover, we (the project's members and some others) drafted a new book titled Magneto-Science, which will be published by Kodansha-Springer in 2006. The aim of this volume is to highlight the application of high magnetic fields to a wide variety of chemical and physical processes. This is the first book in the world to systematize this new scientific field.
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