Research Group:
Research Group on Polymer Structure Science
Contact:
| Hiroyasu Masunaga |
| 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198 |
| Telephone: +81-791-58-0802 |
| masunaga (at) spring8.or.jp |
Research Area:
Fundamental Characterization, Applied Materials, Measurements
Beamline:
BL02B1, BL02B2, BL03XU, BL05XU, BL13XU, BL19B2, BL20XU, BL40B2, BL40XU, BL43IR, BL46XU, BL47XU
Overview of Research Group, Goals and Purposes:
The goal of gResearch Group on Polymer Structure Scienceh is to exchange information and discussion on the advanced utilization of SPring-8 in polymer structure science. The important subjects this group will focus on for academic and industrial researches with organic and polymeric materials are as follows:
- New experimental methods utilizing a next-generation light source of SPring-8 U,
- Experimental technique for researches on hierarchical structure dynamics / kinetics,
- New experimental and data-analysis technique for researches on surface/interface and thin films,
- Advanced measurement and data analysis methods for complimentary utilization of several beamlines,
- Structure analyses for complex polymer systems, and
- X-ray imaging technique.
Expected samples:
Synthetic polymers, Natural polymers, Biobased materials, Polymer blends, Polymer complexes, Block copolymers, Organic molecular assemblies, Polymer solutions, Polymer micelles, Polymer gels and networks.