We are successful to develop "biomimetic materials processing (BMMP)" which is defined as the design and synthesis of new functional materials by refining knowledge and understanding of related biological products, structures functions and processes. By using the BMMP we can make a new nanotechnology. This is based on lessons from nature.
The achievements in our BMMP project are as follows.,
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Basic research on biomimetic processing |
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(1-a) |
Biomimetic nucleation of inorganic crystals |
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(1-b) |
Preparation of organic interfaces with controlled chemical functionalities, |
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(1-c) |
Micro~nano scale geometries based on self-assembled organosilane monolayers |
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Thin film growth of mesoporous materials, e. g., mesoporous silica, as an analogy of |
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(1-e) |
Control of its microstructures, i. e., pore orientation and shapes Area-selective growth on predefined templates |
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(1-f) |
Cluster deposition in glow discharge plasma Super water-repellant films with self-organized microstructures was developed based on analogy of lotus leafs. |
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Development of novel analytical methods for biomimetic processing |
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(2-a) |
Scanning probe microscopy for organized molecular systems formed at
solid/liquid interfaces |
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(2-b) |
Discrimination of molecular species and quantitaivive analysis of intermolecular interaction. |
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(2-c) |
Force curve mapping microscopy |