Structure Control and Function  Programmed build-up of nano-structures and search for their functions
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Research Supervisor:OKAMOTO Yoshio(Guest Professor, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University) OKAMOTO Yoshio
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Research on the construction of nano-sized materials and structures has widely been conducted in conventional materials science. However, few systematized technologies that build "a desired structure at a desired place at a desired timing" are available. Moreover, techniques by which atoms and molecules are organized into a structure of a practical scale by "Structural class was exceeded" to express functions will become increasingly more important in the future.
Hence, in this research area, creative research proposals that contain the concepts of "programmed" and "build-up" are solicited. "Program" means principles for constructing "a desired structure at a desired place at a desired timing". In addition, "Build-up" means to build up atoms and molecules for construction among structure formation techniques.
The difficulty of nano-technologies of a build-up type lies in the systematization of processes for obtaining practical outputs by transmitting human intensions to molecules and atoms or a base plate on which the molecules and atoms are organized into a nano-structure. This systematization can not be achieved overnight. It requires research on molecular and atomic interactions and on information transmission to the base plate on which the nano-structures are built. It also requires theoretical contemplation.
The purposes of choosing this research area are to secure diverse technologies leading to the construction of nano-structures and discoveries of their functions by providing creative ideas contained in such various approaches with opportunities for great leaps and to find new technological buds that can turn into systematized technologies in the future. Although it does not matter whether the key point of creativity is a method for the construction of nano-structures or a function expressed by the structure, the control of construction process for the nano-structures should be one that exerts effects on the inherent properties of the system. Research proposals with a wide view that take into consideration continuous processes combining phenomena occurring at various scales ranging from a nano-scale to a practical scale are welcome, even if the study digs deep only to a limited extent. It is intended to positively adopt challenging high-risk studies from the viewpoint of securing diversity.
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