Materials Science One of the most important goals is to synthesize new materials in order to discover interesting new phenomena and obtain champion data for various useful properties.
Studies are currently under way in the following five areas.
Helical polysilanes Chirarity control of polysilane by substitution of side chain group. Thermo-driven chiroptical switching helical polysilane. End-grafted polysilane on a substrate surface Solvatochromism induced by changing of polymer conformation. Potential electronic functionality of a single polymer chain. Brain and computer interface.