Novel Smart Membrane with Controlled Molecular Cavity

2001年秋季，通过智能纤维和膜的一些筹备研究委员会，由16名研究人员开始了题为“具有可控分子腔的新型智能膜”的优先领域科学研究的资助研究项目，为期约2年。这个项目是在相对较少的研究人员的情况下推进的，但他们之间非常好的沟通和合作研究计划相当活跃，然后，这个项目的使命就可以完成了。根据如何制作、表征、通过计算机模拟预测和评估聚合物膜中设计良好的“分子腔”的目标，本项目研究分为以下4个组：A组：“新型智能膜的创建”，B组：“智能膜的表征”，C组：“通过模拟进行智能膜的分子设计和功能预测”，D组：“智能膜分离性能的估算”。小组之间的小型会议举行了多次。特别是C组的研究成果，介绍了其他组的一些新的研究计划。该项目不仅在膜分离技术方面，而且在高分子科学、物理化学和化学工程方面都具有重要和新颖的概念。很容易相信，通过该项目建立了创建具有聚合物膜的精心设计的“分子腔”的可靠方法。此外，Elsevier出版的Journal of Molecular Structure，2005年第739卷的特刊“Smart Membranes and Molecular cavity”是在该项目所有研究人员的合作贡献下进行的。

The research project, grant-in-aid for scientific research on priority area entitled as "Novel Smart Membrane with Controlled Molecular Cavity" was started at autumn in 2001 with 16 investigators, via the some preparative research committees on the intelligent fibers and membranes for about 2 years. This project was promoted with relatively few investigators, but very good communications and cooperative research planning among them were considerably active, and then, the mission of this project could be completed. According to the objects which were how to make, characterize, predict by computer simulations, and estimate the well-designed "molecular cavity" in polymeric membranes, this project research was organized with 4 Groups as follows;Group A : "Creation of Novel Smart Membranes",Group B : "Characterization of Smart Membranes",Group C : "Molecular Design and Prediction of Functions of Smart Membranes by Simulations",Group D : "Estimations of Separation Properties of Smart Membranes".Small meetings between groups were held many times. Especially, the research results of Group C introduced the some new research plan of other groups. This project leads the important and novel concepts on not only the membrane separation technology but also polymer science, physical chemistry, and chemical engineering. It is easily believed that reliable methods of creating the well-designed "molecular cavity" having polymeric membranes were established by this project. In addition, the publication of special issue on "Smart Membranes and Molecular cavity" of the Journal of Molecular Structure, volume 739, 2005, by Elsevier was performed with cooperative contributions of all investigators of this project.