Novel Smart Membrane with Controlled Molecular Cavity

这项名为“新型可控分子腔智能膜”的优先领域科研资助研究项目于2001年秋季启动，由16名研究人员通过一些智能纤维和膜的准备研究委员会进行了约2年的研究。这个项目的推进人员相对较少，但他们之间很好的沟通和合作研究规划相当活跃，然后这个项目的任务就可以完成了。本课题围绕如何制造、表征、预测和评价聚合物膜中设计良好的“分子腔”，分A组：“新型智能膜的创造”，B组：“智能膜的表征”，C组：“分子设计与模拟预测智能膜的功能”，D组：“智能膜分离性能的评估”，分4个小组进行研究。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，而且在聚合物科学、物理化学和化学工程方面，引领了重要的和新颖的概念。人们很容易相信，这个项目建立了可靠的方法来创建设计良好的具有聚合物膜的“分子腔”。此外，爱思唯尔出版了2005年《分子结构杂志》第739卷的《智能膜和分子腔》特刊，该项目的所有研究人员都进行了合作。

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.