Introduction of Polymer Structure Laboratory at the Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Abstract

The Polymer Structure Laboratory at the Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, conducts advanced research on nanostructure analysis of soft materials using X-ray and Neutron scattering and reflectometry combined with several analytical techniques. Utilizing different probes (X-rays and Neutrons) enable detailed structural analysis of multi-component polymeric materials. The use of multi-wavelength X-rays also enables component-sensitive and surface-sensitive structural analysis. In the future, I hope to advance this research toward more detailed spatial heterogeneity analysis by combining techniques such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy.