New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. New Materials Based on Novel Concept of Element-Blocks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Element-Block Materials: New Concept for the Development of Advanced Hybrids and Inorganic Polymers

      • Masayuki Gon, Kazuo Tanaka, Yoshiki Chujo

      Pages 3-25

   3. Si-, Ge-, and Sn-Bridged Biaryls as π-Conjugated Element Blocks

      • Yohei Adachi, Joji Ohshita

      Pages 27-48

   4. Element-Blocks π-Conjugated Polymers by Post-element-Transformation Technique

      • Ikuyoshi Tomita

      Pages 49-58

   5. Borylated Polystyrenes as Versatile Functional Materials

      • Frieder Jäkle

      Pages 59-76

   6. Element-Block Polymeric Materials Based on Cage Silsesquioxane Frameworks

      • Kensuke Naka

      Pages 77-94

   7. Silsesquioxane-Based Hierarchical and Hybrid Materials

      • Fuping Dong, Chang-Sik Ha

      Pages 95-120

   8. Nanocomposite Materials Properties of Aminophenylsilsesquioxanes

      • R. M. Laine, K. Takahasi, R. Tamaki, J. Choi, S. G. Kim, C. Brick et al.

      Pages 121-137

   9. Necklace-Shaped Dimethylsiloxane Polymers Bearing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Cages as a New Type of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid

      • Masashi Kunitake

      Pages 139-151

   10. Alternative Aspects of Polythiophenes

       • Takashi Nishino, Takuya Matsumoto, Atsunori Mori

       Pages 153-165

   11. Polyphosphazenes as an Example of the Element-Blocks Approach to New Materials

       • Harry R. Allcock

       Pages 167-188

   12. Electronic Structure of Element-Block Material As4S6 with Cage Shape Toward “Soft Electride”

       • Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fueno

       Pages 189-197

   13. Metalloxane Cage Compounds as an Element-Block

       • Takahiro Gunji, Satoru Tsukada

       Pages 199-217

   14. Preparation of Element-Block Materials Using Inorganic Nanostructures and Their Applications

       • Naokazu Idota, Yoshiyuki Sugahara

       Pages 219-241

   15. Design of Element Blocks for Photoresponsive Organosiloxane-Based Materials

       • Sufang Guo, Kazuyuki Kuroda, Atsushi Shimojima

       Pages 243-252

   16. How Can We Control the “Element-Blocks” in Transition Metal Oxide Crystals?

       • Katsuhisa Tanaka, Koji Fujita

       Pages 253-271

3. Applications of Element-Blocks as New Functional Materials

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material with Surface-Modified Zirconia Nanoparticles as Element Blocks

      • Kimihiro Matsukawa, Koji Mitamura, Seiji Watase

      Pages 275-289

   3. Network Formation Conditions Control Water Drop Adhesion for VK100 and a Model Pt-Cured Silicone

      • Jennie B. Lumen, Rebecca M. Jarrell, Sithara S. Nair, Chenyu Wang, Ashraf M. Kayesh, Kenneth J. Wynne

      Pages 291-306

This book introduces the recent progress that has resulted from utilizing the idea of "element-block polymers". A structural unit consisting of various groups of elements is called an "element-block." The design and synthesis of new element-blocks, polymerization of these blocks, and development of methods of forming higher-order structures and achieving hierarchical interface control in order to yield the desired functions are expected to result in manifold advantages. These benefits will encourage the creation of new polymeric materials that share, at a high level, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties not achievable with conventional organic polymeric materials as well as forming properties of molding processability and flexible designability that inorganic materials lack. By pioneering innovative synthetic processes that exploit the reactivity of elements and the preparation techniques employed for inorganic element-blocks, the aim is (1) to create a new series of innovativepolymers based on the novel concept of element-block polymers, in which the characteristics of elements are extensively combined and utilized, and (2) to formulate theories related to these polymers. This book demonstrates especially the design strategies and the resulting successful examples offering highly functional materials that utilize element-block polymers as a key unit.  

• Functional polymer
• Organic-inorganic hybrid materials
• Element block
• Heteroatom
• Nanomaterials

• Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Yoshiki Chujo

Prof. Yoshiki Chujo

Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan

Yoshiki Chujo completed his Ph.D. at Kyoto University in 1980 and then joined Nagoya University as an Assistant Professor in 1981. In 1986, he returned to Kyoto University as a Lecturer, and was promoted as a Professor of Polymer Chemistry there since 1994. His research interests focus on polymer synthesis, inorganic polymers, and polymeric hybrid materials.   Prof. Chujo has been working as a Project Leader of the MEXT Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks”, Japan during 2012-2017.   He has retired from Kyoto University in 2018, and now is a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, together with a Guest Professor of Ritsumeikan University, and a Commission Professor of Doshisha University, Japan.

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