Molecular Technology, Volume 3

Edited by foremost leaders in chemical research together with a number of distinguished international authors, this third volume summarizes the most important and promising recent developments in material science in one book. Interdisciplinary and application-oriented, this ready reference focuses on innovative methods, covering new developments in photofunctional materials, polymer chemistry, surface science and more. Of great interest to chemists as well as material scientists alike.

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Hisashi Yamamoto is Professor at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard under the mentorship of Professor E. J. Corey. His first academic position was as Assistant Professor and lecturer at Kyoto University, and in 1977 he was appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Hawaii. In 1980 he moved to Nagoya University where he became Professor in 1983. In 2002, he moved to United States as Professor at the University of Chicago. He has been honored to receive the Prelog Medal in 1993, the Chemical Society of Japan Award in 1995, the National Prize of Purple Medal (Japan) in 2002, Yamada Prize in 2004, and Tetrahedron Prize in 2006 and the ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry to name a few. He authored more than 500 papers, 130 reviews and books (h-index ~90).

Takashi Kato is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Tokyo since 2000. After his postdoctoral research at Cornell University, Department of Chemistry with Professor Jean M. J. Frechet, he joined the University of Tokyo. He is the recipient of The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists (1993), The Wiley Polymer Science Award (Chemistry), the 17th IBM Japan Science Award (Chemistry), the 1st JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Prize and the Award of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society (2008). He is the editor in chief of the "Polymer Journal", and member of the editorial board of "New Journal of Chemistry".

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**1 Control of Electronic Property of C60 Fullerene via Polymerization 1
**Nobuyuki Aoki

1.1 Introduction 1

1.1.1 History of Polymerization of C60 Fullerene 1

1.1.2 Electronic Property of Pristine C60 and n-Type FET Action 4

1.2 Polymerization of C60 Fullerene 5

1.2.1 Photo-irradiation 5

1.2.2 Doping Effect Using Alkali Metal and Superconductivity 8

1.2.3 High-Pressure and High-Temperature Application 9

1.2.4 Plasma and EB Irradiation 11

1.2.5 Low-Energy EB Irradiation 12

1.3 Summary 14

Acknowledgments 14

References 14

**2 Flapping Molecules for Photofunctional Materials 17
**Shohei Saito

2.1 Introduction 17

2.1.1 Motivation 17

2.1.1.1 Hybridization of Rigidity and Flexibility 17

2.1.2 Background 18

2.1.2.1 How to Change Photophysical Properties by Changing Conformation of Molecules 18

2.1.3 Flapping Fluorophore 19

2.2 Viscosity Imaging Technique 23

2.2.1 Molecular Design of Chemical Viscosity Probes 23

2.2.2 Flapping Viscosity Probe 24

2.2.2.1 Synthesis 24

2.2.2.2 Fluorescence and Excited-State Dynamics 27

2.2.2.3 Polarity-Independent Viscochromism 29

2.2.2.4 Monitoring the Epoxy Resin Curing 31

2.3 Light-Removable Adhesive 32

2.3.1 Polymer and Supramolecular Approach 33

2.3.2 Liquid Crystal Approach 33

2.3.3 Light-Melt Adhesive 36

2.3.3.1 Requirements for Applications 36

2.3.3.2 Materials Design 38

2.3.3.3 Adhesive Performance 38

2.3.3.4 Working Mechanism 42

2.4 Conclusion 44

References 44

3 Catechol-Containing Polymers: A Biomimetic Approach for Creating Novel Adhesive and Reducing **Polymers 53
**Hiroshi Yabu

3.1 Background 53

3.1.1 Adhesive Proteins of Mussels 53

3.1.2 Bio-Based Catechol-Containing Polymers 53

3.1.3 Synthetic Polymers Containing Catechol Moieties 56

3.1.4 Toward Biomimetic Molecular Technology 59

3.2 Advanced Adhesives and Surface Modification Agents 60

3.3 Reducing Agents for Creating Nanoscale Metallic Structures 62

3.4 Application as Proton-Conductive Thin Films 66

3.5 Templates for Carbon Materials 66

3.6 Summary 66

References 67

**4 Development of Ultra-microfabricating Polymeric Materials and Its Self-assembly Technology 71
**Teruaki Hayakawa

4.1 Introduction 71

4.2 Perpendicular Orientation of High-𝜒BCP Microphase-Separated Domains 72

4.2.1 Challenges in Perpendicular Orientation of High-𝜒BCP 72

4.2.2 Solvent Annealing Method 74

4.2.3 Top-Coat Method 75

4.2.4 Perpendicular Orientation by Molecular Structure Design 75

4.2.4.1 Development of Perpendicular Orientation High-𝜒BCP Using Silicon-Containing Polymer 75

4.2.4.2 Development of a Perpendicular Oriented High-𝜒BCP by Using a Polysiloxane Derivative 77

4.3 Conclusions 82

Acknowledgments 82

References 82

**5 Molecular Simulations of Deformation and Fracture Processes of Crystalline Polymers 85
**Yuji Higuchi

5.1 Introduction 85

5.2 Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulations 87

5.2.1 Deformation and Fracture Processes of Glass Polymers and Elastomers 87

5.2.2 Molecular Simulation of Polymer Crystallization 90

5.3 Deformation and Fracture Processes of Semicrystalline Polymers on the Molecular Scale 92

5.3.1 Deformation and Fracture Process 92

5.3.2 Discussion 97

5.3.2.1 Comparison of Simulation Results 98

5.3.2.2 Degradation and Mechanical Properties of Polymers 99

5.3.2.3 Future Work 100

5.4 Conclusions 101 &lt...