Polymer Materials Design Lab

AboutAbout the lab

Making materials from molecular bonds that can be reconnected.

The Polymer Materials Design Lab studies polymer materials that incorporate mechanisms by which molecules bind to each other reversibly.
Using host-guest interactions between cyclodextrin, a host molecule, and guest molecules as crosslinks, the lab works on making materials whose scratches disappear and materials that are tough.
Research themes include self-healing materials, as well as tough materials, adhesive systems, actuators, composite materials, and repolymerization and degradation using enzymatic reactions.
The name "Takashima Lab" is also used in the contact information on the lab's website.

ResearchResearch themes

The Polymer Materials Design Lab studies materials that use supramolecular mechanisms in which molecules bind to each other reversibly. Research themes include self-healing materials, tough materials, adhesive systems, actuators, composite materials, and repolymerization and degradation using enzymatic reactions.

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Self-healing materials↗

This theme covers self-healing materials that use host-guest interactions as reversible crosslinks. As results of papers from 2011 to 2020, the website lists a material whose scratches disappear within seconds, a gel whose cut surfaces adhere to each other again, and a gel whose healing can be controlled by redox reactions.

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