The Young Researcher Award of the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan

Winner

Assistant Professor EGUCHI Hiroshi

Award recipients

Construction of fibrous coordination polymers based on metal thiolates

Related Website of the winner

NAGATA and EGUCHI Lab.

Related Website

The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan(SFSTJ)

Outline

This award is presented to a young and energetic researcher who is expected to have an active future in textile research. This award was given in recognition of his research on fibrous structures made from metal thiolates, a type of coordination polymer.

Coordination polymers are formed from metal ions and organic ligands, and because they have unique physical properties not found in general organic polymers, they are expected to be used in a variety of material applications. However, most of these materials are in the form of powder that is poorly processable, limiting their range of use as materials. If this research makes it possible to construct coordination polymers as versatile fiber materials, it is expected that they will find application as functional materials in a wide range of fields.