Sawada, Toshiki

Assistant Professor, School of Materials and Chemial Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology *Profile is at the time of the award.

2021Inamori Research GrantsBiology & Life sciences

Research topics
Construction of liquid crystalline oriented membrane composed of filamentous virus toward highly sensitive detection of biomarker molecules
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Summary
Membrane-based separation is one of the indispensable technologies in various fields. In this study, the construction of functional separation membranes composed of liquid crystalline oriented filamentous viruses through chemical cross-linking using the interfacial polymerization technique. Control of the function and assembled structures for the viruses enables separation membranes, which have the capability to separate desired biomarkers selectively.

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We hope to expand the applicability of viruses as material components.

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