Polymer Functional Materials

Research Division of Polymer Functional Materials

We are focusing on the applications of functional materials comprising polymers, textiles, and leathers to various industrial products.

Joint developments and technical supports on Geosynthetics*.

We have developed a gas-permeable/ waterproof sheet (GPWS) in collaboration with industries and academics.

GPWS has been widely applied in the temporary storage sites of putrefactive-radioactive contaminated waste due to Fukushima nuclear accident.

* Generic term for the products, manufacturing from polymeric materials, used in geotechnical and civil engineering applications.

Development of various products relevant to smells.

We have studied and developed daily commodities relevant to smells. Cat repellents using the excretion odor of fierce animals and air fresheners for automobiles, which have been produced in collaboration with enterprises, are on the market.