Latest Research
R&D results are published and are presented in a variety of conferences. Selected R&D reports are available below.
ZEON CORPORATION: Latest R&D Reports
- November 2024
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Depolymerization of vulcanized poly(cyclopentene), poly(norbornene-ran-cyclopentene) and poly(endo-dicyclopentadiene-ran-cyclopentene) rubbers via ring-closing metathesis depolymerization for monomer recycling†
RSC Advances Vol.14 No.50(2024)
- February 2024
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X‑ray-Analyzed Structural Changes in the Crystal Phase Transitions of Hydrogenated Ring-Opened Poly(norbornene)s with Different Stereoregularities
Macromolecules Vol.57 No.4(2024)
- May 2023
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Retardation (Re, Rth) measurement for multilayer optical films
SEIKEI KAKOU Vol.35 No.6(2023)
- May 2022
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Biotechnology-based Butadiene Manufacturing Challenges for Sustainable Synthetic Rubber Materials
NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI Vol.95 No.5(2022)
- February 2022
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Development of Soft Blends Analyzer (SOBA) and Virtual Generation of bucky-paper
NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI Vol.95 No.2(2022)
- August 2021
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Influence of Tacticity on the Crystal Structures of Hydrogenated Ring-Opened Poly(norbornene)s
Macromolecules Vol.54 No.17(2021)
- April 2019
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Structure Analyses of the Mixture of Thermoplastic Elastomers Having Different Symmetry in Stretching Process
NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI Vol.92 No.4
- February 2019
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Dynamic moduli mapping of silica-filled styrene-butadiene rubber vulcanizate by nanorheological atomic force microscopy
Macromolecules, 2019, 52 (1)
- October 2018
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Loss tangent mapping measured by nanorheological atomic foece microscopy
NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI Vol.91, 2018.10
- January 2018
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Syntheses,characterizations and functions of cationic polyethers with imidazolium-based ionic liquid moieties
Polymer Chemistry 9,948-960(2018)
- January 2018
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Outlook for the Plastics Industry for 2018: Cyclo Olefin Polymers
Syntheses,characterizations and functions of cationic polyethers with imidazolium-based ionic liquid moieties
- January 2018
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Deactivation Factors of Selective Hydrogenation of Cyclopentadiene to Cyclopentene over Pd/Al2O3 in Bench Scale Reactor
Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute Vol.61,No.1(2018)
- November 2017
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Alternative Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epichlorohydrin, and Quaternization of the Obtained Aliphatic Polycarbonate
KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU Vol.74,No.6(2017)
- November 2017
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Connecting Aromatic Rings: Structure and Functions of Nanocarbons
CHEMISTRY & EDUCATION Vol.65,No.11(2017)
- November 2017
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Fabrication of Copper/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites by Electrodeposition Using Free-Standing Nanotube Film
Journal of The Electrochemical Society Vol.164,D922-D929(2017)
- September 2017
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Nitride etching with hydrofluorocarbons.I. Selective etching of nitride over silicon and oxide materials by gas discharge optimization and selective deposition of fluorocarbon polymer
J.Vac.Sci.Technol.B Vol35,051803(2017)
- July 2017
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Highly Deliquescent Cationic Polyether with Imidazolium Halide Group
Chemistry Letters Vol.46,No7(2017)
- January 2017
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Initiatives for developing industrial applications for super-growth carbon nanotubes: development of synthesis technology and applications for single-walled carbon nanotubes
Clean Technology Vol.27,No.1(2017)
- December 2016
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Functional Binders for Li-ion battery in xEV
Annual Meeting of High-tech Lithium Battery &Electric Vehicle 2016
- December 2016
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Crystal Structure and Chain Dynamics of Srereoregular Hydrogenated Polynorbornenes
International Polymer Conference 2016
- November 2016
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The Mass Production of Super Growth Carbon Nanotubes and Their Potential Applications
The 4th SHTP Annual International Conference 2016
- November 2016
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Enhancing Fin Retention in Low-K Spacer Etch Processes Using C4H9F
AVS 63rd International Symposium and Exhibition
- December 2015
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Acrylonitrile-Conjugated Dienes Copolymers by Ru-Catalyzed Living Radical Copolymerization
Pacifichem 2015
- December 2015
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Large Scale Simulation of a Thermoplastic Elastomer with SCFT and Coarse-grained MD
Pacifichem 2015 meeting
- October 2015
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Functional Binder for Lithium-ion Battery Performance
World of Energy Solution 2015
- December 2014
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Crystal Structure of Highly-Stereoregular Hydrogenated Ring-opened Polynorbornene
The 10th SPSJ International Polymer Conference
- September 2014
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Large Scale Multiscale Simulation of a Thermoplastic Elastomer
International Symposium CompMat 2014
- June 2014
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Improvement of High Voltage Cyclic Performance by Binder for High Energy Lithium Ion Battery Application
17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries
- March 2014
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Introduction to Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP) for Parenteral Packaging Applicable to Biologics
Parenteral Packaging
- June 2013
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Development of Water-borne Slurry with Nano-sized Ceramic Particles for Functional Layer
Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Europe 2013
- February 2013
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Development of Water-based Cathode Binder
The 13th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference
- December 2012
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High Reliability of Oxide TFT Using Solution-Processed Photosensitive Passivation Layer
The 19th International Display Workshops in conjunction with Asia Display 2012
- June 2012
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Improved Structure of Out-Coupling Film to Reduce the Angular Dependence of Chromaticity
Socity for Information Display 2012
- March 2012
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Exact extraction method of trap densities at insulator interfaces using quasi-static capacitance-voltage characteristics and numerical solutions of physical equations
Solid-State Electronics Volume 69, 2012
- September 2011
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Introduction to ZEON's Newly Developed Product for FPD
FPD International CHINA 2011
- August 2011
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Contribution of Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether(CPME) to Green Chemistry and Process Innovation
2nd International Symposium on Process Chemistry 2011
- August 2011
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Study on the Stereospecific ROMPs of Cycloolefins
2nd Annual World Congress of Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis 2011
- March 2011
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Introduction to Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP)
PRE-FILLED SYRINGES FORUM 2011
- March 2011
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The Role of Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP) in Next Generation, Life-science Consumable Devices
Society of Biomolecular Sciences 2011 conference
- October 2010
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New Polymer Technology for Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber
ACS Rubber Division 178th technical meeting 2010
- October 2010
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Mechanism of Highly Selective SiO2 Etching over Photoresist Using New Alternative Gas, C5HF7
AVS International Symposium and Exhibition 2010
- August 2010
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Development of Coatable Type Gate Insulator for Organic Thin Film Transister
KOREA-JAPAN Joint Forum 2010
- June 2009
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Retardation film made from negative intrinsic birefringent material
The Society for Information Display 2009
- 2009
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New Polymer Technology for Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber
International Rubber Conference 2009
- 2008
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A new approach for controlling birefringent property of cyclic olefin copolymers
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. Vol.46, 7395-7400 (2008)
- 2008
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A New Method for Catalytic Syntheses of Block Copolymers via ROMP: Development of Stereoblock Copoly(endo-dicyclopentadiene)
Chem. Lett., Vol37, 518-519 (2008)
- 2008
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Effect of New Vulcanizing Method on Nitrile Dipping Products
International Rubber Glove Conference 2008
- December 2008
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Brightness-enhancement film using a single cholesteric liquid crystal layer
International Display Workshop 2008 Proceeding, 1753(2008)
- 2008
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Photosensitive Passivation Layer for a-Si TFT of LCD with Characteristics of Low Dielectric Constant
International Display Workshop 2008 Proceeding, 1853(2008)
- 2007
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Synthesis and characterization of norbornene-ethylene-styrene terpolymers with a substituted ansafuorenylamidodimethyltitanium-based catalyst
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. Vol.45, 2765-2773 (2007)
- December 2007
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Development of High Performance TFT-LCD's Photoresist for 4-Mask Processing
International Display Workshop 2007 Proceeding, 557(2007)
- September 2007
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High performance optical materials Cyclo Olefin Polymer ZEONEX®
SPIE Proceedings vol.6671, "Optical Manufacturing and Testing VII"
- 2007
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Prediction of Molecular Orientation in Film Stretching Process
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics., Vol. 46, No. 12, p.7782-7788 (2007)
- 2007
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Lithum-ion conduction in elastomeric binder in Li-ion batteries
J. Solid State Electrochem., 11 (8), 1071 (2007)
- 2006
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Syndioselective Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of endo- dicyclopentadiene with Tungsten Complexes Having Imido Ligands: Development of Crystalline Syndiotactic Hydrogenated Poly(endo- dicyclopentadiene)
Macromolecules, Vol.39, No.1, 30-38 (2006)
- 2006
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Hydrogenated Ring-Opened Poly(endo-dicyclopenntadiene)s Made via Stereoselective ROMP Catalyzed by Tungsten Complexes: Crystalline Tactic Polymers and Amorphous Atactic Polymer
Macromolecules, Vol.39, No.14, 4663-4670 (2006)
- August 2005
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Cyclo Olefin Polymer ZEONEX®
SPIE Proceeding vol.5872, "Advancements in Polymer Optics Design,Fabrication, and Materials
- 2004
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Characteristics of Cyclo Olefin Polymer and development to automotive applications
Seikei-Kakou, Vol.16, No.10, 2004
- October 2004
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Development and industrialization of Polymerization Toner
KOBUNSHI / HIGH POLYMERS, JAPAN, Vol.53, No.10, 2004
- September 2004
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Environmentally Friendly Fluorinated Solvent of ZEON CORPORATION
Electronic Journal, Vol.9, 2003
- 2004
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Industrialization and Application Development of Cyclo Olefin Polymer
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A : Chemical, Vol. 213, 2004
- 2004
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Encapsulated Polymerization Toner
Journal of the Imaging Society of Japan, Vol.43, No.2, 2004
- 2004
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A jasmonic acid analog, PDJ, comes into practical use as a plant growth regulator
AROMA RESEARCH, No.17, 2004
- February 2004
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Hot Melt Adhesives with Improvement of Transparency and Color
CONVERTECH, Vol.371, 2004
- December 2003
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HNBR for rubber parts in pneumatic machineries
Hydraulics & Pneumatics, No.12, 2003
- 2003
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Application to the antistatic technology by poly ether rubber
Japan Plastics, Vol.54, No.9, 2003
- 2003
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Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cycloolefins Using Novel Molybdenum and Tungsten Complexes Having Biphenolate Ligands, Development of Crystalline Hydrogenated Poly (endo-dicyclopentadiene) and Poly (norbornene)
Macromolecules, Vol.36, No.20, 2003
- 2003
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Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of endo-Dicyclopentadiene by Schrock-Hoveyda Catalyst and Novel Mo- and W-based complexes.
Development of Crystalline Hydrogenated Poly (endo-dicyclopentadiene)Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.8 2003
- August 2003
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The optical ZEONOR®film for liquid crystal displays
ENGINEERING MATERIALS Vol.51, No.8, 2003
- July 2003
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New Styrene-Isoprene- Styrene block polymer for adhesives
CONVERTECH, Vol.364, 2003
- July 2003
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The world's No.1 business creation on the basis of Zeon's innovative original technology
KOBUNSHI/HIGH POLYMERS, JAPAN, Vol.52, 2003
- April 2003
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Dispersion of Carbon Black for Polymerized Toner
Journal of The Adhesion Society of Japan, Vol.39, 2003
- 2003
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PROTECTION AND SYNERGISM BY RECOMBINANT FOWLPOX VACCINES EXPRESSING MULTIPLE GENES FROM MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS
Avian Disease, Vol.47, No.3, 2003
- March 2003
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Study of the Morphology of High-Impact Poly-Styrene by SUSHI
JOUNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF RUBBER INDUSTRY, JAPAN, Vol.76, 2003
- November 2002
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Development of Environmentally Superior Third Generation Fluoro Materials
Lecture Meeting held by Research Group on Reaction Engineering
- September 2002
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Environmentally friendly Cleaning Agent : New Fluorinated Cleaning Agent
Monthly JUNKATSU KEIZAI
- June 2002
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New synthetic nitrile copolymer used for glove with a Natural rubber feeling
Malaysia Rubber Products Manufacturer's Association Regular Meeting, 2002
- June 2002
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Complete, Long-Lasting Protection against Lethal Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Challenge by a Sigle Vaccination with an Avian Herpesvirus Vector Expressing VP2 Antigens
Journal of Virilogy, 76, 5637-5645, 2002
- April 2002
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The Progress of SIS Block Copolymers for Pressure sensitive Adhesives
The Polymer Digest
- March 2002
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Development in the optical field of Cyclo Olefin Polymer
Plastics , March-2002
- November 2001
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Report of Cyclo-Olefine Polymer ZEONOR for Light Guide Plate for Front-Light System
Monthly DISPLAY
- October 2001
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Polymerization toner and Production technology
Kagaku souchi (Chemical Equipment), October-2001
- October 2001
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New Improved Flexibility HNBR
Rubber Division, ACS 160th Meeting Cleveland, Ohio, October 16-19, 2001
- August 2001
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Photosensitive Material Technology for Organic Electro Luminescence Display
Monthly MATERIAL STAGE, August-2001
- July 2001
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Transparency plastics for optics
Gijutsu jouhou kyoukai(Technical know-how association) publication
- June 2000
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Polymerized toner / Functional control of micron-size particles
Japanese Journal of Polymer Science and Technology Vol 57, No.6, pp. 336-345 (jun. 2000)
- May 2000
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Development and Commercialization of Environmentally Superior New Generation Fluoro Materials
Abstracrs of the Tsukuba Foundation for Chemical and Bio-Technology Award Lectures
- May 2000
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Study on a testing method of mechanical characteristics for catheters
The Society of Materials Science, Japan
- April 2000
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CHEMICALLY MODIFIED E-SBR FOR SILICA TIRE
Presented at a meeting of The Rubber Division, American Chemical Society,Dallas, Texas, April 4-6, 2000
- March 2000
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Development of innovative manufacturing process of a new cyclic fluoro-compound as an alternative of toxic chlorinated solvents
Abstracts of an Achievement Report Meeting of NEDO Grant Projects
- March 2000
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Spray Developer for ZEP7000
Photo Mask Japan (2000.3.12)
- 2000
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The amorphous Cyclo Olefin Polymer
The polymer design in next generation Edited by T.Endoh T.Masuda T.Nishikubo p.221 I.P.C. (2000)
- 2000
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Identification and Expression of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum Surface Antigen Recognized by a Monoclonal Antibody Capable of Inhibiting Both Growth and Metabolism
American Society for Microbiology; INFECTION and IMMUNITY, Vol. 68, 3186-3192 (2000)