R&D

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

2019
February 2019

Dynamic moduli mapping of silica-filled styrene-butadiene rubber vulcanizate by nanorheological atomic force microscopy

Macromolecules, 2019, 52 (1), pp 311-319

2018
October 2018

Loss tangent mapping measured by nanorheological atomic foece microscopy

NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI Vol.91, 2018.10

January 2018

Syntheses,characterizations and functions of cationic polyethers with imidazolium-based ionic liquid moieties

Polymer Chemistry 9,948-960(2018)

January 2018

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

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)

2017
November 2017

Alternative Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epichlorohydrin, and Quaternization of the Obtained Aliphatic Polycarbonate

KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU Vol.74,No.6(2017)

November 2017

Connecting Aromatic Rings: Structure and Functions of Nanocarbons

CHEMISTRY & EDUCATION Vol.65,No.11(2017)

November 2017

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

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

Highly Deliquescent Cationic Polyether with Imidazolium Halide Group

Chemistry Letters Vol.46,No7(2017)

January 2017

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)

2016
December 2016

Functional Binders for Li-ion battery in xEV

Annual Meeting of High-tech Lithium Battery &Electric Vehicle 2016

December 2016

Crystal Structure and Chain Dynamics of Srereoregular Hydrogenated Polynorbornenes

International Polymer Conference 2016

November 2016

The Mass Production of Super Growth Carbon Nanotubes and Their Potential Applications

The 4th SHTP Annual International Conference 2016

November 2016

Enhancing Fin Retention in Low-K Spacer Etch Processes Using C4H9F

AVS 63rd International Symposium and Exhibition

2015
December 2015

Acrylonitrile-Conjugated Dienes Copolymers by Ru-Catalyzed Living Radical Copolymerization

Pacifichem 2015

December 2015

Large Scale Simulation of a Thermoplastic Elastomer with SCFT and Coarse-grained MD

Pacifichem 2015 meeting

October 2015

Functional Binder for Lithium-ion Battery Performance

World of Energy Solution 2015

2014
December 2014

Crystal Structure of Highly-Stereoregular Hydrogenated Ring-opened Polynorbornene

The 10th SPSJ International Polymer Conference

September 2014

Large Scale Multiscale Simulation of a Thermoplastic Elastomer

International Symposium CompMat 2014

June 2014

Improvement of High Voltage Cyclic Performance by Binder for High Energy Lithium Ion Battery Application

17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries

March 2014

Introduction to Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP) for Parenteral Packaging Applicable to Biologics

Parenteral Packaging

2013
June 2013

Development of Water-borne Slurry with Nano-sized Ceramic Particles for Functional Layer

Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Europe 2013

February 2013

Development of Water-based Cathode Binder

The 13th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference

2012
December 2012

High Reliability of Oxide TFT Using Solution-Processed Photosensitive Passivation Layer

The 19th International Display Workshops in conjunction with Asia Display 2012

June 2012

Improved Structure of Out-Coupling Film to Reduce the Angular Dependence of Chromaticity

Socity for Information Display 2012

March 2012

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

2011
September 2011

Introduction to ZEON's Newly Developed Product for FPD

FPD International CHINA 2011

August 2011

Contribution of Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether(CPME) to Green Chemistry and Process Innovation

2nd International Symposium on Process Chemistry 2011

August 2011

Study on the Stereospecific ROMPs of Cycloolefins

2nd Annual World Congress of Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis 2011

March 2011

Introduction to Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP)

PRE-FILLED SYRINGES FORUM 2011

March 2011

The Role of Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP) in Next Generation, Life-science Consumable Devices

Society of Biomolecular Sciences 2011 conference

2010
October 2010

New Polymer Technology for Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber

ACS Rubber Division 178th technical meeting 2010

October 2010

Mechanism of Highly Selective SiO2 Etching over Photoresist Using New Alternative Gas, C5HF7

AVS International Symposium and Exhibition 2010

August 2010

Development of Coatable Type Gate Insulator for Organic Thin Film Transister

KOREA-JAPAN Joint Forum 2010

2009
June 2009

Retardation film made from negative intrinsic birefringent material

The Society for Information Display 2009

2009

New Polymer Technology for Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber

International Rubber Conference 2009

2008
2008

A new approach for controlling birefringent property of cyclic olefin copolymers

J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. Vol.46, 7395-7400 (2008)

2008

A New Method for Catalytic Syntheses of Block Copolymers via ROMP: Development of Stereoblock Copoly(endo-dicyclopentadiene)

Chem. Lett., Vol37, 518-519 (2008)

2008

Effect of New Vulcanizing Method on Nitrile Dipping Products

International Rubber Glove Conference 2008

December 2008

Brightness-enhancement film using a single cholesteric liquid crystal layer

International Display Workshop 2008 Proceeding, 1753(2008)

2008

Photosensitive Passivation Layer for a-Si TFT of LCD with Characteristics of Low Dielectric Constant

International Display Workshop 2008 Proceeding, 1853(2008)

2007
2007

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

Development of High Performance TFT-LCD's Photoresist for 4-Mask Processing

International Display Workshop 2007 Proceeding, 557(2007)

September 2007

High performance optical materials Cyclo Olefin Polymer ZEONEX®

SPIE Proceedings vol.6671, "Optical Manufacturing and Testing VII"

2007

Prediction of Molecular Orientation in Film Stretching Process

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics., Vol. 46, No. 12, p.7782-7788 (2007)

2007

Lithum-ion conduction in elastomeric binder in Li-ion batteries

J. Solid State Electrochem., 11 (8), 1071 (2007)

2006
2006

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

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)

2005
August 2005

Cyclo Olefin Polymer ZEONEX®

SPIE Proceeding vol.5872, "Advancements in Polymer Optics Design,Fabrication, and Materials

2004
2004

Characteristics of Cyclo Olefin Polymer and development to automotive applications

Seikei-Kakou, Vol.16, No.10, 2004

October 2004

Development and industrialization of Polymerization Toner

KOBUNSHI / HIGH POLYMERS, JAPAN, Vol.53, No.10, 2004

September 2004

Environmentally Friendly Fluorinated Solvent of ZEON CORPORATION

Electronic Journal, Vol.9, 2003

2004

Industrialization and Application Development of Cyclo Olefin Polymer

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A : Chemical, Vol. 213, 2004

2004

Encapsulated Polymerization Toner

Journal of the Imaging Society of Japan, Vol.43, No.2, 2004

2004

A jasmonic acid analog, PDJ, comes into practical use as a plant growth regulator

AROMA RESEARCH, No.17, 2004

February 2004

Hot Melt Adhesives with Improvement of Transparency and Color

CONVERTECH, Vol.371, 2004

2003
December 2003

HNBR for rubber parts in pneumatic machineries

Hydraulics & Pneumatics, No.12, 2003

2003

Application to the antistatic technology by poly ether rubber

Japan Plastics, Vol.54, No.9, 2003

2003

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

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

The optical ZEONOR®film for liquid crystal displays

ENGINEERING MATERIALS Vol.51, No.8, 2003

July 2003

New Styrene-Isoprene- Styrene block polymer for adhesives

CONVERTECH, Vol.364, 2003

July 2003

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

Dispersion of Carbon Black for Polymerized Toner

Journal of The Adhesion Society of Japan, Vol.39, 2003

2003

PROTECTION AND SYNERGISM BY RECOMBINANT FOWLPOX VACCINES EXPRESSING MULTIPLE GENES FROM MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS

Avian Disease, Vol.47, No.3, 2003

March 2003

Study of the Morphology of High-Impact Poly-Styrene by SUSHI

JOUNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF RUBBER INDUSTRY, JAPAN, Vol.76, 2003

2002
November 2002

Development of Environmentally Superior Third Generation Fluoro Materials

Lecture Meeting held by Research Group on Reaction Engineering

September 2002

Environmentally friendly Cleaning Agent : New Fluorinated Cleaning Agent

Monthly JUNKATSU KEIZAI

June 2002

New synthetic nitrile copolymer used for glove with a Natural rubber feeling

Malaysia Rubber Products Manufacturer's Association Regular Meeting, 2002

June 2002

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

The Progress of SIS Block Copolymers for Pressure sensitive Adhesives

The Polymer Digest

March 2002

Development in the optical field of Cyclo Olefin Polymer

Plastics , March-2002

2001
November 2001

Report of Cyclo-Olefine Polymer ZEONOR for Light Guide Plate for Front-Light System

Monthly DISPLAY

October 2001

Polymerization toner and Production technology

Kagaku souchi (Chemical Equipment), October-2001

October 2001

New Improved Flexibility HNBR

Rubber Division, ACS 160th Meeting Cleveland, Ohio, October 16-19, 2001

August 2001

Photosensitive Material Technology for Organic Electro Luminescence Display

Monthly MATERIAL STAGE, August-2001

July 2001

Transparency plastics for optics

Gijutsu jouhou kyoukai(Technical know-how association) publication

2000
June 2000

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

Development and Commercialization of Environmentally Superior New Generation Fluoro Materials

Abstracrs of the Tsukuba Foundation for Chemical and Bio-Technology Award Lectures

May 2000

Study on a testing method of mechanical characteristics for catheters

The Society of Materials Science, Japan

April 2000

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

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

Spray Developer for ZEP7000

Photo Mask Japan (2000.3.12)

2000

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

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)