New world in soft-nano-materials

Nanotechnology was chosen as one of the important area of research together with life science, information technology and environment science. The nanotechnology research is not only focused on silicon nanotechnology but also on the ensembles of molecules that can be categorized as "soft nanomaterial". In this article giant clusters of aromatic molecules such as naphthalene and anthracene with clustering number beyond 100 were synthesized. By using the photoelectron spectroscopy of size clusters, crystalline-like ordered and liquid-like disordered states coexist. The goal of the project is a "synthesis of novel biofunction". The project is aimed at establishing a new science field where one could discuss biofunctions such as information transfer, self-organization and it is still under research.