Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130101263

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding the interaction between wool fibre surface and ionic liquids. This project will advance the knowledge on wool surface/ionic liquid interaction, which has the potential to revolutionize the traditional and environmentally unfriendly wool shrinkage-proof treatment technology. This will have significant industry wide benefit for the multi-billion dollar animal fibre industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2013

End Date: 07-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $310,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Textile Technology | Functional Materials | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Raw Wool | Natural Fibres, Yarns and Fabrics |