Sustainable Reversible Polymerisation. This project aims to address the problem of the current lack of efficient chemical recyclability of polymers. For the majority of polymers, no methods exist so far that are scalable and economic at the same time. To reach this aim, we will utilise a mixture of clever chemical concepts with continuous flow engineering. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the area of depolymerisation and chemical recycling methods. The expected outcome of this p ....Sustainable Reversible Polymerisation. This project aims to address the problem of the current lack of efficient chemical recyclability of polymers. For the majority of polymers, no methods exist so far that are scalable and economic at the same time. To reach this aim, we will utilise a mixture of clever chemical concepts with continuous flow engineering. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the area of depolymerisation and chemical recycling methods. The expected outcome of this project is a scalable process and its practical demonstration for full chemical recycling of various polymers used in everyday applications. This will provide a benefit to society as it allows to tackle plastic pollution problems, and creates avenues to green methods in plastic recycling.
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Data Driven Polymer Synthesis. This project aims at full digitalization of the synthesis of high-added-value materials via combination of chemistry with data science and by constructing a fully automated robotic synthesis machine. The project expects to provide the data basis for advanced artificial intelligence application and its implementation. If successful, this will enable the prediction and automatic optimization of chemical reactions, providing rapid and more precise development of new m ....Data Driven Polymer Synthesis. This project aims at full digitalization of the synthesis of high-added-value materials via combination of chemistry with data science and by constructing a fully automated robotic synthesis machine. The project expects to provide the data basis for advanced artificial intelligence application and its implementation. If successful, this will enable the prediction and automatic optimization of chemical reactions, providing rapid and more precise development of new materials. This project will provide the benefit of significantly increasing the ability of Australian industry to use novel digital chemistry tools and to create revenue by faster product development, aiding in securing the over 60 000 jobs in this industry in Australia.Read moreRead less