Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100200339
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Functionalised biopolymers - a new class of renewable nano-engineered materials. Licella is an Australian start-up company, focusing on developing uses for the renewable resource lignocellulosic biomass; a fibrous material sourced principally from waste, such as that generated by forestry and agricultural operations. It is possible to use such waste and process it to separate the biomass components. This project proposes to modify these biomass fractions with living radical polymerisation (LPR) polymers to impart functionalities, such as antimicrobial properties, high tensile strengths and/or in-built photodegrability. New, high-performance sustainable materials like these will be the back-bone of the polymer/plastics industry of the future, replacing common plastics, sourced from non-renewable petrochemicals, with benign, sustainable plastics.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2011
End Date: 01-2015
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $530,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Functional Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified | Polymers and Plastics | Materials Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Industrial Chemicals and Related Products not elsewhere classified | Plastics in Primary Forms | Plastic Products (incl. Construction Materials) |
