Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0453105

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0453105

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Synthesis of nanocomposite polymers with targeted properties. This project aims to synthesise novel nanocomposite polymers by living radical polymerisation in water and to understand the way polymer microstructure and nanomorphology control material properties. This will provide the enabling science so that nanomaterials with targeted properties can be tailor-made for biomedical and speciality-coatings applications, and thus dispense with the current trial-and-error methodology. The innovations in this project are the novel synthesis of complex polymer architectures in water, and the first quantitative and qualitative structure-property correlations for such materials. This will also result in a deepened understanding of the mechanisms governing the formation of these nanocomposites.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $770,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Synthesis Of Macromolecules | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Characterisation Of Macromolecules

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Synthetic resins and rubber | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) |

Other Keywords

Characterisation Of Macromolecules | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Synthesis Of Macromolecules | Synthetic resins and rubber

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