Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559287

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0559287

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New Fluorescent Probes to Elucidate Complex Oxidation Mechanisms. From medicine to manufacturing, polymers ("plastics") are a major component in the materials we use in our modern society, yet the manner by which they degrade and break down is often not well understood. Controlling the lifetime of polymers by either accelerating degradation on the one hand or preventing, or limiting, it on the other, will have significant benefits to society but this can only be achieved by reaching a thorough understanding of the degradation process. This project makes use of a unique, Australian-designed additive which stabilises polymeric materials, provides a marker for degradation levels and also provides information about the nature of the degradation processes occurring within polymers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-03-2005

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $390,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Characterisation Of Macromolecules | Physical Chemistry Of Macromolecules

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Plastic products (incl. Construction materials) | Plastics in primary forms | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) |

Other Keywords

Characterisation Of Macromolecules | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Physical Chemistry Of Macromolecules | Plastic products (incl. Construction materials) | Plastics in primary forms | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints)

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