Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150104454

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150104454

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Controlling polymer microstructure with structured Lewis acids. Radical polymerisation is the most commercially important polymer process, favoured by industry for its broad scope and relatively low cost and environmental impact. However, its use in the synthesis of 'smart materials' for biomedical applications, molecular electronics and high-performance engineering applications has been hampered by the lack of microstructural control. This project aims to use a complementary combination of theory and experiment to develop novel structured Lewis acids for controlling the stereochemistry in free-radical polymerisation, and to utilise the recently discovered propagation catalysis conferred by simple Lewis acids to minimise defect structures and thereby improve the thermal and photostability of polymers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $409,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Free Radical Chemistry | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Quantum Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Plastics in Primary Forms |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Free Radical Chemistry | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Plastics in Primary Forms | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Quantum Chemistry

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