Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170104321

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170104321

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cell facilitated controlled radical polymerisation. This project aims to develop a controlled polymerisation method by combining reversible addition fragmentation chain (RAFT) polymerisation technology and the redox processes within bacterial cells. This polymerisation method will copy biological information in the bacterial cell surface into a growing polymer structure. Variations in the monomer structures and functionality will be used to control the incorporation of cell surface chemistry into the new polymer structure. Such cell-enabled controlled polymerisation could advance polymer synthesis resulting in biologically instructed polymer-mimics and new antibacterial agents.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $431,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified | Functional Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |

Other Keywords

Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Functional Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials

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