Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0348486

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0348486

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Synthesis of Novel Biomaterials for Drug delivery. A new UV radiation polymerisation technique utilising charge-transfer complexes is adopted for synthesising novel hydrogels, a group of biomaterials for drug delivery. This work is significant as charge-transfer complexes, pertinent to the formation of hydrogels, form copolymers within the hydrogel matrices. This eliminates using costly, yet undesirable photo-initiators (PI), thus rendering the hydrogels as cleaner (PI-free) and more economical in production; the products present themselves as ideal treatment methods in the controlled-release of drugs, specifically targeting localised pathological sites of interest. The research findings will be invaluable to medical practices, leading to the creation of new industries in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-11-2003

End Date: 09-11-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $69,099.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Polymers | Pharmacology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Chemical sciences | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints)

Other Keywords

Biomaterials | Biomedical Engineering | Chemical sciences | Pharmacology Not Elsewhere Classified | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) | Polymers | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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