Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0882618

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0882618

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Controlled nutrient release for more efficient agricultural water use and reduced environmental insult. We will create a completely new type of coating for fertilizer granules. Clays that adsorb and slowly release phosphates and/or other nutrients will be exfoliated with cationic organic reagents to produce organoclay nanoparticles of greatly increased surface area. These will be polymerized with current and novel monomers to form nanocomposites, encasing the clay in a water-swellable matrix by polymerization; this will enable both slow water perfusion and strong binding to the granules. The polymer and nanoclay properties will be tuneable to release targeted nutrients at an optimal rate for uptake by crops, reducing nutrient seepage into the environment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-06-2008

End Date: 02-06-2011

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $240,387.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil And Water Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Synthesis Of Macromolecules | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Field crops | Agricultural chemicals | Chemical fertilisers

Other Keywords

Agricultural chemicals | Chemical fertilisers | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Field crops | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Soil And Water Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Synthesis Of Macromolecules

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