Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0883881

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0883881

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Graft copolymers from starch and synthetic monomers. Polymer dispersions, manufactured as latexes in large quantities in Australia and elsewhere, have myriad applications, such as in adhesives, bitumen modifiers, paints and paper coatings. This project will create the enabling science to replace by starch the current synthetic products used to stop these dispersions from coagulating. This will create new uses for renewable resources and will reduce environmental insult by avoiding the leaching of biologically incompatible chemicals. By using starch from crops suited for Australia's arid climate, the new technology will reduce both our dependence on imported products and our greenhouse gas emissions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Synthesis Of Macromolecules | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Characterisation Of Macromolecules

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other cereals | Chemical sciences | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) |

Other Keywords

Characterisation Of Macromolecules | Chemical sciences | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Other cereals | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Synthesis Of Macromolecules

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