Linkage - International - Grant ID: LX0214184

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LX0214184

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cross-linking in free-radical polymerizations: kinetics and mechanical properties. Cross-linked polymer chains are joined together in a ?ladder? topology. This often occurs either deliberately or accidentally in industrial systems, and affects polymer properties. However, cross-linking mechanisms are poorly understood, and there are no general means of quantitatively controlling effects on mechanical properties. As a by-product from a previous IREX grant, a means was found to grow polymers with controlled cross-linking. This proposal exploits this method to synthesize polymers with different amounts of cross-linking, and to examine their formation mechanisms and mechanical properties. This has the potential of improving means of making rubber-based materials by polymer modification.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Linkage - International

Funding Amount: $62,980.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymerisation Mechanisms

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Synthetic resins and rubber |

Other Keywords

Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Synthetic resins and rubber

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