Designer Nanoreactors: An Environmentally Friendly Solution for Polymer Synthesis. The advanced materials made from the designer nanoreactors developed in this project will be high value-added products made from cheap materials with much greater design capacity for a wide range of applications. The knowledge gained from this project will have potential applications in many areas where polymer materials are used, including high strength coatings, conducting coatings for the electronic industry, ....Designer Nanoreactors: An Environmentally Friendly Solution for Polymer Synthesis. The advanced materials made from the designer nanoreactors developed in this project will be high value-added products made from cheap materials with much greater design capacity for a wide range of applications. The knowledge gained from this project will have potential applications in many areas where polymer materials are used, including high strength coatings, conducting coatings for the electronic industry, degradable drug and vaccine nanodelivery devices, tissue scaffolds, and gene delivery. These polymers will provide Australian Industry with advanced features and capabilities, significantly improving product performance.Read moreRead less
Transformer 3D Nanostructures: Stimuli Responsive Polymers. This research program will develop smart nanostructures that will be capable of producing high value added products using cheap polymer materials but achieving a much greater design capacity for end-use functions. The knowledge gained from this project will have potential applications in many areas where nanomaterials and polymers are used, including high strength coatings, conducting coatings for the electronic industry, drug and vacci ....Transformer 3D Nanostructures: Stimuli Responsive Polymers. This research program will develop smart nanostructures that will be capable of producing high value added products using cheap polymer materials but achieving a much greater design capacity for end-use functions. The knowledge gained from this project will have potential applications in many areas where nanomaterials and polymers are used, including high strength coatings, conducting coatings for the electronic industry, drug and vaccine delivery devices, tissue scaffolds, nanosensors, and gene delivery. These polymer techniques will enable Australian Industry to significantly improve product performance by providing advanced features and capabilities previously unavailable.Read moreRead less
New Fluorescent Probes to Elucidate Complex Oxidation Mechanisms. From medicine to manufacturing, polymers ("plastics") are a major component in the materials we use in our modern society, yet the manner by which they degrade and break down is often not well understood. Controlling the lifetime of polymers by either accelerating degradation on the one hand or preventing, or limiting, it on the other, will have significant benefits to society but this can only be achieved by reaching a thorough u ....New Fluorescent Probes to Elucidate Complex Oxidation Mechanisms. From medicine to manufacturing, polymers ("plastics") are a major component in the materials we use in our modern society, yet the manner by which they degrade and break down is often not well understood. Controlling the lifetime of polymers by either accelerating degradation on the one hand or preventing, or limiting, it on the other, will have significant benefits to society but this can only be achieved by reaching a thorough understanding of the degradation process. This project makes use of a unique, Australian-designed additive which stabilises polymeric materials, provides a marker for degradation levels and also provides information about the nature of the degradation processes occurring within polymers.Read moreRead less