| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K49232/01 |
| Title: |
SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND COPOLYMER LATEXES BY LIVING FREE RADICAL POLYMERISATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Armes, Professor SP |
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Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Sussex |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
18 March 1996 |
Ends: |
17 November 1999 |
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159,626
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| Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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We request funds for a three year PDRA and an Ear-marked studentship to examine the potential industrial significance of the new living free polymerisation chemistry recently reported by Xerox group. To assist our characterisation of some of these samples we also require capital equipment funds for an aqueous GPC facility. The goals of the proposal are three-fold:1. The pragmatic utilisation of the Xerox protocol to produce novel water-soluble block copolymer for use as ceramic dispersants and in latex paint formulation and ink-jet printing technology.2. The synthesis and evaluation of new capping agents such as sterically-hindered TEMPO derivative nitrones and stabilised phenoxyl radicals. Our primary aim here will be to lower the temperature for living free radical polymerisation from 120-160C down to below 100C. This would enable (co) polymer syntheses to be carried out in aqueous solution under atmospheric pressure. Such advance is clearly desirable for industrial scale syntheses.3. The use of living free radical chemistry in dispersion and emulsion (co) polymerisation for preparation of novel sterically-stabilised latexes will be explored with the aim of achieving independent control over molecular weight and particle size.The Sussex Polymer Group is particularly well-equipped for the extensive characterisation of the block copolymers and copolymer latexes in terms of their molecular weight distribution and particle size respectively.
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