Project Team 1 (Macromolecular Synthesis and Engineering)

Project Team 1 Overall Objectives

To develop a fundamental understanding of kinetic and transport mechanisms and  prediction of partition coefficients to enable engineering of CO₂-based polymerization processes

In a way that:

·       Provides basic data on end-group mobility and monomer diffusion rates in CO₂-swollen polymerization systems

·        Develops basic data on reaction kinetics and chemical equilibria

·        Develops basic data for membrane separation of CO₂ from monomers

·        Develops fundamental understanding and data regarding transport of gases in polymers supporting membrane separations

·       Employs a systems approach, integrating innovative chemistry with new engineering technology such as membrane separations for optimum process efficiency

·        Provides new laboratories for in situ, high-pressure analytical studies and for measuring static and dynamic interfacial interactions of liquid and supercritical CO₂ fluids with various surfaces

So that the viability of non-polluting CO₂-based polymerization processes with low capital investment and low operating costs will be clear and attract commercial support.

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Project Team 1 Composition

 
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