U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Synthesis and Surface Properties of Novel Functionalized Star Copolymers

9816175杜兰这个为期三年的奖项，以支持美国-法国在聚合物材料方面的合作研究涉及佛罗里达大学颗粒科学工程研究中心的兰多夫杜兰和法国波尔多的生理化学师范学院的伊夫格纳努。 该笔拨款将主要资助美国研究生和本科生在波尔多参与研究活动和实验。 本研究的目的是合成和表征一系列定义明确的两亲性星形嵌段共聚物。 在支化结构中，星星聚合物呈现排列子链的最基本手段，因为每个星星仅包含一个分支点。 定义明确的星星聚合物是研究其分子结构与溶液或固体状态下微观性质之间关系的有用模型。美国研究人员为此次合作带来了聚合物表征方面的专业知识。 这与法国在聚合物合成方面的专业知识相辅相成。 这项合作利用了佛罗里达和先进光子源同步加速器的设施。

9816175DuranThis three-year award in support of U.S.-France collaborative research in polymer materials involves Randolph Duran of the University of Florida's Engineering Research Center in Particulate Science and Yves Gnanou of the Ecole Normale Superieure de Physique et de Chimie in Bordeaux, France. The grant will principally support the participation of US graduate students and undergraduates in research activities and experiments in Bordeaux. The objective of the research is the synthesis and characterization of a series of well-defined, amphiphilic star-block copolymers. Among the branched architectures, star polymers present the most elementary means of arranging the sub chains since each star contains only one branch point. Well-defined star polymers represent useful models for the study of the relation between their molecular structures and the microscopic properties in solution or in solid state.The US investigator brings to this collaboration expertise on characterization of polymers. This is complemented by French expertise in polymer synthesis. The collaboration takes advantage of facilities in Florida and at the Advanced Photon Source Synchrotron.