U.S.-India Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on Polyactic Acid Ionomers.

美印计划访问：聚乳酸离聚物合作研究。

• 批准号: 1037189
• 负责人: Sachin Velankar
• 金额: $ 0.39万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1037189&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; India; Planning; Visit; Collaborative

1037189Sachin Velankar This award supports the U.S.-India Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on Polylactic Acid(PLA)Ionomers. US PI Velankar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh will visit Professor Ashish Lele, Division of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune to evaluate the facilities at NCL and conduct proof-of-concept experiments in summer 2010. The outcome will be the submission of research proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Materials World Network Program and to the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology (DST), NSF-DST Joint Program. The intellectual merit of the research is that it will apply the well- developed idea of ionomers to PLA, one of the most important biodegradable and renewable polymers. This will advance the materials science of PLA and open up new opportunities to improve and control its properties. The long-term goal is to develop PLA ionomers, which have a potentially wide range of applications for controlling rheological properties, thermomechanical properties, and the biodegradability of PLA. Dr. Velankar has the relevant expertise in ionomers, rheology, and polymer compatibilizers; Dr. Ashish Lele provides complimentary expertise as the lead investigator for NCL's PLA related research. The National Chemical Laboratory has extensive resources for polymer characterization and a significant research effort underway for advancing PLA technologies. The broader impacts of this research are the fostering of collaboration between the PI and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh with collaborators at NCL, giving opportunities to US graduate and undergraduate students to work at one of India's premier laboratories, and expanding the applications of renewable polymers.

1037189 Sachin Velankar该奖项支持美国-印度计划访问：聚乳酸离聚物的合作研究。 匹兹堡大学化学工程系的美国PI Velankar将于2010年夏天访问浦那国家化学实验室（NCL）聚合物科学与工程部的Ashish Lele教授，以评估NCL的设施并进行概念验证实验。 其成果将是向国家科学基金会（NSF）的材料世界网络计划和印度政府科学技术部（DST）的NSF-DST联合计划提交研究提案。 这项研究的智力价值在于它将把离聚物的成熟思想应用于PLA，PLA是最重要的可生物降解和可再生聚合物之一。 这将推进PLA的材料科学，并为改善和控制其性能开辟新的机会。 长期目标是开发PLA离聚物，其在控制PLA的流变性能、热机械性能和生物降解性方面具有潜在的广泛应用。 Velankar博士在离聚物、流变学和聚合物相容剂方面拥有相关专业知识; Ashish Lele博士作为NCL PLA相关研究的首席研究员提供了补充专业知识。 国家化学实验室拥有广泛的聚合物表征资源，并正在为推进PLA技术进行重大研究。 这项研究的更广泛的影响是促进PI和匹兹堡大学的同事与NCL的合作者之间的合作，为美国研究生和本科生提供在印度首屈一指的实验室之一工作的机会，并扩大可再生聚合物的应用。