Sulfur Polymers: A New Class of Dynamic, Responsive & Recyclable Materials

硫聚合物：新型动态、响应性聚合物

• 批准号: DP200100090
• 负责人: Prof Justin Chalker
• 金额: $ 28.83万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-02-19 至 2023-02-18
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200100090
• 关键词: Sulfur; Polymers; New; Class; Dynamic

This project aims to establish design principles for the manufacture of polymers made from sulfur, an abundant yet underused building block. These novel materials will be tested as next-generation rubber and plastic. This project expects to generate new knowledge in how these materials can be assembled and recycled, and also how they can be used to extract valuable gold from ore and e-waste. Anticipated outcomes of the project include access to entirely new materials useful in sustainable plastic manufacturing and sustainable gold extraction. These outcomes should provide significant benefits including functional replacements for non-recyclable plastics and elimination of toxic mercury and cyanide in gold mining and e-waste processing.

该项目旨在建立由硫制成的聚合物的制造设计原则，硫是一种丰富但未被充分利用的建筑材料。这些新材料将作为下一代橡胶和塑料进行测试。该项目预计将产生关于如何组装和回收这些材料的新知识，以及如何将它们用于从矿石和电子废物中提取有价值的黄金。该项目的预期成果包括获得用于可持续塑料制造和可持续黄金开采的全新材料。这些成果将带来巨大的好处，包括不可回收塑料的功能替代品，以及在金矿开采和电子废物处理中消除有毒汞和氰化物。