Aggregation-induced-active Stimuli-responsive Cellulose-based Nano-objects for Wastewater Treatment Application

在过去的几年里，控制包括胶束、小泡、蠕虫状等刺激响应性纳米对象在不同条件下的自组装行为被认为是聚合物领域的一个相关挑战。本项目旨在合成具有聚集诱导活性(AIE)刺激响应的纤维素基聚合物纳米物体，以控制所制备纳米物体的自组装形态。受控自组装将作为废水中的硝基酚类化合物(NPC)的吸附剂，这要归功于它们的响应行为。此外，所制备的纳米对象的荧光活性部分不仅可以方便地实时监测形成的形貌，而且在水溶液中对NPC的检测也起到了关键作用。该项目的重点是去除和检测对人类、动物和生态系统具有严重和长期影响的有毒污染物--NPC，该项目是在题为“水框架指令(WFD)”的欧洲联盟(EU)立法政策的框架内进行的，以应对废水处理挑战，这被认为是21世纪，特别是在欧盟的主要环境问题之一。作为将聚合物合成及其自组装用于废水处理应用的应用项目，拟议的项目将在伯明翰大学(UOB)进行，由国际领先的化学家O‘Reilly教授指导。拟议项目的概念化是基于东道主和研究人员之间的双向知识转移，研究对象将通过这种知识转移实现。我将在项目中利用O‘Reilly教授在聚合物化学和自组装方面的深厚知识，并在O’Reilly的团队中增加新的生产线，考虑到我的背景，通过合成用于废水处理的纤维素基聚合物吸附剂。

In the last years, controlling the self-assembly behavior of stimuli-responsive nano-objects, including micelles, vesicles, worm-like, etc., at different conditions is considered a pertinent challenge in the polymer community. This project aims to synthesize aggregation-induced-active (AIE) stimuli-responsive cellulose-based polymeric nano-objects to control the self-assemblies morphologies of the prepared nano-objects. The controlled self-assemblies will be applied as nitrophenolic compounds (NPCs) adsorbents from wastewater, thanks to their responsive behavior. Moreover, the fluorescence-active part of the prepared nanoobjects not only will lead to easy monitoring of formed morphologies in real-time but also play a key role in the detection of the NPCs at the aqueous solution. This project, by focusing on the removal and detection of NPCs, as toxic pollutants with both severe and long-lasting effects on humans, animals, and ecosystems, is in the framework of the European Union (EU) legislation Policy titled "Water Framework Directive (WFD)," to address the wastewater treatment challenges, which is considered one of the main environmental issues in the twenty-first century, particularly in the EU. The proposed project as an applicable project for using the polymer synthesis and their self-assemblies for wastewater treatment application will carry out at the University of Birmingham (UoB) under the guidance of leading international chemist Prof. O'Reilly. The conceptualization of the proposed project is based on the two-way transfer of knowledge between host and researcher, and research objects will achieve through this knowledge transfer. I will use Prof. O'Reilly's deep knowledge in polymer chemistry and selfassemblies during the project and add the new line in O'Reilly's group, considering my background, by synthesis of the cellulosebased polymeric adsorbent for wastewater treatment.