Preparation of New Conductive Plastics from Doped Conjugated Polymer Fillers

掺杂共轭聚合物填料制备新型导电塑料

• 批准号: 556292-2020
• 负责人: RondeauGagné, Simon
• 金额: $ 1.52万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=721502
• 关键词: Preparation; New; Conductive; Plastics; Doped

The main objective of the proposed research project is the development of conductive plastics based on polyethylene and conjugated polymers as conductive materials. Through a careful blending of electroactive polymers with polyethylene, highly robust and electrically conductive materials will be prepared, thus opening new opportunity for the preparation of innovative functional polyethylene materials. Moreover, the new conductive polyethylene materials will significantly increase the possibilities for injection and rotational molding of high-performance materials. Considered one of the most used techniques to produce polyethylene products, rotational and injection molding have been constantly sophisticated over the past years. Therefore, the new technology developed through this collaborative project is of great importance for Canada and the industrial partner as functional polyethylene-based components capable of transporting electric charges can lead to prevalent technologies for various business sectors including for consumer goods, electronics, and advanced manufacturing. With a view to achieving this objective, the project will be divided in four aims: 1) Optimization of the doped system through DFT modelling; 2) doping of organic semiconducting polymers (OSCs); 3) blending of the doped OSC with polyethylene and evaluation of the blend morphology, and 4) preparation of conductive plastics. The entire project will be performed at the new research facility at the University of Windsor, hosting state-of-the-art instruments for the characterization of materials and polymers. The information gained from objectives 1 to 4 will be used to develop a general procedure to access different types of conductive plastics and fine-tune their physical and thermomechanical properties. At the end of this research project, the industrial partner will have a new strategy in hand (along with specific know-how) to generate conductive plastics with fine-tunable mechanical, electronic and physical properties. The research project is representing an important part of the development of a new economic sector for materials in Canada and will also allow for the training of highly qualified personnel to move this area forward in the market place.

拟议研究项目的主要目标是开发基于聚乙烯和共轭聚合物作为导电材料的导电塑料。通过将电活性聚合物与聚乙烯仔细共混，将制备高度坚固和导电的材料，从而为制备创新的功能性聚乙烯材料开辟新的机会。此外，新的导电聚乙烯材料将显著增加高性能材料的注塑和滚塑的可能性。旋转成型和注塑成型被认为是生产聚乙烯产品最常用的技术之一，在过去的几年里一直在不断发展。因此，通过该合作项目开发的新技术对加拿大和工业合作伙伴非常重要，因为能够传输电荷的功能性聚乙烯基组件可以为包括消费品，电子产品和先进制造业在内的各种商业部门带来流行技术。为了实现这一目标，该项目将分为四个目标：1）通过DFT建模优化掺杂体系; 2）有机半导体聚合物（OSC）的掺杂; 3）掺杂OSC与聚乙烯的共混和共混物形态的评估;以及4）导电塑料的制备。整个项目将在温莎大学的新研究设施中进行，该设施拥有最先进的材料和聚合物表征仪器。从目标1至4中获得的信息将用于开发一种通用程序，以获得不同类型的导电塑料并微调其物理和热机械性能。在这个研究项目结束时，工业合作伙伴将有一个新的战略在手（沿着具体的专业知识），以产生导电塑料与微调机械，电子和物理性能。该研究项目是加拿大材料新经济部门发展的重要组成部分，也将允许培训高素质的人才，以推动这一领域在市场上的发展。