Recyclable polyolefin thermosets

该NSERC联盟项目支持女王大学的Scott Parent教授与雌驼龙聚合物公司的合作，后者是一家总部位于加拿大的公司，拥有国际客户基础，在安大略省布兰特福德设有研发中心。它将在两年内为两名研究生和四名暑期本科生创造培训机会。该项目的目标是增进官能化氮氧基化学的知识，该化学已被证明对控制聚丙烯和聚乙烯等聚烯烃改性的动力学和产率是有效的。这些聚合物在广泛的应用中很普遍，最明显的是消费塑料。这项研究将进一步控制无溶剂工艺的动力学和产率，从而改善聚烯烃的物理性能。这一伙伴关系将使雌驼龙能够创造新的产品和服务，从而扩大其市场份额，使加拿大经济直接受益。他们的业务建立在如何配制塑料以满足各种消费品需求的知识基础上。女王大学发明的化学在几个方面显示出了应用前景，这激发了人们对理解和应用这项技术的合作努力的兴趣。在女王学院进行的由NSERC支持的研究将产生新的化学物质，使塑料制品制造商能够以前所未有的程度控制他们的生产过程。除了提高消费品的生产效率外，还将探索允许这些商品回收的新配方，以努力改善目前通过垃圾填埋或焚烧处置的塑料的可持续性。

This NSERC Alliance project supports a collaboration between Professor Scott Parent at Queen's University and Ingenia Polymers, a Canadian-based company with an international client base and a R&D centre in Brantford, Ontario. It will create training opportunities for two graduate students and four summer undergraduate students over a two-year period. The goal of the project is to advance knowledge of functional nitroxyl chemistry proven effective for controlling the dynamics and yields of polyolefin modifications like polypropylene and polyethylene. These polymers are prevalent in a wide range of applications, most notably consumer plastic. This research will further the ability to control the dynamics and yields of solvent-free processes that improve the physical properties of polyolefins. The partnership will allow Ingenia to create new products and services thereby expanding their market share to the direct benefit of the Canadian economy. Their business is built on knowledge of how to formulate plastics to meet the demands of a wide range of consumer goods. Chemistry invented at Queen's University has shown promise in several of their applications, fueling interest in a collaborative effort to understand and apply the technology. NSERC-supported research conducted at Queen's will generate new chemistry that allows plastic goods manufacturers control their production processes to an unprecedented degree. In addition to improving the efficiency of consumer goods production, new formulations that allow these goods to be recycled will be explored in an effort to improve the sustainability of plastics that are currently disposed of by landfill or incineration.