Exact solution of generalized models of polymers and percolation in two dimensions

起源于罗德尼·巴克斯特的工作，澳大利亚在精确可解的二维晶格模型方面处于世界领先地位。在战略基础研究方面，这个项目旨在通过求解涉及非局部自由度的新的二维格子模型来继承和扩展这一传统。由于这将为一系列不同的类聚合物体系带来新的普遍热力学行为类别，因此开发和商业化的潜力几乎是无限的。潜在的应用包括污染物通过含水层的渗透、流行病和森林火灾的空间传播、石油的三次回收和饮用水的过滤。

Originating with the work of Rodney Baxter, Australia is the world leader in exactly solvable lattice models in two dimensions. This project, in strategic basic research, aims to continue this tradition and extend it by solving exactly new classes of two-dimensional lattice models involving nonlocal degrees of freedom. Since this will lead to new universal classes of thermodynamic behaviours for a diverse range of polymer-like systems, the potential for exploitation and commercialization is almost limitless. Potential applications include percolation of contaminants through aquifers, the spatial spread of epidemics and bushfires, the tertiary recovery of oil and filtering drinking water.