Precision porous polymer microparticles via integrated flow processes

该项目旨在逐步改变功能性，多孔微粒制造。为了实现这一目标，该项目将使用精密流动化学技术，将乳液制备、微粒生产和化学功能化集成在一个连续的过程中。该项目的预期结果是制造一套设计多孔聚合物微粒的过程。预期的好处是在一些关键技术部门取得突破性进展，包括生物医学、制药、能源和生物加工。软骨组织工程的平台技术已被选为精密微粒力量的一个范例。

This project aims at a step-change in functional, porous microparticle manufacture. To achieve this, the project will use precision flow chemistry techniques that will integrate emulsion preparation, microparticle production and chemical functionalisation in one continuous process. The expected outcome of the project is a process for the manufacture of a suite of designer porous polymer microparticles. Expected benefits are disruptive advances in a number of key technological sectors, including biomedicine, pharmacy, energy and bioprocessing. Platform technology for cartilage tissue engineering has been chosen as an exemplar of the power of precision microparticles.