Biodegradable Polyester and Polycarbonate Copolymers and Latexes

该项目旨在开发新型可生物降解聚酯和聚碳酸酯，作为无形塑料废物和不可回收塑料包装组件的解决方案。这项工作涉及两个平行进行的项目。第一个涉及新的单体合成和开环聚合，重点是开发非对映体纯单体和立体保留聚合。第二个涉及控制这些聚合在复杂的大分子和物理结构，如共聚和胶乳。这项工作将涉及合成有机化学（单体合成），聚合物化学（聚合物合成）和广泛的光谱和机械材料测试。

This project aims to develop novel biodegradable polyesters and polycarbonates as a solution to invisible plastic waste and non-recyclable plastic packaging components. The work involves two projects running in parallel. The first involves new monomer synthesis and ring-opening polymerization, with a focus on developing diastereomerically pure monomers and stereoretentive polymerisations. The second involves the control of these polymerisations in complex macromolecular and physical architectures such as copolymerisations and latexes. The work will involve synthetic organic chemistry (monomer synthesis), polymer chemistry (polymer synthesis) and extensive spectroscopic and mechanical materials testing.