Green and Sustainable Chemical Processes

拟议研究的主要目标是调查和制定一个潜在的可持续的催化技术和绿色聚合物为基础的纳米技术生产先进的聚合物材料。该研究将涉及催化复分解和加氢改性二烯基聚合物的耦合机理研究，从天然橡胶等可持续资源生产高性能聚合物的研究，聚合物基纳米材料的合成和绿色连续催化过程的发展。科学方法将涉及绿色催化剂的设计和合成的基础研究。催化剂和先进的连续催化反应器系统的发展。申请人的研究实验室配备了使用各种技术合成催化材料并对其进行表征的设施。开发有前景的催化体系的方法将严重依赖于利用在申请人的实验室中开发的反应器系统的动力学和机理研究。这些包括专门的气体消耗反应堆和超临界流体反应堆系统。还将利用最近为纳米材料包括催化剂和聚合物开发的反应器技术。将努力发明有效的催化剂，并开发设计催化剂的技术，使催化剂能够提供高效的活性，并在后处理操作中容易除去。本研究将利用各种配体与催化中心的相互作用、催化剂载体技术和超临界流体辅助催化技术，提出经济实现有效绿色催化过程和新型绿色催化技术的概念和模型，以期实现潜在的商业化。该研究项目还将有助于培养具有较高研究能力和创新意识的学生和人才。

The principal objective of the proposed research is to investigate and formulate a potential sustainable catalytic technology and a green polymer based nanotechnology for the production of advanced polymer materials. The research will involve the study of the coupling mechanism of catalytic metathesis and hydrogenation for the modification of diene-based polymers, the investigation of the production of high performance polymers from sustainable resources such as natural rubber, the synthesis of polymer based nanomaterials and the development of green continuous catalytic processes.The scientific approach will involve fundamental investigations on the design and synthesis of green catalysts and the development of advanced continuous catalytic reactor systems. The applicant's research laboratories arc well equipped with facilities for the synthesis of catalytic materials and their characterization using a variety of techniques. The approach to develop promising catalytic systems will rely heavily on kinetic and mechanistic studies utilizing reactor systems developed in the applicant's laboratory. These include specialized gas consumption reactors and supercritical fluid reactor systems. Reactor techniques developed recently for nanomaterials including catalysts and polymers will also be utilized. Efforts will be made to invent efficientcatalysts and to develop techniques for the design of catalysts in a manner such that the catalysts can providehigh efficient activity and be removed easily in post-treatment operations. Interaction of various ligands with catalytic centers, catalyst support techniques, and supercritical fluid assisted catalytic techniques will be employed.As an output of this proposed research, concepts and models of economically realizing effective green catalytic processes and novel green catalytic techniques can be expected for potential commercialization. The research project will also help to train students and personnel with high research ability and innovative sense.