Green and Sustainable Chemical Processes

该研究的主要目的是研究和制定一种潜在的可持续催化技术和基于绿色聚合物的纳米技术，用于生产先进的聚合物材料。研究内容包括：二烯基聚合物改性的催化复分解和加氢耦合机理的研究、利用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以及绿色连续催化工艺的开发。*科学方法将涉及绿色催化剂的设计和合成的基础研究以及先进的连续催化反应器系统的发展。申请人的研究实验室设备齐全，可以合成催化材料并使用各种技术对其进行表征。开发有前途的催化系统的方法将在很大程度上依赖于利用申请人实验室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。人们将努力发明高效的催化剂，并开发催化剂的设计技术，使催化剂能够提供高效的活性，并在后处理操作中易于去除。各种配体与催化中心的相互作用、催化剂支持技术和超临界流体辅助催化技术将被采用。*作为这项拟议研究的成果，经济地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有望实现潜在的商业化。该研究项目还将有助于培养具有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 efficient*catalysts and to develop techniques for the design of catalysts in a manner such that the catalysts can provide*high 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.***