Copolymer Solution for Metal Oxide Binding Applications

我们提出了一种聚合物解决方案，可以在施工现场与土壤/沙子混合，以创建复合建筑材料。然后，这种复合材料可以用来生产砖块，或者作为3D打印房屋的“墨水解决方案”。我们对聚合物和土壤/沙子的固体成分之间形成的共价键的化学知识使复合材料具有与混凝土相当的机械性能。我们希望我们的技术可以成为混凝土的替代品，虽然混凝土是全球使用最广泛的建筑材料，但它的生产和运输对环境造成了灾难性的影响。加拿大人还面临着住房危机，不断上涨的建筑成本使人们买不起房子。住房危机不会消失，随着加拿大的移民目标和毕业后仍留在加拿大的国际学生的涌入，人们需要一种更便宜、更快捷的替代建筑。我们的技术解决了上述环境和成本问题，因为与混凝土或木材相比，使用现场发现的土壤/沙子可以降低建筑成本，还可以降低建筑材料的运输成本和需求。此外，与混凝土不同，我们的复合材料在生产时不会对二氧化碳排放产生很大影响。最后，3D打印房屋的能力将消除与雇用建筑商相关的成本，同时减少建造结构所需的时间。

We propose a polymer solution that can be mixed with soil/sand on-site where construction is to take place to create a composite building material. The composite material can then be used to produce bricks or as an "ink solution" to 3D print houses. Our chemical knowledge of the covalent bonds that form between the polymer and the solid components of soil/sand allow the composite material to have mechanical properties that are on par with that of concrete. We hope that our technology can serve as an alternative to concrete, although concrete is the most widely used construction material globally, it's production and transport have a catastrophic impact on the environment. Canadians are also facing a housing crisis where increasing construction costs are making homes unaffordable. The housing crisis is not going to go away, with Canada's immigration targets and the influx of international students that stay even after graduation there is a demand for a cheaper and quicker building alternative. Our technology addresses the environmental and cost issues mentioned, because using soil/sand that is found on-site decreases construction costs compared to concrete or lumber, and also reduces the cost and need for transportation of construction materials. Additionally, our composite material when produced, unlike concrete, does not contribute greatly to CO2 emissions. Finally, the ability to 3D print houses would remove costs associated with hiring builders while decreasing the time required to build structures.