Objective
This proposal is prepared with the help of an Exploratory Award which included a Research Feasibility Study. Partners other than those participating in phase 1 of the application were sought successfully through the CORDIS information system with the assistance of Beta Technology in the UK and ANVAR in France. The research is directed towards the preparation,characterisation and use of modifiers that can be used as third components in the blending of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxybutyrate co valerate (PHBV) with cheaper biodegradable polymers such as polycaprolactone (PCL). l'he materials to besynthesised in the early stages of the project will be all block copolymers of PHB/PHBV and PCL wherein the lengths of the individual blocks will be closely controlled. A novel range of ester teased plasticisers will also be produced in the expectation that these will act as modifiers of the physical properties of the blends of the polymers. Existing photoactivators manufactured by the Prime Proposer and known to promote the oxidative degradation of polymers such LLDPE to low molecular weightbioerodible products will also be used in the preparation of PHB/PHBV blends with LLDPE. The programme will involve the analysis and characterisation of the modifiers and then an investigation of their effects upon the physical and mechanical properties of the blends. Such studies will be used in conjunction with the measurement of biotic, abiotic and hydrolytic degradation of the polymer blends to establish the potential for such systems to be compounded by one of the SME's to produced polymer chips that are useable in film blowing and bottle manufacturing systems. The specific applications that are envisaged for such materials are in: - film manufacture for containment of horticultural products, - netting manufacture for protection of young forestry plantations - netting manut`acture for containment and protection of silage and in some cases of fruit and vegetables, and - bottle manufacture for use in the pharmaceutical industry.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture horticulture fruit growing
- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture horticulture vegetable growing
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture industrial crops fodder
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries forestry
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B70 OAH West Bromwich
United Kingdom
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