NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF BIODEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC POLYESTERS FOR PACKAGING AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Projektinformationen

DIBOP

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 10447

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 15 März 2006

Enddatum 14 März 2008

Finanziert unter

• Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Gesamtkosten € 0,00

EU-Beitrag € 241 626,00

Koordiniert durch

ASTON UNIVERSITY
United Kingdom

Ziel

Worldwide, the problems associated with the production of large amounts of waste are recognised as some of the most serious to be faced currently. For example, 41% of 30.4 million tonne pa of plastics used in the EU are used for packaging, more than 75% en ds up in landfill. In the case of plastic waste the preferred solution, up to now, is recycling. Nevertheless, degradable materials can play an important role to reduce these waste disposal problems. Biodegradable polymers, such as poly(lactic acid), not a ble to replace environmentally unfriendly packaging because their physical properties are representative of brittle materials. The work contained in this programme is designed to address this problem by producing plasticizers, that are also biodegradable, that can be blended with PLA and extruded to produce flexible films. A recent project supported by the EU under the CRAFT programme have shown that such plasticizers can be engineered from block copolymers of poly(ethylene glycol), a flexible block, and po ly(lactic acid), compatible with the base polymer.The main objective of this project is to continue the exploitation of our new method developed to replace the tin catalyst for the synthesis of poly(lactic acid) homopolymer and poly(lactic acid)-co-poly(et hylene glycol) (PLA-PEG) copolymers using a non toxic potassium based catalyst.The new catalyst system will also be used for the synthesis of other aliphatic polyesters such as poly(caprolactone), poly(glycolic acid) and their different copolymers.Using th is safe catalyst system, the obtained polymers can be directed towards different applications:- As modifiers for PLA to enhance its physical properties for production of environment-friendly packaging such as films, bottles, trays etc. - The combination of their biodegradability and biocompatibility, the produced hompolymers and copolymers can be as biomaterials for different biomedical applications.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › biomaterials › bioplastics › polylactic acid
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › organic acids
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › polymer sciences
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › catalysis
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › aliphatic compounds

Schlüsselbegriffe

• Biodegradable polyesters
• Drug delivery
• Nanospheres
• Packaging
• Polyethylene glycol
• Polylactide
• Tissue engineering

Programm/Programme

• FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Thema/Themen

• MOBILITY-2.1 - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF)

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5
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Finanzierungsplan

EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European Fellowships

Koordinator

ASTON UNIVERSITY

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• Adresse: Aston Triangle ; BIRMINGHAM ; Vereinigtes Königreich
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