Designer Nanoreactors: An Environmentally Friendly Solution for Polymer Synthesis (2009-2011)

There is great demand by environmental and economic concerns to develop polymeric materials in water for use in coatings, biomedical and electronic industries. The project will develop a completely new way of conducting polymerizations in water by creating the desired nanoevironment using our designer nanoreactors. This new water-based methodology will revolutionise the way polymers are made and dramatically expand the range of structures available to materials scientists. This will represent a significant synthetic breakthrough in polymer chemistry.