US-Kenya Cooperative Research: Bioreactors for Synthesis and Pollutant Decomposition in Microemulsions

美国-肯尼亚合作研究：用于微乳液合成和污染物分解的生物反应器

• 批准号: 0096456
• 负责人: James Rusling
• 金额: $ 2.39万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-10-01 至 2003-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0096456&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Kenya; Cooperative; Research; Bioreactors

0096456RuslingThis award supports a two-year collaborative research project between Professor James Rusling, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut, and Professor Geoffrey Kamau, of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nairobi.The PI will conduct a study on the use of bioreactors for synthesis and pollutant decomposition in microemulsions. Microemulsions are clear, stable fluids made from oil, water, and surfactant. They are less toxic and less expensive than alternative organic solvents, and have shown great promise for controlling and enhancing rates of catalytic electrochemical reactions. New catalytic protein films designed specifically for microemulsions combined with kinetic control by fluid composition may provide a basis for future cost-effective and environmentally benign processes for synthesis of organic chemicals. The collaborators expect to elucidate fundamental principles by which interactions between the protein films and the microemulsions may be used to control reaction kinetics. Electrolysis, product analysis, and voltammetry to monitor film properties and catalytic efficiencies will be done at the University of Nairobi. Kamau and a graduate student will visit Rusling and his students to conduct specialized characterization experiments using instrumentation at the University of Connecticut. The results of this grant should provide fundamental guidance for the future design of electrochemical synthetic processes involving protein film catalysis in relatively inexpensive, low toxicity, water-based fluid media. The methods to be developed involve novel approaches to biotechnology, without resorting to the use of highly sophisticated or complicated technologies. The Division of International Programs, the Division of Chemical Transport System, and the Division of Chemistry are jointly supporting this project.

0096456汇报这项奖项支持康涅狄格大学化学系的詹姆斯·鲁斯林教授与尼罗比大学化学系的Geoffrey Kamau教授之间的为期两年的合作研究项目。 微乳液是由油，水和表面活性剂制成的清晰，稳定的液体。 它们比替代有机溶剂的毒性较小且便宜，并且在控制和提高催化电化学反应速率方面表现出了巨大的希望。 专为微乳液而设计的新催化蛋白膜结合了流体组成的动力学控制，可以为未来的成本效益和环境良性过程提供基础，以合成有机化学物质。 合作者期望阐明蛋白质膜与微乳液之间相互作用的基本原理可用于控制反应动力学。电解，产品分析和伏安法以监测膜特性和催化效率，将在内罗毕大学进行。 Kamau和一名研究生将访问Rusling和他的学生，在康涅狄格大学使用仪器进行专业的特征实验。 该赠款的结果应为涉及蛋白质膜催化的电化学合成过程的未来设计提供基本的指导，以相对廉价，低毒性，水性流体介质。 要开发的方法涉及新颖的生物技术方法，而无需诉诸高度复杂或复杂的技术。国际计划，化学运输系统和化学司共同支持该项目。