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.

0096456Rusling 该奖项支持康涅狄格大学化学系 James Rusling 教授和内罗毕大学化学系 Geoffrey Kamau 教授之间为期两年的合作研究项目。PI 将针对使用生物反应器进行微乳液的合成和污染物分解。 微乳液是由油、水和表面活性剂制成的透明、稳定的液体。 它们比替代有机溶剂毒性更小、更便宜，并且在控制和提高催化电化学反应速率方面显示出巨大的前景。 专为微乳液设计的新型催化蛋白膜与流体成分的动力学控制相结合，可以为未来经济有效且环境友好的有机化学品合成工艺提供基础。 合作者希望阐明蛋白质膜和微乳液之间的相互作用可用于控制反应动力学的基本原理。用于监测薄膜特性和催化效率的电解、产品分析和伏安法将在内罗毕大学进行。 卡马乌和一名研究生将拜访鲁斯林和他的学生，使用康涅狄格大学的仪器进行专门的表征实验。 这笔资助的结果应该为涉及相对便宜、低毒、水基流体介质中的蛋白质膜催化的电化学合成过程的未来设计提供基本指导。 待开发的方法涉及生物技术的新方法，而不需要使用高度复杂的技术。国际项目部、化学品运输系统部、化学部共同支持该项目。