STTR Phase I: Metal-Free Production of Olefin Metathesis Polymers and Resins

STTR 第一阶段：烯烃复分解聚合物和树脂的无金属生产

• 批准号: 1747201
• 负责人: John Goldstone
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Boydston Chemical Innovations, Incorportated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1747201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Metal; Free; Production

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project will develop a metal-free route to the production of high performance plastics and composites. Specifically, this project focuses on a unique class of materials based upon a thermoset that displays high strength-to-weight ratio and exceptional fracture toughness. A challenge to broader adoption of these materials stems from the current reliance on metal-based reagents and catalysts for their production. The metals impose a significant recurring cost of production, show sensitivity to air, and remain as contaminants in the final products. This innovation provides the first metal-free access to such materials. Additionally, the unique metal-free catalyst system is capable of producing resin and polymer feedstocks that are not available from metal-based reagents, and may offer advantages in processing and performance. The projected commercial impacts of the innovation will be enhanced material performance, lower cost products, and broadened (new) fields of use. The existing market is estimated to be $578M with 4.9% annual growth through 2023.The intellectual merit of this project is the invention and development of the first metal-free route to olefin metathesis polymers and oligomers. Prior art has demonstrated on small scale the ability to use a unique organocatalyst to produce polymer and resin feedstocks that are easily processable into high performance thermosets and composites. The organocatalyst approach is a divergence from all previous methods of producing materials via olefin metathesis and therefore warrants validation and optimization toward commercial scale-up. The Phase I research aims will include (1) scale-up through the design and implementation of flow reactor technologies, (2) mechanical analyses and product specification sheets for thermoset prototypes, and (3) evaluation of new resins and polymers for use in fiber reinforced composite materials. The results should be useful commercially and academically.

这个小型企业技术转移阶段项目将开发一条无金属的途径，以生产高性能塑料和复合材料。具体而言，该项目的重点是基于一系列独特的材料，该材料基于一个显示高强度与重量比和出色的断裂韧性的材料。对这些材料采用的更广泛采用的挑战源于目前对基于金属的试剂和催化剂生产的依赖。金属施加了重大的重复生产成本，对空气表现出敏感性，并在最终产品中保持污染物。这项创新提供了对此类材料的首次无金属访问。此外，独特的无金属催化剂系统能够生产基于金属的试剂无法获得的树脂和聚合物原料，并且在加工和性能方面可能有优势。创新的预计商业影响将提高材料性能，较低的成本产品以及扩大（新的）使用领域。现有市场估计为5.78亿美元，到2023年的年增长率为4.9％。该项目的智力优点是发明和开发了第一条通往烯烃元理解聚合物和低聚物的途径。先前的ART在小规模上证明了使用独特的有机催化剂生产聚合物和树脂原料的能力，这些物质和树脂原料很容易加工到高性能的热固性和复合材料中。 Oryocatalyst方法与所有以前通过烯烃元件生产材料的方法有所不同，因此需要验证和优化商业规模。 I期研究的目的将包括（1）通过设计和实施流动反应器技术，（2）用于热固性原型的机械分析和产品规范表，以及（3）评估新树脂和聚合物在纤维增强复合材料中的使用。 结果应该在商业和学术上很有用。