NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers

NSF 可持续聚合物中心

基本信息

批准号：
1901635
负责人：
Marc Hillmyer
金额：
$ 2000万
依托单位：
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Cooperative Agreement
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-08-01 至 2024-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1901635&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NSF Center Sustainable Polymers

项目摘要

Plastics derived from petroleum-based polymers offer affordable packaging, adhesives, building materials, computer components, and sporting and safety equipment. The durability and stability of these materials, however, has resulted in an undesirable accumulation of discarded plastics in our environment. The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) addresses this challenge by designing functional and environmentally sustainable plastics. Key aspects of sustainability include making plastics from renewable resources, using green and sustainable reaction chemistries, and making specialty plastics that can be composted or recycled after their use. CSP seeks detailed understanding of the chemical transformations happening in all of these processes, building a body of knowledge that can be generalized to other systems. The multi-institutional and collaborative team involves researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Cornell University, Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of California Berkeley, University of Chicago and University of South Dakota. CSP promotes innovation through technology transfer and entrepreneurship as demonstrated by their patent portfolio and spin-off companies. CSP has extensive programs in education, outreach, and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in the sciences. Their efforts include developing new college curricula and laboratory experiments with sustainable polymer examples. CSP-supported graduate students and postdoctoral researchers access professional development opportunities in communication skills, creating collaborative and equitable work environments, project management, and engaging with industry researchers. A diverse group of undergraduates is supported through summer research opportunities. A national partnership is bringing science skills and discussions of sustainable plastics to 4-H groups across the country. The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) incorporates experts in all stages of polymer chemistry that range from developing polymers from renewable resources, creating new chemistries for synthesis, and improving the recycling or degradation pathways for plastics after use. CSP's research efforts are organized into three areas that have substantive scientific overlap: 1) to discover new, efficient, and often catalytic chemical transformations of biomass and other natural product-based feedstocks into both new and established polymer ingredients; 2) to discover new sustainable polymers with precisely controlled molecular structures and establish relationships between structure, morphology, and performance properties; and 3) to discover sustainable polymers with triggered degradation, chemical recycling, and compatibilization capabilities to reduce or eliminate plastic waste. Center members emphasize research translation and the protection of intellectual property in their innovation efforts. The center trains and develops a diverse cohort of chemists that works collaboratively and leverages one another's expertise. CSP partners with youth development organizations to encourage interest in the physical sciences and engages the public in the challenges and the opportunities presented by sustainable polymers. CSP works to advance data sharing and reuse by making original, primary data files available with all publications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

源自石油基聚合物的塑料可提供价格实惠的包装、粘合剂、建筑材料、计算机组件以及运动和安全设备。然而，这些材料的耐用性和稳定性导致废弃塑料在我们的环境中积聚。 NSF 可持续聚合物中心 (CSP) 通过设计功能性和环境可持续的塑料来应对这一挑战。可持续性的关键方面包括利用可再生资源制造塑料、使用绿色和可持续的反应化学物质，以及制造使用后可堆肥或回收的特种塑料。 CSP 寻求对所有这些过程中发生的化学转化的详细了解，建立可以推广到其他系统的知识体系。这个多机构协作团队包括来自明尼苏达大学双城分校、康奈尔大学、西北大学、圣路易斯华盛顿大学、加州大学伯克利分校、芝加哥大学和南达科他大学的研究人员。 CSP 通过技术转让和创业精神促进创新，其专利组合和衍生公司就证明了这一点。 CSP 在教育、推广和扩大科学领域代表性不足群体的参与方面开展了广泛的计划。他们的努力包括开发新的大学课程和利用可持续聚合物实例进行实验室实验。 CSP 支持的研究生和博士后研究人员获得沟通技能、创造协作和公平的工作环境、项目管理以及与行业研究人员互动等方面的专业发展机会。通过暑期研究机会为多元化的本科生群体提供支持。一项全国性合作伙伴关系正在为全国各地的 4-H 团体带来有关可持续塑料的科学技能和讨论。 NSF 可持续聚合物中心 (CSP) 汇集了聚合物化学各个阶段的专家，包括从可再生资源开发聚合物、创造新的合成化学物质，以及改善塑料使用后的回收或降解途径。 CSP 的研究工作分为三个具有实质性科学重叠的领域：1）发现生物质和其他基于天然产品的原料向新的和成熟的聚合物成分的新的、高效的且通常催化化学转化； 2）发现具有精确控制分子结构的新型可持续聚合物，并建立结构、形态和性能之间的关系； 3) 发现具有触发降解、化学回收和增容能力的可持续聚合物，以减少或消除塑料废物。中心成员在创新工作中强调研究成果转化和知识产权保护。该中心培训和培养了一批多元化的化学家，他们相互协作并利用彼此的专业知识。 CSP 与青年发展组织合作，鼓励对物理科学的兴趣，并让公众参与可持续聚合物带来的挑战和机遇。 CSP 致力于通过向所有出版物提供原始、主要数据文件来促进数据共享和重用。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（107）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Site-Specific Mineralization of a Polyester Hydrolysis Product in Natural Soil

天然土壤中聚酯水解产物的特定位点矿化

DOI：
10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07948
发表时间：
2022-01
期刊：
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
影响因子：
8.4
作者：
Batiste, Derek C.;De Hoe, Guilhem X.;Nelson, Taylor F.;Sodnikar, Katharina;McNeill, Kristopher;Sander, Michael;Hillmyer, Marc A.
通讯作者：
Hillmyer, Marc A.

Incorporating Functionalized Cellulose to Increase the Toughness of Covalent Adaptable Networks

结合功能化纤维素来提高共价适应性网络的韧性