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Monday, 08 October 2007 13:52 |
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SuperGreenChem: Green Chemistry in Supercritical Fluids: Phase Behaviour, Kinetics and Scale-up PROGRAMME: 6PM- Marie Curie Network
DURATION: 05-07-01 / 08-06-30
SUMMARY: This Network is focused on the cleaner, more energy efficient manufacture of chemicals Our science involves Supercritical Fluids (SCFs), highly compressed gases, which are a potentially key technology for many environmentally more acceptable chemical processes. The Network is a multidisciplinary partnership of internationally leading laboratories in Chemistry, in Chemical Engineering and in Industry, all with established expertise in SCFs. We address key scientific issues that must be solved before the use of SCFs can become widespread; in particular we tackle the problem that solubilities of liquid or solid reagents in SCFs are usually very low, thereby spoiling the economics of otherwise highly attractive processes. Our approach is to target a very new aspect, Reactions under biphasic conditions, where the SCF dissolves into and “expands” liquid reactants, drastically changing the properties of the liquid and greatly widening the range of potential SCF applications. and SusdeCat. |
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Monday, 08 October 2007 13:48 |
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SURFACE T: Sustainable surface technology for multifunctional materials
PROGRAMME: 6FP-NMP
Duration: 2005-06-01/ 2008-05-31
WEB: http://www.icmab.es/surfacet/
Summary: The project is centered in pharmaceuticals (drug delivery and targeting with biomacromolecules), biomedical (tissue engineering) and cosmetic (ointmers) products prepared using this technology. Moreover, technology transfer to the plastics and fillers industries is addressed.Biomaterials and drug delivery systems are complex composite systems, often made by applying organic solvents and additives, which have well-known disadvantages like toxicity and flammability. Furthermore, with increasing materials complexity and size reduction to nano scale,classical solvent approaches are destructive because the used liquids destroy the functional surfaces they are helping to create, due to viscosity and surface tension. Technology based on supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) is an alternative to overcome the problems associated with the use of traditional solvents. SCCO2 is a non-destructive solvent adequate to manipulate complex functional materials and nanostructures. SCCO2 technology is proposed here for the production of a great range of knowledge-based multifunctional materials with better control of surface properties and purity, and for the industrial –high-rate, high-volume- fabrication of surface hybridized or composite materials |
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Monday, 08 October 2007 13:39 |
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PROTEC: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processing Technology for Biodegradable Polymers Targeting Medical Applications
PROGRAMME: 6FP-NMP
DURATION: 2005-06-01/ 2008-05-31
SUMMARY: This project will develop a highly innovative 'Supercritical fluid' processing technology that will enable European industries to develop and manufacture, in a highly controlled manner, advanced multifunctional biodegradable materials that posses consistent and well defined physical and mechanical properties, chemical composition, porosity, and degradation profile throughout European industry |
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