Award details

Continuation support for the development of 'smart' membranes for solute delivery

ReferenceE17771
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Dr John Hubble
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Adrian Bowyer, Professor Robert Eisenthal
Institution University of Bath
DepartmentChemical Engineering
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 131,624
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/10/2003
End date 30/09/2005
Duration24 months

Abstract

The original support for this project was reduced because of the perceived high risk of failure. After 18 months, we are now able to clearly demonstrate the feasibility of our approach for producing responsive hydrogels based on biological recognition phenomena. In this proposal we seek to optimise the membrane properties, such as porosity, by varying reaction conditions (e.g. pH, and reactant concentrations), to extend the versatility of the system by synthesising membranes containing different ligand and receptor couples and to construct mechanistic models, based on kinetic and equilibrium data that will allow prediction of the membrane properties.

Summary

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Committee Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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