| title: | COMPLEX NANOSTUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL POLYMERS |
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| reg no: | ETF5875 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
1.6. Physical, Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry 2.2. Materials Science |
| status: | accepted |
| institution: | TTU Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Technology |
| head of project: | Urve Kallavus |
| duration: | 01.01.2004 - 31.12.2006 |
| description: | This project is devoted to the investigation of novel coating materials based on organic conductive polymers with the aid of microscopical and spectroscopic methods. The goal of this project is to work out the new coating technologies and optimisation of suitable manufacturing technologies of coated products.Organic conductive materials are considered as hetero aromatic compounds synthesized mainly by chemically or electrochemically ¿ polypyrroles and derivatives of polytiophene. In this work the composites of this compounds together with natural and synthetic fibres and classical polymers will be investigated. Application of such new materials is very wide. Special interest is paid to the antistatic coatings made from the organic conductive materials (co-operation with the proposed to ETA project SMARTEX). Other important technological applications are corrosion-protection coatings, electrochemical sensors, light emitting diodes, photocells, batteries, capacitors detail, etc.Investigation of synthesis of conductive polymers is top-important from both sides of science and technology. For the description and understanding of the nature of this process it is essential to apply many -sided instrumental research and analysis to reveal all the complexity of this phenomenon and influence of synthesis conditions to the quality of the final product.Novelty of this project lays in the working-out of new materials as well as complex research approach to this complicated problem (application of SEM, TEM; AFM, STM, OM, nanotomography). Usage of these methods jointly helps us to reveal the processes nature and conjunction between the nano- and macropropertites of conductive polymers. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Katrin Idla | Tallinn Technical University | assistent | |
| 2. | Urve Kallavus | TTU Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Technology | professor, Head of the Centre for Materials Resear | |
| 3. | Rünno Lõhmus | University of Tartu | ||
| 4. | Meeme Põldme | Tallinn Technical University | dotsent | |
| 5. | Marek Strandberg | TÜ Tehnoloogiainstituut | teadur | |