FP6 - 517070 PROTEC - Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processing Technology for Biodegradable Polymers Targeting Medical Applications

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Biological Conversion : Nanotechnology and Materials

Type of Project	STREP
Contract No	FP6 - 517070
Total Cost	2,230 KEuro
EC Contribution	1,400 KEuro
Start Date	1-6-2005
Duration	34 Months

Abstract

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. This technological advance will be realised through addressing the scientific and technological gap between fundamental academic research and industry and through further developing advanced process control methodologies. The innovative processing technology developed within the project will also be designed to enable efficient integration with existing extrusion and injection moulding machines found throughout European industry.

The key project objectives include:

• The processing of porous biodegradable polymers that demonstrate significant weight reductions, but whilst retain the physical and mechanical properties of the compact material.
• The processing of thermally and shear sensitive polymers, demonstrating significant improvements in the reduction of degradation during processing, without induced foaming.
• To establish the fundamental relationship between the injection moulding variables and the surface and interior properties of the material, and to establish the parameters that lead to process control.
• To achieve process control of the materials biodegradation profile.
• To achieve scale-up and application of the processing technology, with consistent and reliable process control.
• To establish the limitations of material design due to the degradation that occurs during sterilisation, and to identify sterilisation best practice.

Coordinator

Rapra Technology Ltd, United Kingdom

Partners

• The University Of Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Technical University Of Lodz (Politechnika Lodzka), Poland
• University of Twente, Netherlands
• S.E. De Carburos Metalicos, S.A., Spain
• ARENA-ZME-Ltd, United Kingdom
• Trexel Gmbh , Germany

Contacts

Contact

• Emyr PEREGRINE / Rapra Technology Ltd Technology Group / UNITED KINGDOM