Research themes
The SCIENCE Prosperity Partnership will use sustainable chemistry and polymer science to achieve new low-carbon innovations. The key objective is to produce sustainable products and processes, to reduce Lubrizol's carbon footprint.
The research is split into two interlinking workpackages:
Workpackage 1 - (HEADS)
- Lead by Professor Pete Licence, Nottingham
- Hydroelementation by Earth abundant catalysis
- Sustainable synthesis of N-containing surfactants and polymers
- Development of cleaner & more sustainable reactions
Workpackage 2 - (TAILS)
- Lead by Professor David Haddleton, Warwick
- Development of low energy polymerisation methods
- Copolymerisation with renewable hydrocarbon monomers
- Development of macromolecular flow chemistry