The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $555,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) grant program to the University of Florida (UF). The grant will support Professor Stephen A. Miller's research to convert post-consumer waste plastic and bio-based feedstocks into a novel family of sustainable polymers through a process called Amide to Ester Polymerization (ATEP). The key goals of the project are to optimize ATEP processes, compare the properties of the resulting polyesteramide polymers to existing materials, and investigate environmental degradation and chemical recycling pathways. This research aims to develop more sustainable polymer materials that can replace incumbent packaging plastics, while also advancing the fundamental understanding of polymerization and depolymerization chemistry. No sub-awards are planned under this grant, which has an award date of September 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027.
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