Mechanism for nanoparticle release from automotive tire tread
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 2409292
- Recipient
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Cincinnati Univ Of UEI DZ4YCZ3QSPR5
- Awarding agency
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Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport System
National Science Foundation
- Obligated
- $437,610
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 47.041 Engineering
- Completion date 84% complete
- Funding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Place of performance
- Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Abstract
- In the US, automotive tire wear generates nearly a million tons of tire wear particles annually, making up 40% of microplastic pollution. This unregulated particulate emission from tires exceeds the regulated emission from exhaust by three orders of magnitude. With electric supplanting internal-combustion vehicles, tire wear particle emissions will increase due to higher torque and vehicle weight. In preliminary work, nanoscale tire wear particles have been found adhering to the surface of in-use tires and can be collected from laboratory rubber abraders as an aerosol. The proposed work will explore the mechanisms for release of nanoparticles during tire wear. Through these mechanisms, new approaches to control environmental exposure will be explored. The work involves a close collaboration between industry, the national institute of occupational safety and health, and the university-based, NSF funded team. The project takes advantage of department of energy user research facilities at the advanced photon source, argonne national laboratory. This collaboration has broad expertise and extensive facilities to study the mechanism for nanoparticulate and microplastic emissions from tires and to develop and implement viable solutions to the problem for regulatory, and commercial implementation, as well as for fundamental understanding. The PIS plan to interact with high school students and teachers from ST. Xavier high school in the collection of tire wear particles samples from domestic cars and trucks and to develop a webpage for submission of samples from other high schools across the US and to serve as the basis for a forum of public discussion on nanoparticle and microplastic environmental exposure. While IT is known that tires are a major source of microplastics, this project will evaluate the role of free nanoparticle release as a significant component of tire wear emissions. The project will demonstrate a proposed mechanism for release of nanoparticles during tire wear. Prevention of emissions will be explored through control over the surface chemistry of nanoparticles. Further, new approaches to collection of tire wear particles based on the proposed mechanism will be explored. Through this project, the novel interfacial charging mechanism, supported by experimental studies, will result in the creation of a generalized predictive model for nanoparticle release from nanocomposites. This research will contribute to the fundamental understanding of nanoparticle release from polymer nanocomposites driven by interfacial charge. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.- subawards are planned for this award.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $12,000 | |
| Amendment | $15,000 | |
| Original award | $410,610 |
Subawards
| Subrecipient | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Incorporated | $42,016 |
Quick answers
Who received award 2409292?
2409292 was awarded to Cincinnati Univ Of by Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport System (National Science Foundation) on May 1, 2024.
How much is award 2409292 worth?
$437,610 has been obligated on 2409292.
Which agency awarded 2409292?
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport System (National Science Foundation) awarded 2409292, with funding from National Science Foundation.
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