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Sustainable polymer materials.
Designing renewable and degradable polymers with useful, measurable material properties.
A sustainable material has to work in its intended application. We investigate how monomers, polymer structure and processing affect properties such as strength, barrier performance and degradation behaviour.
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Can renewable or CO₂-derived building blocks deliver practical material performance?
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Which structural features control water and oxygen transport through films?
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How can we measure and predict degradation alongside useful lifetime?
Making the connection
We combine polymer synthesis, film preparation, molecular and thermal characterisation, mechanical testing, barrier measurements and controlled degradation studies. Data from each stage help us connect molecular design to real material behaviour.
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