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Polysaccharide
Network
POLYSACCHARIDE
S
PROJECT TEAM
P1: ARMINES-ENSMP-Centre de Mise en Forme des Matriaux CEMEF,
(Higher education, Research), France (P. Navard)
Role in the
hemicelluloses
project:
polysaccharide
raw
material
extraction,
physics,
of
Polymers,
P12: Institut
Ciechanska)
of
Chemical
Fibres,
Poland
(H.
Struszczyk,
D.
Role
in
the
project:
Starch
processing,
polysaccharides in pharmaceutical industry
applications
of
N, P with z gradients, NMR spectroscopy (Varian 400 MHz (solid state 13CCP/MAS) solid, Varian 500 MHz (solutions)), HPCE, HPLC / GPC with MALLS,
fluorescence, RI, UV-DAD detection, MALDI-QTOFMS, FTIR, GC, EPR (Jeol), ICPSFMS, Laser-Ablation ICP-MS, UV/Fluorescence, 400 MHz Bruker AMX NMR
spectrometer, FTIR Bio-Rad FTS 25 PC, TGA Mettler Toledo TC 15, Elemental
analyzer CHNS 932 Leco, JASCO GPC (DG-980-50; PU-980; RI-detector 930; UVdetector 975), Mettler Toledo Coulometer DL 37
Physical analysis and testing: TOF-SIMS, XPS, AAS, Ion chromatograph, DCPAES, SEM-EDXA, FTIR, AFM, ICP-MS, Perkin Elmer DSC7, Perkin Elmer Diamond
Pyrus Step Scan DSC, Seteram Microcalorimeter. Texture Analysers, Dynamic
Mechanical Thermal Analysis, Rapid Viscosity Analyser, Rosand Capillary
Rheometer, Dilute Solution Capillary Viscometer, Stable Microsystems Powder
Rheometer, Phase Transition Analyser, several rheometers (Bohlin, Haake,
Reologica, Rheometrics), thermoanalytics (DSC, DMA; Perkin Elmer), pore
characterization by Hg, BET- and SAXS-methods, electron microscopy (Jeol SM
6330F incl. Oxford-direct cryo-transfer-system, EDX, Philips CM 200 TEM),
environmental electron microscopy, Brewster, confocal, phase contrast,
transmission microscopes, X-ray scattering (several small and wide angle film
cameras, light scattering (sophica)), High performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC, SEC; Waters, Perkin Elmer), ion exchange chromatography (Dionex)
OBJECTIVES
Overall objectives
to establish during the first 18 months of existence of the project an
independent, non-profit, private, single administrative and legal entity called
the European Polysaccharide Network Association ( EPNA) that will run all the
activities developed in common and interact directly inside the partners
organization
to combine all fields around polysaccharide research
to train students, scientists in academia and industry
to spread knowledge, results and excellence
to attract the interest of citizens for science
to organise in an efficient way the economical and administrative
integration
Scientific and technological integration and basic science / applied science
integration. Programme for jointly executed research
Building of a set of rules and actions to have a continuous flow of
information from the network activity and the activity of its members towards
individual EU companies
Development of specialised competence laboratories
Planning and organisation of the collective research work in agreement with
the jointly executed research topic
Definition of the needed resources (money, students)
General structure
of
enzymatic,
chemical
and
physical
conversion
of
- polysaccharide derivatisation
- novel functionalities by enzymatic modifications
- new polysaccharide structures
Combination of different polysaccharides
- blends of cellulose and starch
- development of systems with viscosity regulating properties
- development of systems with adhesive properties
- investigation of modified blends for encapsulation of active agents
and living biological materials
Advanced materials and products. New environmentally friendly processing
routes of isolated and mixed polysaccharides
- preparation of nanostructures in dependence on molecular
composition
- coupling the sophisticated functionalities of polysaccharides to
other materials
Partnership expansion
No partnership expansion will take place during the first 18
months
The condition to increase the size of the consortium is that
the shift from EC money to competitive money is as planned
above
It is expected that increasing the size of the consortium will
increase the need to raise industrial funding