New Synthetic Routes to Cellulosic Graft Copolymers
{'Code': '07020000', 'Directorate': {'Abbreviation': 'ENG', 'LongName': 'Directorate For Engineering'}, 'Division': {'Abbreviation': 'CBET', 'LongName': 'Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys'}}
{'SignBlockName': 'name not available', 'PO_EMAI': None, 'PO_PHON': None}
Biopolymers such as cellulose, starch, and proteins are available in            large quantities and can be processed into high purity products at              modest costs.  However, biopolymers have been largely neglected in              modern research for potential applications in polymeric materials.  The         grafting of synthetic polymers to natural polymers from renewable               resources should lead to new classes of materials with specific and             interesting properties.  Nearly all of the approaches described in the          literature for grafting onto cellulose and other renewable materials            have involved free radical polymerization methods.  An analysis of the          graft copolymer reveals a very low level of graft substitution,                 involving only a few high molecular weight grafts.  A new synthetic             approach to cellulosic graft copolymers based on the anionic                    polymerization has been described which may overcome the problems of            the free radical graft cellulosics-polymers might open up new avenues           to prepare a new generation of cellulose-based super-adsorbents,                composites, biodegradable plastics, and other cellulose-based products.
{'FirstName': 'Ramani', 'LastName': 'Narayan', 'PI_MID_INIT': None, 'PI_SUFX_NAME': None, 'PI_FULL_NAME': 'Ramani Narayan', 'EmailAddress': 'narayan@msu.edu', 'NSF_ID': '000523914', 'StartDate': '05/15/1986', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Purdue University', 'CityName': 'WEST LAFAYETTE', 'ZipCode': '479061332', 'PhoneNumber': '7654941055', 'StreetAddress': '2550 NORTHWESTERN AVE # 1100', 'StreetAddress2': None, 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Indiana', 'StateCode': 'IN', 'CONGRESSDISTRICT': '04', 'CONGRESS_DISTRICT_ORG': 'IN04', 'ORG_UEI_NUM': 'YRXVL4JYCEF5', 'ORG_LGL_BUS_NAME': 'PURDUE UNIVERSITY', 'ORG_PRNT_UEI_NUM': None}
{'Name': None, 'CityName': None, 'StateCode': None, 'ZipCode': None, 'StreetAddress': None, 'CountryCode': None, 'CountryName': None, 'StateName': None, 'CountryFlag': None, 'CONGRESSDISTRICT': None, 'CONGRESS_DISTRICT_PERF': '""'}
{'Code': '1402', 'Text': 'BIOCHEMICAL & BIOMASS ENG'}
{'url': 'https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/download?DownloadFileName=1985&All=true', 'xml': '8502498.xml'}