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Doctoral Training Partnerships: a range of postgraduate training is funded by the Research Councils. For information on current funding routes, see the common terminology at https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/how-we-fund-studentships/. Training grants may be to one organisation or to a consortia of research organisations. This portal will show the lead organisation only.

Innovative ICT can play a crucial role in many innovation processes, but its potential is not always exploited in many industries. A route to innovation in chemical using industries is the exploitation of materials in what would otherwise be lost to waste streams from current manufacturing processes. This is interesting both in terms of realising additional value from manufacturing, but also in reduced utilisation of unsustainable material sources and exploitation of novel feedstocks for novel functional materials with new application benefits. This project will develop an information system based on highly innovative information technologies with the capability to rapidly identify the feedstock and functional material opportunities, and demonstrate its value in rapid bio-derived surfactant discovery. The key advances made will be in automation of large scale information analysis and mining, and in development of many-criteria optimisation algorithms to pin point innovative candidate materials from the very large numbers of possible options

The laundering of clothing and fabric is an energy intensive and water consuming process, and the chemicals used are potentially contaminative to the ecosystem. By designing detergent systems with more than one surfactant, acting synergistically, it is possible to (a) reduce energy consumption by lowering washing temperature, (b) use less water and (c) use smaller amounts of detergent. This project aims to develop, characterise and use commercially viable sustainable laundering technology, which will use less energy, less water and less chemicals, thus reducing the negative impact of washing on the environment. Innovation will be provided by designing novel detergents based on measurements of nanoscale interaction forces between surfactants, dirt, and the fabric.