Biodegradable fishing nets, prepared through a pH responsive moiety by reactive extrusion

Intern will significantly benefit in terms of knowledge generation and implementation from this research project by learning novel process to shape and modify biopolymer. After successful completion, the intern will learn process to scale up the product to real life application such as fishing line and nets. Plantee Bioplastics will be able to bring the modified product to market and capitalize on research done by the intern. This project has capacity to change the negative public perspective on plastics by bringing in market an improved fishing line and n

Faculty Supervisor:

Marianna Kontopoulou

Student:

Praphulla Praphulla

Partner:

Plantee Bioplastics

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

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