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Buddhima Rupasinghe, Speaker at Green Engineering Events
Bowling Green State University, United States
Title : Catalytic transformations of Siloxane-based materials towards a recycling loop

Abstract:

During the presentation, I’m hoping to explain the use of Silicone-based materials (Polysiloxanes). The current synthesis methods of the silicone-based materials. After that, I will explain current methods to depolymerize/ degrade these materials also the gaps involved in those technologies. Next, I’m hoping to deliver a method to over come the mentioned gaps. Then, we can analyse the method efficiency from the scientific results. Finally, our method will briefly discuss how to repolymerize the materials that we depolymerized.

Audience take away:

  • The audience will be able to know how useful these silicone-based materials.
  • How to synthesize these silicone-based materials.
  • How to depolymerize these materials.
  • Audience will understand the importance of recycling of the siloxane-based materials. This research is providing a practical solution to a problem.

Biography:

Dr. Buddhima studied his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Polymer Science & technology at University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka. He then joined Prof. Joseph Furgal’s research group of Silicone materials at Bowling Green State University, USA. He received his PhD degree in 2022 at the same institution. Now he is working at the Charles River Laboratories as a Senior Associate Scientist.

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