Long Yu

Title : Development of slow releasing fertilizer with water retention function using starch-based hydrogel

Abstract:

This presentation will discuss our recent achievement of developing slow releasing fertilizer with water retention function using starch-based hydrogel, that was fabricated by reactive extrusion. The new development of reactive extrusion, in particular application twice initializations to increase both graft and reaction efficiencies were introduced. The slow releasing and water retention behaviours were discussed on based on the starch-based hydrogel.

Audience Take Away:

• Audiences will be able to use the methodology to develop new kind of slow releasing fertilizer with water retention function. 
• This new concept and methodology will help audiences to open a new direction in their job.
• Other faculties could use the new concept and achievement to expand their research.
• This provides a practical solution to the well-recognized problem of the balance between graft and reaction efficiencies.
• It will improve new information to assist in solving the challenges from agriculture

Biography:

Prof L Yu is currently Principal Scientist, Institute of Chemistry, Henan Academy of Sciences, and Professor in South China University and Technology. Former Director of Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, He received his PhD from Monash University, Australia. He used to work in CSIRO, Australia as Principal Scientist for 18 years. He has had more than 180 papers published and citation time is more than 15000 (h-index 59). He has been selected as a Fellow of Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 2002, and currently been pointed as Editorial Board of 8 journals. He has chaired many international conferences and given many plenary/keynote/invited talks.