2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [Engineering and Materials Sciences Division] Key Directions | Newmai Low-Field NMR Application Solutions

On January 11, the “2024 National Natural Science Foundation Project Guidelines” were officially released. According to statistics, the Engineering and Materials Science Division received 814 applications for key projects in 2023, funding 103 projects with direct funding of 236.9 million yuan, and an average funding intensity of 2.3 million yuan per project. In 2024, the Engineering and Materials Science Division plans to fund about 110 key projects in the following 14 areas, with an average funding intensity of approximately 3 million yuan per project, with a funding period of 5 years. To better serve Newmai users, this article summarizes the application solutions that Newmai can provide for the key project funding areas of the Engineering and Materials Science Division for 2024, focusing on the proposed research directions (3.1-3.9) in the field of organic polymer material design, preparation, and applications (E03). For 3.1 “New Methods and Principles for Polymer Material Synthesis,” Newmai can measure polymer crystallinity; For 3.2 “Polymer Material Aggregation State Structure and Properties,” Newmai can analyze polymer soft and hard segment ratios, molecular mobility, crosslinking degree, crosslinking density, and copolymer polymerization degree; For 3.3 “New Theories, Methods, and Technologies for Polymer Material Processing (including micro-nano processing and additive manufacturing),” Newmai can quickly assess additive material processing performance; For 3.4 “Polymer Composite Materials,” Newmai can perform composite material compatibility analysis, resin content determination, oil and rubber content measurement in PS/ABS, elastic or polyethylene content measurement in polyamide copolymers, and curing reaction process studies; For 3.5 “Eco-friendly and Environmentally Friendly Polymer Materials,” Newmai can measure the crystallinity of polymers such as PLA; For 3.6 “Smart Polymer Materials,” Newmai can characterize environmental responsiveness polymer phase transition processes; Newmai can also characterize molecular dynamics in liquid phase of smart polymers, measure particle surface grafting rates, activation energy, and phase transition temperatures; For 3.7 “Biomedical Polymer Materials,” Newmai can perform polymer hydration analysis and hydrogel swelling analysis; For 3.8 “Organic Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices,” Newmai can perform moisture phase state analysis, particle aggregation analysis, dispersion evaluation, wet surface area analysis, and hard segment ratio analysis in polyurethane polishing pads; For 3.9 “Polymer Materials for National Major Needs,” Newmai can measure resin content in carbon fiber composite materials If you would like to learn more about Newmai’s full material property analysis application solutions, please follow Newmai Analytical’s official WeChat account.