The University of Bradford has marked the 10th anniversary of a ground-breaking partnership with China to promote research into polymers.
The Science Bridges China collaboration was dubbed “second to none in the world” by its founder Prof Phil Coates, director of the University’s Polymer Interdisciplinary Research Centre.
The partnership led to the formation of the UK-China Advanced Materials Research Institute, which has over 300 academics involved in joint research projects and has already resulted in numerous scientific breakthroughs, principally in healthcare, but with applications in other areas such as engineering and energy use.
In 2018, Prof Coates received China’s top scientific award for overseas academics presented by President Xi Jinping at a ceremony in Beijing.
The University’s Polymer IRC is one of the leading polymer research centres in the world and works with companies big and small on cutting edge projects, creating advanced materials, including super lightweight ropes to tether oil rigs at sea, ‘bioresorbable’ heart stents, superior water pipes, and ‘plastic wood’.
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