Supercritical Carbon Dioxide emphasizes the potential of supercritical carbon dioxide for polymer processes from an engineering point of view.
Features:
- Develops a state-of-the-art overview on polymer fundamentals, polymerization reactions and polymer processing in supercritical carbon dioxide
- Covers topics in a multidisciplinary approach starting from polymer chemistry and thermodynamics, going through monitoring, polymerization processes and ending with polymer shaping and post-processing
Contents
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Sustainable Polymer Processes
- Introduction
- Strategic Organic Solvent Replacement
- Physical and Chemical Properties of Supercritical CO2
- Interactions of Carbon Dioxide with Polymers and Monomers
- Concluding Remarks and Outlook
Phase Behavior of Polymer Systems in High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- General Phase Behavior in Polymer/Solvent Systems
- Polymer Solubility in CO2
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Conclusions
Transport Properties of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Hydrodynamics and Mixing
- Heat Transfer
- Conclusions
Kinetics of Free-Radical Polymerization in Homogeneous Phase of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Experimental
- Initiation
- Propagation
- Termination
- Chain Transfer
- Conclusions
Monitoring Reactions in Supercritical Media
- Introduction
- On-line Analytical Methods Used in SCF
- Calorimetric Methods
- MMA Polymerization as an Example
- Conclusions
Heterogeneous Polymerization in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Modeling of the Process
- Case Study I: MMA Dispersion Polymerization
- Case Study II: VDF Precipitation Polymerization
- Concluding Remarks and Outlook
Inverse Emulsion Polymerization in Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Inverse Emulsion Polymerization in CO2: Design Constraints
- Surfactant Design for Inverse Emulsion Polymerization
- Inverse Emulsion Polymerization in CO2: Results
- Future Challenges
Catalytic Polymerization of Olefins in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Phase Behavior of Polyolefin-Monomer-CO2 Systems
- Catalyst System
- Polymerization of Olefins in Supercritical CO2 Using Brookhart Catalyst
- Concluding Remarks and Outlook
Production of Fluoropolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Fluoroolefin Polymerization in CO2
- Fluoroalkyl Acrylate Polymerizations in CO2
- Amphiphilic Poly(alkylacrylates)
- Photooxidation of Fluoroolefins in Liquid CO2
- CO2/Aqueous Hybrid Systems
- Conclusions
Polymer Processing with Supercritical Fluids
- Introduction
- Phase Behavior of CO2/Polymer Systems and the Effect of CO2 on Polymers
- Rheology of Polymers Under High-Pressure CO2
- Polymer Blends and CO2
- Supercritical Impregnation of Polymeric Materials
- Conclusions and Outlook
Synthesis of Advanced Materials Using Supercritical Fluids
- Introduction
- Polymer Synthesis
- Porous Materials
- Nanoscale Materials and Nanocomposites
- Lithography and Microelectronics
- Conclusion and Future Outlook
Polymer Extrusion with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Practical Background on Extrusion
- Supercritical CO2-Assisted Extrusion
- Mixing and Homogenization
- Applications
- Concluding Remarks
Chemical Modification of Polymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Brief Review of the State of the Art
- End-group Modification of Polyamide 6 in Supercritical CO2
- Carboxylic Acid End-group Modification of Poly(Butylene Terephthalate) with 1,2-Epoxybutane in Supercritical CO2
- Concluding Remarks and Outlook
Reduction of Residual Monomer in Latex Products Using High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide
- Introduction
- Overview of Techniques for Reduction of Residual Monomer
- Enhanced Polymerization in High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide
- Extraction Capacity of Carbon Dioxide
- Process Design for the Removal of MMA from a PMMA Latex Using CO2
- Conclusion and Future Outlook
Index
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