TY - JOUR
T1 - Micromixer-assisted polymerization processes: a review
AU - Bally, F.
AU - Serra, C.
AU - Hessel, V.
AU - Hadziioannou, G.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Mixing in polymerization processes is an extremely important issue as uneven mixing inevitably leads to the synthesis of polymer with undesired characteristics. On the other hand, microeaction technology has enabled the development of extremely efficient micromixers which, within typical few milliseconds, allow mixing fluids at the microscale level. Recent developments in polymerization reaction engineering include the use of such micromixers to mix either initial reactants or reactive viscous solutions in multistep processes. Thus, polymers with improved control over their molecular weights and molecular weight distributions, chemical compositions and architectures can be synthesized. Micromixers can also be used to open new operating windows in which controlled polymerization can be performed faster or under less stringent reaction conditions.
AB - Mixing in polymerization processes is an extremely important issue as uneven mixing inevitably leads to the synthesis of polymer with undesired characteristics. On the other hand, microeaction technology has enabled the development of extremely efficient micromixers which, within typical few milliseconds, allow mixing fluids at the microscale level. Recent developments in polymerization reaction engineering include the use of such micromixers to mix either initial reactants or reactive viscous solutions in multistep processes. Thus, polymers with improved control over their molecular weights and molecular weight distributions, chemical compositions and architectures can be synthesized. Micromixers can also be used to open new operating windows in which controlled polymerization can be performed faster or under less stringent reaction conditions.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ces.2010.07.026
DO - 10.1016/j.ces.2010.07.026
M3 - Article
VL - 66
SP - 1449
EP - 1462
JO - Chemical Engineering Science
JF - Chemical Engineering Science
SN - 0009-2509
ER -