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Recently, supercritical fluids have emerged as more sustainable alternatives for the organic solvents often used in polymer processes. This is the first book emphasizing the potential of supercritical carbon dioxide for polymer processes from an engineering point of view. It develops a state-of-the-art overview on polymer fundamentals, polymerization reactions and polymer processing in supercritical carbon dioxide. The book 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.The authors are internationally recognized experts from different fields in polymer reaction engineering in supercritical fluids. The book was initiated by the Working Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and further renowned international experts.
List of contents
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Sustainable Polymer Processes 1Phase Behavior of Polymer Systems in High-Pressure Carbon DioxideTransport Properties of Supercritical Carbon DioxideKinetics of Free-Radical Polymerization in Homogeneous Phase of Supercritical Carbon DioxideMonitoring Reactions in Supercritical MediaHeterogeneous Polymerization in Supercritical Carbon DioxideInverse Emulsion Polymerization in Carbon DioxideCatalytic Polymerization of Olefins in Supercritical Carbon DioxideProduction of Fluoropolymers in Supercritical Carbon DioxidePolymer Processing with Supercritical FluidsSynthesis of Advanced Materials using Supercritical FluidsPolymer Extrusion with Supercritical Carbon DioxideChemical Modification of Polymers in Supercritical Carbon DioxideReduction of Residual Monomer in Latex Products using High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide
About the author
Maartje Kemmere (1971) received her MSc in chemical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology in 1995, followed by a PhD in emulsion polymerisation process development in 1999.
Subsequently, she joined the Process Development Group of Eindhoven University of Technology as an assistant professor. Current research areas are polymer reaction engineering with emphasis on supercritical fluids and ultrasound technology, and polymer materials for biomedical purposes.
In 2003 she was a visiting scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research.
Thierry Meyer, born 1961 in Geneva, obtained his MSc in 1985 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), followed in 1989 by a PhD in chemical engineering.
He joined Ciba-Geigy in 1994 as development chemist in the pigment division, then as head of development a.i. to become production manager in 1998. In 1999 he switched to the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at EPFL to head the polymer reaction engineering unit.
Since 2002, he also functions as the chairman of the working party on polymer reaction engineering of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering.
Summary
Recently, supercritical fluids have emerged as more sustainable alternatives for the organic solvents often used in polymer processes. This is the first book emphasizing the potential of supercritical carbon dioxide for polymer processes from an engineering point of view. It develops a state-of-the-art overview on polymer fundamentals, polymerization reactions and polymer processing in supercritical carbon dioxide. The book 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.
The authors are internationally recognized experts from different fields in polymer reaction engineering in supercritical fluids. The book was initiated by the Working Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and further renowned international experts.
Report
"Fazit: Dieses Buch über die Verwendung von überkritischem CO2 als Lösungsmittel in der Polymerchemie verdient größte Aufmerksamkeit und kann auch Nichtspezialisten, die einen Einstieg in das Gebiet suchen, empfohlen werden."Angewandte Chemie"Jeder der Autoren ist anerkannter Experte auf seinem Gebiet und begleitet die Diskussion mit Resultaten der eigenen Forschung. Insbesondere die ersten beiden Grundlagenkapitel zeigen, welch tiefgreifende Einsichten moderne Untersuchungsmethoden erlauben. Damit erscheint dieses Buch für Einsteiger in dieses Arbeitsgebiet wie auch für Fachleute gleichermaßen eine wertvolle Lektüre."Chemie Ingenieur Technik
