arrow
Return

Semicontinuous microemulsion polymerization

delete2016-10-01
delete23
PRE
AI
J
J. E. Puig *
M
M. Rabelero
DOI:10.1016/j.cocis.2016.07.003delete
deleteOriginal
deleteOriginal request for help
deleteShare
deleteSave
Abstract

Abstract

En 中文
Batch microemulsion polymerization is a process that allows the synthesis of oil-soluble and water-soluble nano particles, nanocomposites and nanogels smaller than ca. 50 nm with larger molecular weights (ca. 10(7) g/mol); however, the large amounts of surfactant required by this process to produce small amounts of polymer have hindered its industrial scaling. Semicontinuous O/W and W/O microemulsion polymerizations allow increasing the polymer content without adding more surfactant to the original reacting formulation. The several schemes of semicontinuous microemulsion polymerization that have been proposed, semibatch, semicontinuous feeding or lot additions of monomer to the reacting microemulsion, are reviewed here. Semicontinuous inverse microemulsion polymerization, which is a process to synthesized water-soluble polymer nanoparticles that have important applications as superabsorbents and flocculants, are also reviewed. Moreover, alternative processes, denoted by our group as normal and inverse semicontinuous heterophase polymerizations, which allows the synthesis of-even larger concentration of polymer employing smaller amounts of surfactant compared to microemulsion polymerization, are examined. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Batch
Semicontinuous
Microemulsion polymerization
AI Summary

AI Summary

Key information extracted from the uploaded paper, including a brief overview, abstract, background, key highlights, visual analysis, and future outlook.

Journal

C
Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
IF:
7
Papers:
2.0K
Citations:
9.0K

Organization

U
universidad de guadalajara
Scholars:
6.9K
Papers: 3.7K
Citations: 4