Solvent-Free Polymerizations and Processes Minimization of Conventional Organic Solvents

by Long, Timothy E.; Hunt, Michael O.

• ISBN13: 9780841235915
• ISBN10: 0841235910
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-28
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Environmental concerns are increasingly central in industrial chemistry, and this unique compilation presents a variety of strategies for reducing or eliminating the use of traditional organic solvents in polymer synthesis and processing. It spans a wide range of polymerization mechanisms, scales of production, and types of products and markets. Methods discussed include controlled bulk free radical polymerization, polyester melt polycondensation, the use of "pre-polymers" in network formation, reactive extrusion, and high pressure carbon dioxide as a benign solvent. The breadth of chemistry involved underscores the importance of these new techniques, and this valuable collection is likely to lead to further advances in waste reduction, novel chemical processes, and product enhancements.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
1. Solvent-Free Polymerizations and Processes: Recent Trends in the Minimization of Conventional Organic Solvents	1	(7)
Timothy E. Long
Michael O. Hunt
Melt Condensation Polymerization	8	(72)
2. Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Multiblock Copolymers	8	(20)
Doris Pospiech
Liane Haussler
Brigitte Voit
Frank Bohme
Hans R. Kricheldorf
3. Polybutylene Terephthalate Modified with Diamide Segments	28	(21)
R. J. Gaymans
A. C. M. van Bennekom
4. The Preparation and Melt Behavior of Oligomeric Bisphenol-A Polycarbonates	49	(31)
Joseph A. King Jr.
Bulk Free Radical Polymerization	80	(76)
5. Solvent-Free Stable Free Radical Polymerization: Understanding and Applications	80	(16)
Peter G. Odell
Nancy A. Listigovers
Marion H. Quinlan
Michael K. Georges
6. Bulk Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization	96	(17)
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
7. Bulk Free Radical Copolymerization of Allylic Alcohol with Acrylate and Styrene Comonomers	113	(14)
Shao-Hua Guo
8. A Versatile Synthesis of Block and Graft Copolymers by Bulk `Living' Free Radical Procedures	127	(13)
Craig J. Hawker
James L. Hedrick
Eva Malmstrom
Mikael Trollsas
Udo M. Stehling
Robert M. Waymouth
9. Solvent-Free Synthesis by Free-Radical Frontal Polymerization	140	(16)
John A. Pojman
Dionne Fortenberry
Lydia Lee Lewis
Chris Simmons
Victor Ilyashenko
Synthesis and Processing in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	156	(40)
10. Chain Growth Polymerizations in Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	156	(25)
Murat A. Quadir
Joseph M. DeSimone
11. Generation of Microcellular Biodegradable Polymers Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	181	(15)
D. Sparacio
E. J. Beckman
Polymer Networks	196	(24)
12. Polysulfone Oligomers with Thermosetting End-Groups and Their Curing Behavior Under Solvent-Free Conditions	196	(12)
Rumiko Hayase
Tetsuo Okuyama
13. A New Route for Solid-State Cross-Linking in Miscible Polymer Blends and Organic-Inorganic Polymeric Hybrids	208	(12)
Eli M. Pearce
T. K. Kwei
Shaoxiang Lu
Bulk Photopolymerization	220	(28)
14. Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Light Intensity and Initiator Effects on Solvent-Free Photopolymerizations	220	(12)
Michael D. Goodner
Christopher N. Bowman
15. Gas Phase and Cluster Studies of the Early Stages of Cationic Polymerization and the Reactions with Metal Cations	232	(16)
Y. B. Pithawalla
M. Samy El-Shall
Miscellaneous Solvent-Free Polymerizations and Processes	248	(34)
16. Solvent-Free Functionalization of Polypropylene by Reactive Extrusion with Acidic Peroxides	248	(19)
S. C. Manning
R. B. Moore
17. Layer-by-Layer Polycondensation of Nylon-66 with Normal Molecular Orientation by Alternating Vapor Deposition Polymerization	267	(15)
Huili Shao
Norimasa Okui
Indexes	282
Author Index	282	(1)
Subject Index	283