High-Throughput Automated Parallel Evaluation of Zinc-Based Catalysts for the Copolymerization of CHO and CO2 to Polycarbonates

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 382-386

  Van Meerendonk, Wouter J ^a   Duchateau, Robbert ^a   Koning, Cor E ^a   Gruter, Gert Jan M ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Avantium Technologies BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Catalysis; Copolymerization; High throughput experimentation; Parallel synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPLEXATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THROUGHPUT; ZINC;

POLYDISPERSITIES;

CATALYSTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPOLYMER; CYCLOHEXANE OXIDE; POLYCARBONATE; ZINC COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0442294086     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200300255     Document Type: Article

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