High-temperature nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization in a continuous microtube reactor: Towards a better control of the polymerization reaction

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5245-5250

  Rosenfeld, Carine ^a   Serra, Christophe ^a   Brochon, Cyril ^a   Hadziioannou, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Batch; Diffusion; Homogenization; Microfluidic; Nitroxide; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

MICROSYSTEM REACTOR; MICROTUBE REACTOR; VOLUME RATIO;

DIFFUSION; EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROSYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFUSION; EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROSYSTEMS;

EID: 34547931837     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.12.074     Document Type: Article

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