Hernández, Hugo,

Heterophase polymerization : basic concepts and principles / Hugo Hernandez, Klaus Tauer. - 1 online resource

1. Molecular Description of Heterophase Polymerization 2. Mechanisms of Heterophase Polymerization 3. Multiscale Modeling of Heterophase Polymerization 4. Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Heterophase Polymerization.

Heterophase polymerization is a century-old technology with a wide range of relevant industrial applications, including coatings, adhesives, rubbers, and many other specialized biomedical and high-performance materials. However, due to its multiscale complexity, it still remains a challenging research topic. It is a broad field covering all heterogeneous polymerization processes that result in polymer dispersions. Its technical realizations comprise emulsion polymerization, dispersion polymerization, suspension polymerization, miniemulsion polymerization, microemulsion polymerization, and others. This book is devoted to the science and technology of heterophase polymerization, considering it a generic term as well as an umbrella expression for all of its technical realizations. It presents, from a modern perspective, the basic concepts and principles required to understand the kinetics and thermodynamics of heterophase polymerization at the atomistic, molecular, macromolecular, supramolecular, colloidal, microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic scales. It critically discusses the important physicochemical mechanisms involved in heterophase polymerization, such as nucleation, particle aggregation, mass transfer, swelling, spontaneous emulsification, and polymerization kinetics, along with the experimental evidences at hand.

9781000245486 1000245489 9781000245448 1000245446 9781003119296 1003119298

10.1201/9781003119296 doi


Polymerization.
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General
TECHNOLOGY / Material Science

QD281.P6 / H47 2021 TP156.P6

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