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Input of supercritical carbon dioxide to polymer synthesis: an overview
Boyère, Cédric; Jérôme, Christine; Debuigne, Antoine
2014In European Polymer Journal, 61, p. 45-63
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Keywords :
supercritical carbon dioxide; review
Abstract :
[en] The ongoing search for environmentally friendlier alternative to the organic solvents used in chemical processes has led to the development of technologies based on supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), which is non-flammable, non-toxic and relatively inert fluid. Polymer chemistry does not escape this trend and last achievements in the field of polymer synthesis in scCO2 are reviewed here. Without claiming to be exhaustive, we go through and discuss the benefits of the main polymerization processes in scCO2 including homogeneous, precipitation, dispersion, suspension and emulsion systems. A particular attention is drawn to water/carbon dioxide emulsion polymerization and to the suited surface active agents. This review also underlines that heterogeneous polymerization based on CO2 is more than a strategy for reducing the ecological footprint of the polymer production but it allows structuring the polymer materials into particles or highly interconnected macroporous networks.
Research center :
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Boyère, Cédric;  University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jérôme, Christine  ;  University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Debuigne, Antoine  ;  University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Language :
English
Title :
Input of supercritical carbon dioxide to polymer synthesis: an overview
Publication date :
December 2014
Journal title :
European Polymer Journal
ISSN :
0014-3057
eISSN :
1873-1945
Publisher :
Elsevier Science
Volume :
61
Pages :
45-63
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
ULg - University of Liège [BE]
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
BELSPO - Politique scientifique fédérale [BE]
Funding text :
University of Liege and the French Community of Belgium for support under the scientific “Concerted Research Actions – ARC” program, “Superzym project”
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