Polymer synthesis and processing using supercritical carbon dioxide

AI Cooper - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2000 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dioxide is a clean and versatile solvent for the synthesis and processing of a range
of materials. This review focuses on recent advances in polymer synthesis and processing …

CO2 Technology Platform: An Important Tool for Environmental Problem Solving

SL Wells, J DeSimone - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
CO2 is a good solvent for many substances when compressed into its liquid or supercritical
fluid state. Above the critical temperature and critical pressure (Tc= 31° C, Pc= 73.8 bar, see …

Effect of surfactants on the interfacial tension and emulsion formation between water and carbon dioxide

SRP Da Rocha, KL Harrison, KP Johnston - Langmuir, 1999 - ACS Publications
The lowering of the interfacial tension (γ) between water and carbon dioxide by various
classes of surfactants is reported and used to interpret complementary measurements of the …

Relationship between Graft Density and the Dilute Solution Structure of Bottlebrush Polymers: An Inter-Chemistry Comparison and Scaling Analysis

DF Sunday, AB Burns, TB Martin, AB Chang… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers are an important class of materials which consist of side chains grafted
along a linear backbone. There has been a significant effort to understand structure …

Water-in-CO2 Microemulsions Studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

J Eastoe, BMH Cazelles, DC Steytler, JD Holmes… - Langmuir, 1997 - ACS Publications
Aggregate structures in water-in-CO2 microemulsions were studied by high-pressure small-
angle neutron scattering (SANS). With liquid CO2 at 15° C, the partially fluorinated, di-chain …

Structure–Property Relationships in CO2-philic (Co)polymers: Phase Behavior, Self-Assembly, and Stabilization of Water/CO2 Emulsions

E Girard, T Tassaing, JD Marty, M Destarac - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Review provides comprehensive guidelines for the design of CO2-philic copolymers
through an exhaustive and precise coverage of factors governing the solubility of different …

Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles Utilizing Hydrated Reverse Micelles in CO2

KT Lim, HS Hwang, W Ryoo, KP Johnston - Langmuir, 2004 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles were produced by the controlled hydrolysis of titanium
tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) in the presence of reverse micelles formed in CO2 with the …

Recent applications of small-angle neutron scattering in strongly interacting soft condensed matter

GD Wignall, YB Melnichenko - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Before the application of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) to the study of polymer
structure, chain conformation studies were limited to light and small-angle x-ray scattering …

Dispersion Polymerization in Supercritical CO2 with a Siloxane-Based Macromonomer:  1. The Particle Growth Regime

ML O'neill, MZ Yates, KP Johnston, CD Smith… - …, 1998 - ACS Publications
Particle growth rates were analyzed for the dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate
(MMA) in supercritical carbon dioxide at 65° C stabilized with a poly (dimethyl siloxane) …

Stubby Surfactants for Stabilization of Water and CO2 Emulsions:  Trisiloxanes

SRP da Rocha, J Dickson, D Cho, PJ Rossky… - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
Amphiphiles of a new class, with very short and bulky CO2-philic headgroups, the trisiloxane
surfactants of the form ((CH3) 3SiO) 2Si (CH3)(CH2) 3EO n R, where EO stands for ethylene …