Macromolecular Synthesis & Engineering

Macromolecular Synthesis and Engineering Work in this area relates to all aspects of polymer synthesis and selected downstream processes. The goal is to develop fundamental understanding of kinetic and transport mechanisms, thermodynamics, phase equilibria & factors affecting polymeric material's structure & function in CO2-related systems in order to demonstrate feasibility of sustainable polymerization and processing technology.

Team Leader:  Professor Joseph M. DeSimone

Project # Lead PI Project Title Students/Associates Status
5 DeSimone The investigation of fluorinated & siloxane-based polymeric surfactants & homopolymers in CO2 Sarah Folk July 02
10 Johnson High pressure NMR methods for study of microemulsions & monomer-polymer systems in SCF CO2 Bin Xu July 02
13 Murray Electrochemical methods in CO2based media Dongil Lee July 02
14 Rubinstein Monte Carlo simulation of polymeric surfactants Ian Withers July 02
15 Rubinstein Scattering studies of homopolymers & copolymers in CO2 Pascal Andre July 02
20 Wallen Preparation, characterization & utilization of novel CO2-philic systems P. Raveendran; Baby Chandrika July 02
21 Wallen Interfacial structure & dynamics of in situ CO2-philic systems Mick Hurrey July 02
31 Gubbins Molecular modeling of polymer systems: prediction of phase behavior & surfactant aggregation Coray Colina July 02
36 Khan Microcellular foaming of multicomponent polymer of phase behavior & surfactant aggregation Srinivas Siripurapu July 02
41 Roberts Continuos polymerization of acrylic acid in SCF CO2 Tao Liu July 02
43 Roberts Equilibria in the precipitation polymerization of VF2 Karen Kennedy July 02
45 Spontak Phase behavior of & molecular interactions in polymer blends exposed to high pressure CO2 Teri Walker July 02
47 van Zanten Tracer microrheology of compressed CO2-polymer solutions Shaun Tanner July 02
52 Koros Membrane based separations of CO2 & phenol under supercritical conditions Shilpa Damle July 02
54 Sanchez Simulated solubility scales for organics in CO2 Ken Lee July 02
55 Sanchez Polymer welding with CO2 Wang Xiaoyan July 02
57 Webber Dynamics & structure of steric stabilizers on on inorganic colloids & polymer micelles Ti Cao July 02
60 Ilias Separation & recovery of liquid & SCF CO2 from process streams without phase change using microporouos UF/NF membranes Satish Sukamaran
 
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