Precision polymer synthesis by controlled radical polymerization: Fusing the progress from polymer chemistry and reaction engineering

YN Zhou, JJ Li, TT Wang, YY Wu, ZH Luo - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

Progress in reaction mechanisms and reactor technologies for thermochemical recycling of poly (methyl methacrylate)

EKC Moens, K De Smit, YW Marien, AD Trigilio… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chemical or feedstock recycling of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) by thermal
degradation is an important societal challenge to enable polymer circularity. The annual …

Gillespie-driven kinetic Monte Carlo algorithms to model events for bulk or solution (bio) chemical systems containing elemental and distributed species

AD Trigilio, YW Marien… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Stochastic modeling techniques have emerged as a powerful tool to study the time evolution
of processes in many research fields including (bio) chemical engineering and biology. One …

How phase transfer increases the number of kinetic regimes from three to seven in nitroxide mediated polymerization of n-butyl acrylate in aqueous miniemulsion

E Zeinali, YW Marien, SR George… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the challenges in reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) in
miniemulsion is identifying the optimal average particle size (dp), offering both high reaction …

Understanding differential microemulsion polymerization in continuous slug flow through kinetic Monte Carlo simulation

M Qiu, Y Wang, M Shang, Y Su - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Microreactors have been universal in polymerization and will help mitigate the residence
time distribution and viscosity if conducted in a slug flow regime. The numerical simulation of …

Coupled matrix-based Monte Carlo modeling for a mechanistic understanding of poly (methyl methacrylate) thermochemical recycling kinetics

EKC Moens, YW Marien, FL Figueira, AD Trigilio… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Coupled matrix-based Monte Carlo (CMMC) modeling is applied to gain a deeper
understanding of the mechanism underlying the thermochemical degradation of poly (methyl …

In-depth mechanistic and kinetic investigation of sonochemically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization using modeling approach

C Bian, S Li, N Yang, H Chen, W Feng, YN Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechano/sonochemically mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization has
attracted great attention because of the novel electron transfer regulation process and high …

Roadmap for monomer conversion and chain length-dependent termination reactivity algorithms in kinetic Monte Carlo modeling of bulk radical polymerization

K De Smit, YW Marien, M Edeleva… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Radical polymerization is prone to diffusional limitations on termination, leading to a rate
acceleration by the gel-effect and molecular changes, with strong increases in average …

Conformational variations for surface-initiated reversible deactivation radical polymerization: From flat to curved nanoparticle surfaces

FJ Arraez, PHM Van Steenberge, J Sobieski… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although progress in surface-initiated reversible deactivation radical polymerization (SI-
RDRP) has already enabled the production of increasingly novel and advanced polymer …

Comparing SG1 and TEMPO for NMP of n-butyl acrylate in miniemulsion to optimize the average particle size for rate and molecular control

E Zeinali, YW Marien, M Edeleva, SR George… - Reaction Chemistry & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitroxide mediated polymerization (NMP) in aqueous miniemulsion potentially offers both
control over chain length and livingness, while reducing the reaction time compared to the …