High-pressure rheological analysis of CO2-induced melting point depression and viscosity reduction of poly (ε-caprolactone)

S Curia, DSA De Focatiis, SM Howdle - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
High-pressure rheology has been used to assess the effects of supercritical carbon dioxide
(scCO 2) on the melting point (T m) and viscosity of poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) over a range …

Methods and systems for large scale carbon dioxide utilization from Lake Kivu via a CO2 industrial utilization hub integrated with electric power production and …

CL HARPER - US Patent 10,577,248, 2020 - Google Patents
2017-05-24 Assigned to HARPER BIOTECH LLC D/B/A SIMBUKA ENERGY, LLC
reassignment HARPER BIOTECH LLC D/B/A SIMBUKA ENERGY, LLC ASSIGNMENT OF …

Green enzymatic synthesis and processing of poly (cis-9, 10-epoxy-18-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid) in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2)

D Sagnelli, A Vestri, S Curia, V Taresco… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is significant potential for industrial use of renewables for a wide range of materials
demanded by society. Plants, trees and algae are increasingly attracting attention as …

Towards sustainable polymeric nano-carriers and surfactants: facile low temperature enzymatic synthesis of bio-based amphiphilic copolymers in scCO 2

S Curia, SM Howdle - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate that useful bio-based amphiphilic polymers can be produced enzymatically
at a mild temperature, in a solvent-free system and using renewably sourced monomers, by …

Green process for green materials: viable low-temperature lipase-catalysed synthesis of renewable telechelics in supercritical CO2

S Curia, AF Barclay, S Torron… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We present a novel near-ambient-temperature approach to telechelic renewable polyesters
by exploiting the unique properties of supercritical CO2 (scCO2). Bio-based commercially …

Clean preparation of tailored microcellular foams of polystyrene using nucleating agents and supercritical CO2

C Gutiérrez, MT Garcia, R Mencía, I Garrido… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - Springer
Microcellular foams are well-known polymeric materials since they present excellent
properties: high impact strength, high toughness, high stiffness-to-weight ratio, high fatigue …

Viscosity measurement of polypropylene loaded with blowing agents (propane and carbon dioxide) by a novel inline method

R Vincent, M Langlotz… - Journal of Cellular Plastics, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Decreased viscosity due to the influence of blowing agent in thermoplastic polymer melts is
a key issue for understanding the process of foam extrusion. In a process for direct foam …

Temperature, time, pressure, and CO2 concentration dependence of rheological properties for poly (methyl methacrylate)/expanded graphite composites

HX Huang, LM Yu - Journal of Rheology, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of temperature, pressure, and supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2)
concentration are investigated on the rheological behavior of poly (methyl methacrylate) …

Can a combination of poly (ethylene glycol) and dense phase carbon dioxide improve processing of polylactide? A high pressure rheology investigation

KJ Pepper, T Masson, D De Focatiis… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
High temperature melts or use of organic solvents are not practicable approaches for
encapsulating protein based or thermally labile drugs into degradable polymers. Here, we …

Synthesis and Operating Optimization of the PEG Conjugate via CuAAC in scCO2

S López, I Gracia, MT García, JF Rodríguez… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A new sustainable green protocol for obtaining polyethylene glycol (PEG) conjugates, with a
prototype molecule, which in this work was coumarin, by means of click chemistry is …