The advent of controlled process chemistry by using flow parameters and micro-confinement or micromixing has enabled far more efficient and high yielding reactions especially in organic synthesis and the development of new pharmaceutics or drugs. However, not much has been reported on its application in polymerization and nanoscale materials synthesis. The continuous flow synthesis of polymers allows for the in-situ and real-time production of materials necessary for the production of plastics, hydrogels, surfactants, proteins, etc. Nanomaterials that include metal, metal oxide, carbon, and silica are important for utilization in catalysis, dyes, sensors, drug delivery, etc. In this talk, we will show the possibilities for polymerization under continuous flow chemistry conditions and their possible using in nanostructuring and nanomaterials synthesis including grafted particles. This can be done by producing better pressure, volume, and temperature control often reaching supercritical or optimized flow conditions. For example, better polydispersity, molecular weight, block copolymer and branching efficiencies have been reported in flow chemistry. We will also report our recent results in living free radical polymerization and microparticle modification methods. Finally, we will discuss the possibilities and importance for the continuous production of controlled polymer architectures and tandem copolymerizations.

Controlled polymer synthesis and grafting architectures in continuous flow polymerizations

255th National Meeting (2018)

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