Issue 13, 2015

Thermal effects in polymerisations – a live view differentiating between bulk effects, thermal diffusion, and oxygen inhibition

Abstract

Thermography has been shown to be an efficient tool for the screening of the efficiency of exothermic reactions. Here we show that the use of a thermal IR camera reveals effects of heat transfer in polymerising mixtures if appropriately designed reaction vessels are used. We report on case studies illustrated by photo-induced radical polymerisation of butyl acrylate and thermally triggered ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of dicyclopentadiene.

Graphical abstract: Thermal effects in polymerisations – a live view differentiating between bulk effects, thermal diffusion, and oxygen inhibition

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Dec 2014
Accepted
23 Jan 2015
First published
26 Jan 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 2488-2492

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Thermal effects in polymerisations – a live view differentiating between bulk effects, thermal diffusion, and oxygen inhibition

R. Geier, C. Wappl, H. Freiszmuth, C. Slugovc and G. Gescheidt, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 2488 DOI: 10.1039/C4PY01739K

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