Project

Design of water-based radical polymerization processes for nanoapplications using advanced kinetic modeling and reactor technology

Code
3E025815
Looptijd
01-10-2015 → 30-09-2021
Financiering
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Catalysis and reacting systems engineering
    • Chemical product design and formulation
    • General chemical and biochemical engineering
    • Process engineering
    • Separation and membrane technologies
    • Transport phenomena
    • Other (bio)chemical engineering
    • Polymeric materials
Trefwoorden
modellering heterogeen kern-schil microfluidics
 
Projectomschrijving

The project aims at fundamental understanding and improvement of water-based radical emulsion polymerization processes for the synthesis of polymer nanoparticles, implying control over design parameters and a clear view on the interplay between chemistry and transport phenomena on the micro-, meso- and macro-scale. The model allows identification of optimal process parameters for the synthesis of core-shell nanoparticles at industrial scale.