Title

Light Scattering Study of Polymer Network Formation in a Supercritical Diluent

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

Fall 1993

Abstract

We have undertaken a study of the benefits of using near-critical and supercritical fluids in synthesizing microcellular foams. In this study, we use dynamic light scattering to study the formation of the polymer network directly in near-critical and supercritical freon-22. The polymer system studied is ethylene-glycoldimethacrylate+methylmethacrylate. We have previously obtained microcellular foams by direct polymerization in this system and this study elucidates the gelation process by tracking the correlation length of the inhomogeneities as a function of reaction time from the monomeric state to the gel transition.

Publication Title

Supercritical Fluid Engineering Science

Volume

Ch. 21

First Page

271

Last Page

280

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ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 514. July 23, 2009

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