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Supercritical Fluids

Projects on stand-by at the moment...

The overall objective of our previous work was to provide crucial insights into knowledgeably designing environmentally friendly CO2 -philic polymers and surfactants relevant to applications, ranging from polymerization to microlithography.

A new light scattering cell adapted to compressible fluids was designed and fabricated. By measuring the variation of the CO2 solvent quality (second virial coefficient, A2 ) for various homopolymers and comparing it with the available theoretical models, we demonstrated that polymer-solvent universal behaviour remained valid in liquid CO2 .

Through several collaboration and to expand the utility of the CO2 platform, amphiphilic molecules (diblock-copolymers and dendritic molecules) were synthesised and solubility as well as micellization process in compressed CO2 were investigated demonstrating promising potential not only for CO2 technology but also for phase transfer and purification.

Pressure vs Temperature Phase Diagram of Carbon Dioxide

- Solution Properties of a Fluorinated Alkyl Methacrylate Polymer in Carbon Dioxide
J. Guo, P. André, M. Adam, S. Panyukov, M. Rubinstein, J.M. DeSimone ; Macromolecules 39, 9, 3427 (2006)

- Solubility Study of Fluorinated Polymer and Block-Copolymer in Compressed CO2
P. André, P. Lacroix-Desmazes, D.K. Taylor, B. Boutevin ; Journal of Supercritical Fluids 37, 2, 263 (2006)

- Transition metal-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of amphiphilic dendritic molecular nanocarriers.
C. Chen, P. André, J.M. DeSimone, Z. Guan ; 229th ; ACS National Meeting, San Diego (CA), March 13-17, 2005

- “Abnormal” Micellization in Compressed CO2 : Solubility of Fluorinated Homopolymer and Block Copolymer
P. André, P. Lacroix-Desmazes, D.K. Taylor, B. Boutevin ; International Society for Advancement of Supercritical Fluids 10th European Meeting, Strasbourg (France), 12-14 Décembre, 2005

- Light Scattering Study of Polydimethyl Siloxane in Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
P. André, S. L. Folk, M. Adam, M. Rubinstein, J.M. DeSimone ; Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, 45, 9901 (2004)

- Macromolecular Surfactants for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Applications: Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorinated Block Copolymers Prepared by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Polymerization
P. Lacroix-Desmazes, P. André, J.M. DeSimone, A.V. Ruzette, B. Boutevin ; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 42, 14, 3537 (2004)

- Study of Non-Fluorinated Homopolymers in Compressed Carbon Dioxide
P. André, S.L. Folk, J.M. DeSimone ; 225th ; ACS Meeting (New-Orleans, LA-USA), March 23-27, 2003

- Synthesis and Light Scattering of Fluorinated and Siloxane-based Polymers in Compressed Carbon Dioxide
J.M. DeSimone, S.L. Folk, P. André, M. Adam ; International Society for Advancement of Supercritical Fluids 6th ; European Meeting, Versailles (France), Apr. 28-30, 2003
- Light Scattering Study of PFOMA Chains in Liquid and Supercritical CO2
P. André, S.L. Folk, M. Adam, M. Rubinstein, J.M. DeSimone ; National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Greensboro (NC-USA), Sept. 8-10, 2002

- Self-Assembly of Small Molecules and Macromolecules in Compressible Liquid and Supercritical CO2
J.M. DeSimone, S.L. Folk, J.D. Polley, M. Adam, M. Rubinstein, P. André, J. Keiper ; 224th ; ACS National Meeting, Boston (MA-USA) Aug. 18-22, 2002