Carbon dioxide is a clean and versatile solvent for the synthesis and processing of a range
of materials. This review focuses on recent advances in polymer synthesis and processing …

1.2 Background Radical polymerization is of enormous industrial importance; approximately
50% of all commercial polymers are produced by radical polymerization.(23) The process is …

Carbon dioxide is often promoted as a sustainable solvent, as CO2 is non-flammable,
exhibits a relatively low toxicity and is naturally abundant. However, injudicious use of …

In the search for new polymerization solvents, scientists have turned to supercritical fluids.
Supercritical carbon dioxide possesses many properties that have allowed it to emerge as …

Explaining principles essential for the interpretation of data and understanding the real
meaning of the result, this work describes carious methods and techniques used to …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is a unique solvent with a wide range of interesting
properties. This review focuses upon recent advances in the use of scCO2 in materials …

This article deals with recent progress including the authors' work concerning the application
of block copolymers as polymeric surfactants in heterophase polymerizations. The synthesis …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly
medium for radical polymerizations. ScCO2 is suited for heterogeneous controlled/living …

Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), and vinylidene fluoride (VDF)
were copolymerized with vinyl acetate (VAc) in supercritical fluid CO2 by a free radical …

This paper reports the synthesis of highly cross-linked polymers in supercritical CO2
(scCO2), both with and without the addition of a CO2-soluble diblock copolymer stabilizer. It …