{"title":"On the First Anniversary of the Death of Professor Mamoru Nomura","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mren.202400042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202400042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmentally Friendly Synthesis of Polymer Nanoparticles in a Packed Reactor Using Glass Beads","authors":"Tetsuya Yamamoto, Ayumi Morino, Hideki Kanda, Ayumu Seki, Toru Ishigami","doi":"10.1002/mren.202570001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202570001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Front Cover</b>: Micro glass beads make the reaction spaces to synthesize polymer nano particles without surfactant. Particle size is controllable by the size of the micro glass beads packed in the reactor. More details can be found in article 2400009 by Tetsuya Yamamoto and co-workers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mren.202570001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Issue Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Mamoru Nomura who Passed Away on October 29, 2023","authors":"Hidetaka Tobita","doi":"10.1002/mren.202400041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202400041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparation of High-Heat-Resistant Silicone Hollow Particles","authors":"Hyota Nishi, Shintaro Ishidate, Ryuta Amasaki, Reina Nakamoto, Shinya Katsube, Nozomu Suzuki, Toyoko Suzuki, Hideto Minami","doi":"10.1002/mren.202400046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202400046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Single hollow particles are used in various fields, particularly in thermal insulation materials, owing to their low thermal conductivity attributed to encapsulated air properties. “The self-assembling phase separated polymer (SaPSeP) method” is an original hollowing method that is proposed by this laboratory 25 years ago. Most hollow particles prepared by the SaPSeP method have carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen polymer shells, which lack sufficient heat resistance. In this study, hollow particles with a silicone shell, which is highly heat-resistant, are prepared using the SaPSeP method using a trimer of 3-methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane (MPDS). The MPDS trimer (3MPDS) is synthesized through the sol–gel reaction of MPDS with a basic aqueous solution. Additionally, hollow particles are prepared using a new silicone oligomer composed of MPDS and dimethoxymethylvinylsilane (DMVS). Both hollow particles prepared from 3MPDS and from a new silicone oligomer composed of MPDS and DMVS showed high heat resistance. They maintained their hollow structure even when exposed to temperatures up to 900 °C.</p>","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparation of Monodisperse Cross-Linked Elastic Silicone Particles","authors":"Reina Nakamoto, Yuya Takeuchi, Yohei Okubo, Keisuke Fujita, Toyoko Suzuki, Hideto Minami","doi":"10.1002/mren.202400037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202400037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Micrometer-sized monodisperse silicone droplets are prepared through a sol–gel process involving 3-methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane (MPDS) at room temperature for 1.5 h in the presence of NH<sub>3</sub> as a catalyst. The size of the obtained droplets is controlled by changing the stabilizer concentration and solvent polarity. However, the obtained droplets have not maintained their particulate shape in the dry state due to the absence of a cross-linking structure. Thus, radical polymerization is performed on the obtained silicone droplets at 70 °C for 2 h; consequently, spherical particles with high monodispersity are observed in the dry state, indicating the presence of a cross-linked structure. Microcompression tests are conducted to evaluate the mechanical properties of the silicone particles. Initially, the recovery ratio (elasticity) is not high because the molecular weight of the silicone particles is low, ≈600, due to MPDS cyclization (MPDS trimer). Anionic ring-opening polymerization is therefore performed to extend the molecular weight of the MPDS trimer. Benzyldodecyldimethylammonium bromide and tetrakis[tris(dimethylamino)phosphoranylidenamino]phosphonium chloride are used as catalysts for anionic ring-opening polymerization. These catalysts increased the molecular weight to ≈2000 and 7600, respectively. Furthermore, the silicone particles obtained through anion ring-opening polymerization and radical polymerization have high recovery ratios (elasticity).</p>","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Industrial Synthesis of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene with H-Shape Long-Chain-Branching Structures Using Ziegler-Natta Catalysts","authors":"Bingyu Zhang, Fengtao Chen, Jin-Yong Dong","doi":"10.1002/mren.202400044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202400044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A novel linear low-density polyethylene containing H-shape long-chain-branching structures (LCB-LLDPE) is industrially synthesized with Ziegler-Natta catalysts and gas-phase polymerization process at the assistance of <i>ω</i>-alkenylmethyldichlorosilane copolymerization-hydrolysis chemistry. The incorporated LCB structures are characterized by NMR, SEC, and SAOS (small amplitude oscillatory shear) measurements. With a same-sourced plain LLDPE as a comparison benchmark, the new LCB-LLDPE is studied for its properties on various aspects, revealing, among others, significantly reinforced rheological properties, including enhanced shear-thinning behavior, a significant strain-hardening phenomenon in extensional flow, and substantially increased melt strength, as well as significantly improved optical properties, which all benefit its application in extrusion blow molding for thin-film production.</p>","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143840821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin Palma-Lemus, Shaghayegh Hamzehlou, Vincent Froidevaux, Pascal Boustingorry, Jose Ramon Leiza
{"title":"Kinetics of the Aqueous-Phase Copolymerization of AA and HPEG Macromonomer in Acidic Media","authors":"Kevin Palma-Lemus, Shaghayegh Hamzehlou, Vincent Froidevaux, Pascal Boustingorry, Jose Ramon Leiza","doi":"10.1002/mren.202400043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.202400043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Water-soluble monomers are extensively used in the production of polymeric materials in aqueous media for various applications. Acrylic acid–polyethylene glycol 2-methyl-2-propenyl ether (AA-HPEG) copolymers belong to the class of comb-like polycarboxylate ether (PCE) polymers, employed as superplasticizers for cementitious materials. Due to different reactivity ratios of AA and HPEG, semibatch operations with optimized monomer addition profiles are required to enhance the incorporation of HPEG into the copolymer. The kinetics of this system is complex and, like other water-soluble monomers, depends on monomer concentration, pH, and ionic strength. Despite its high-volume industrial usage, the kinetics of this system have received little attention in the literature. Furthermore, the presence of the HPEG, with 55 ethylene oxide (EO) units in the side chain, complicates the precise determination of individual monomer conversions. To address this, various characterization methods are evaluated, including proton nuclear magnetic resonance (<sup>1</sup>H-NMR) and size-exclusion chromatography (SEC). Results show that HPEG conversion is determined more accurately using <sup>1</sup>H-NMR signals from the polymer than unreacted monomer signals or SEC traces. Aqueous semibatch AA-HPEG copolymerization experiments are conducted in acidic media to investigate the effects of comonomer feeding time, initiator and chain-transfer agent concentrations on the copolymerization kinetics, HPEG incorporation, and molar mass.</p>","PeriodicalId":18052,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Reaction Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mren.202400043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}