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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar: "Improving the Sustainability of Solvent-Borne Paints and Coatings through Fundamental Studies of Polymerization Reactions" (Soroush\, Drexel University)
DESCRIPTION:The global market size of paints and coatings (P&C) was US$164 Billion in 2022 and is forecast to grow to US$241Billion by 2030. A fast-growing sector in the P&C industries is acrylics. P&C should contain a solvent in order to be brushable/sprayable. However\, in the case of solvent-borne P&C\, their improved sustainability requires decreasing their organic solvent contents. This sustainability-applicability tradeoff can be addressed by preparing P&C from polymers with lower average molecular weights\, which can be produced via high-temperature (> 130 °C)free-radical polymerization. However\, at these temperatures\, several reactions — that are of little significance at low temperatures — strongly affect the polymer product quality. These so-called secondary reactions include monomer self-initiation\, monomer-solvent and monomer-molecular oxygen co-initiation\, depropagation\, β-scission\, and backbiting. We have made advances in quantum-level polymerization reaction modeling — that have enabled us to discover new reactions and fundamentally study previously known reactions in thermal polymerization of acrylates — as well as in macroscopic-scale mechanistic modeling and optimization of high-temperature polymerization reactors. Sample results from these studies will be presented. They will include new theoretical and experimental insights that can be used to produce more sustainable\, higher-quality acrylic P&C at lower costs. The self-initiation of acrylates at high temperatures improves the polymer quality and reduces the operating costs due to less or no use of relatively expensive conventional initiators.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-improving-the-sustainability-of-solvent-borne-paints-and-coatings-through-fundamental-studies-of-polymerization-reactions-soroush-drexel-university/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
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