Development of an autonomous continuous- flow reactor platform for living anionic polymerisation of liquid and gaseous monomers

Read, Toby Alexander (2026) Development of an autonomous continuous- flow reactor platform for living anionic polymerisation of liquid and gaseous monomers. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.

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Supervisors: Warren, Nicholas and Kapur, Nik and Bourne, Richard
Keywords: Living anionic polymerisation,Living anionic polymerization, flow reactor, continuous flow, gaseous monomer, liquid monomer, automation, inline monitoring, online monitoring, polymerization, butadiene, styrene, isoprene, myrcene, butyl lithium, MATLAB, Gel permeation chromatography, GPC, MALDI ToF, flow chemistry, flow polymerization, flow polymerisation, PISA, polymerisation induced self assembly, polymerization induced self assembly, statistical copolymerization, statistical copolymerisation, heptane, cyclohexane, non-polar solvent, machine learning, anionic polymerisation, anionic polymerization, gaseous, targetting, targetting molecular weights, DOE, design of experiment, optimisation, optimization, molecular weight targetting, dispersity, mixer, glass bead mixer, pressure, CCI, central composite inscribed, one-step, single step, input parameters, output parameters, polymers, polymer, air sensitive, hazardous reagents.
Awarding institution: University of Leeds
Academic Units: The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering (Leeds) > School of Chemical and Process Engineering (Leeds)
Date Deposited: 28 Apr 2026 13:31
Last Modified: 28 Apr 2026 13:31
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