Abstract: A method of conducting polymerisation reactions on a rotating surface reactor which allows substantially increased conversions (up to around 99%) to be achieved without a corresponding increase in polydispersity as would be expected as a result of the Trommsdorff-Norrish effect. The rotating surface reactor serves to disentangle and/or stretch growing polymer chains so as to result in better control over polymerisation kinetics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2002
Date of Patent:
May 9, 2006
Assignee:
Protensive Limited (a company incorporated in the UK)
Inventors:
Roshan Jeet Jee Jachuck, Michael Jones, Ian Henderson