Anionic Polymerization Using Flow Microreactors

Abstract

Flow microreactors are expected to make a revolutionary change in chemical synthesis involving various fields of polymer synthesis. In fact, extensive flow microreactor studies have opened up new possibilities in polymer chemistry including cationic polymerization, anionic polymerization, radical polymerization, coordination polymerization, polycondensation and ring-opening polymerization. This review provides an overview of flow microreactors in anionic polymerization and their various applications.

Keywords

• flow synthesis
• anionic polymerization
• styrene
• alkyl methacrylate
• block copolymer
• end functionalized polymer