Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

General route to design polymer molecular weight distributions through flow chemistry

  • Dylan J. Walsh,
  • Devin A. Schinski,
  • Robert A. Schneider,
  • Damien Guironnet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16874-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The properties of a polymer are known to be intrinsically related to its molecular weight distribution. Here the authors use a design to synthesis protocol for producing a targeted molecular weight distribution with a computer controlled tubular flow reactor.