High-throughput synthesis equipment applied to polymer research
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Hoogenboom, Richard; Schubert, Ulrich S.
- Abstract:
- To speed up synthetic polymer research, a workflow dedicated to automated polymer synthesis and
characterization was developed. The workflow consists of several synthesis robots with online and
offline analytical equipment. For screening of reaction parameters and for library synthesis, robots
equipped with glass reactors and vortex agitation are applied that match very well the classical
ssmall-scaled laboratory experiments. For the screening and library preparation also a microwave
synthesizer can be used. For upscaling purposes and process development, a robot containing
100 mL tank reactors with mechanical stirring is utilized. This robot also offers the possibility to
continuously feed reagents to the reactor and to operate in batch, semibatch or continuous mode.
- Year:
- 2005
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Journal:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Volume:
- 76
- Pages:
- 062202/1 - 062202/7