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Applying Microfluidic Technology to High Throughput and Combinatorial Polymer Library Synthesis
Published
Author(s)
Tao Wu, Zuzanna T. Cygan, Chang Xu, Kathryn L. Beers
Abstract
Advanced polymeric materials in applications as diverse as tissue engineering, electronics and personal care products require superior control of a wide range of properties. From molecular properties such as molar mass and chain composition, to the properties of complex mixtures, high throughput and combinatorial techniques are providing researchers access to enormous libraries en route to both improved fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships and better products. The appeal of microreactor technology to this scientific community is three-fold: further reduction of scale in expensive specialty applications; faster, less expensive process integration in laboratory-scale investigations of complex, multi-step manufacturing protocols; and potential discovery of new or improved products from the unique microreaction environment.
combinatorial methods, controlled radical polymerization, gradient libraries, lab on a chip, microfluidics, microreactors, polymer synthesis
Citation
Wu, T.
, Cygan, Z.
, Xu, C.
and Beers, K.
(2006),
Applying Microfluidic Technology to High Throughput and Combinatorial Polymer Library Synthesis, Extended Abstract, Awaji, JA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852455
(Accessed October 11, 2025)