Polyolefins Workflows integrate reactor hardware, robotics, and custom software with individual reactor cell computer control for polymerization, increasing research and development production value.
Symyx Polymerization Catalysis Workflows have been successfully applied to optimization and discovery in applications such as:
- Slurry and bulk phase olefin polymerization
- Gas phase and Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization
- Polymerization and copolymerization of functionalized monomers
- RAFT, ATRP and other controlled radical polymerizations
- Latexes, dispersions, and other emulsion systems
The Integrated Polyolefins Workflow facilitates 48–96 slurry or solution-phase batch reactor polymerizations with full computer control and in situ temperature and pressure monitoring capability for each reactor cell.
Prepare: Rapidly screen catalyst formulations and associated polymer products across multiple research fields.
Learn more- Perform Supported and Solution Phase Polymerizations with tailored catalyst preparation workflows and PPR hardware
- Fully validated workflows address silica-supported single-site, MgCl2-supported Ziegler-Natta, silica-supported chromium, and solution-phase catalysts
- Condensable gas injection enables bulk liquid propylene operation
- Real-time in situ monitoring capabilities for pressure, temperature, and monomer uptake rate facilitates controlled polymerization conditions and meaningful polymer products
- Correlations to larger scales established across multiple areas
- Broad suite of polymer characterization techniques designed to match PPR throughput and polymer yields
- Characterize polymer products for molecular weight, polydispersity, composition, melting temperature, glass transition temperature, crystallinity, thermal and mechanical properties
- Create a complete experimental record including library design, reactor set-up, operational parameters, reaction kinetics, product yields, chromatograms, spectra and all associated characterization data
- Store, retrieve, and search all data on the applications server with Symyx software to share experimental data across internal and external labs
