Subcommittee on "Modelling of Polymerization Kinetics and Processes"

 

of the IUPAC Polymer Division

 

 

Chairman:                       Prof. G. T. Russell (Christchurch)

 

Deputy chairmen:            Prof. M. Buback (Göttingen )

                                       Prof. R. A. Hutchinson (Kingston)

 

Secretary:                       Prof. S. Beuermann (Golm)

 

 

Members:

 

Prof. C. Barner-Kowollik (Karlsruhe)

Germany

christopher.barner-kowollik (at) kit.de

Prof. D. Bertin (Marseille)

France

denis.bertin (at) univ-provence.fr

Prof. S. Beuermann (Golm)

Germany

sabine.beuermann (at) uni-potsdam.de

Prof. M. Buback (Göttingen)

Germany

mbuback (at) gwdg.de

Dr. P. Castignolles (Sydney)

Australia

P.Castignolles (at) uws.edu.au

Prof. B. Charleux (Lyon)

France

bernadette.charleux (at) lcpp.cpe.fr

Dr. M. Coote (Canberra)

Australia

mcoote (at) rsc.anu.edu.au

Prof. M. Destarac (Toulouse)

France

destarac (at) chimie.ups-tlse.fr

Prof. T. Fukuda (Kyoto)

Japan

fukuda (at) scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Prof. R. G. Gilbert (Brisbane)

Australia

b.gilbert (at) uq.edu.au

Dr. A. Goto (Kyoto)

Japan

agoto (at) scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Prof. A. v. Herk (Eindhoven)

The Netherlands

a.m.v.herk (at) tue.nl

Dr. J. P. A. Heuts (Eindhoven)

The Netherlands

j.p.a.heuts (at) tue.nl

Dr. K. Hungenberg (Ludwigshafen)

Germany

klaus-dieter.hungenberg (at) basf.com

Prof. R. A. Hutchinson (Kingston)

Canada

hutchra (at) chee.queensu.ca

Prof. T. Junkers (Hasselt)

Belgium

thomas.junkers (at) hasselt.be

Prof. A. Kajiwara (Nara)

Japan

kajiwara (at) nara-edu.ac.jp

Prof. T. Kitayama (Osaka)

Japan

kitayama (at) chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

Prof. B. Klumperman (Eindhoven)

The Netherlands

tgtkbk (at) chem.tue.nl

Dr. I. Lacík (Bratislava)

Slovakia

igor.lacik (at) savba.sk

Dr. P. Lacroix-Desmazes (Montpellier)

France

patrick.lacroix-desmazes (at) enscm.fr

Prof. P. Lovell (Manchester)

Great Brittain

pete.lobell (at) manchester.ac.uk

Prof. K. Matyjaszewski (Pittsburgh)

USA

km3b (at) andrew.cmu.edu

Dr. J. McLeary (Stellenbosch)

South Africa

jmcleary (at) sun.ac.za

Prof. G. Moad (Clayton)

Australia

graeme.moad (at) csiro.au

Prof. M. Monteiro (Brisbane)

Australia

m.monteiro (at) uq.edu.au

Dr. A. Nikitin (Moscow Region)

Russia

anatoly_nikitin (at) mail.ru

Prof. S. Perrier (Sydney)

Australia

s.perrier (at) chem.usyd.edu.au

Prof. G. T. Russell (Christchurch)

New Zealand

greg.russell (at) canterbury.ac.nz

Prof. R. Sanderson (Stellenbosch)

South Africa

rds (at) sun.ac.za

Dr. E. Sato (Osaka)

Japan

sato (at) a-chem.eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Prof. D. Shipp (Potsdam)

USA

shippda (at) clarkson.edu

Dr. M. Stach (Bratislava)

Slovakia

marek.stach (at) savba.sk

Dr. M. Stickler (Darmstadt)

Germany

manfred.stickler (at) evonik.com

Prof. P. Vana (Göttingen)

Germany

pvana (at) uni-goettingen.de

Prof. J.-P. Vairon (Paris)

France

jean-pierre.vairon (at) upmc.fr

Prof. P. Zetterlund (Sydney)

Australia

p.zetterlund (at) unsw.edu.au

Prof. S. Zhu (Hamilton)

Canada

zhuship (at) mcmaster.ca

 

Next Meeting:

 

December 2010, Honolulu: PACIFICHEM 2010 (www.pacifichem.org)

 

Projects:

 

No. 2004 - 040 - 1 - 400

Towards a holistic mechanistic model for reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerizations: Dithiobenzoates as mediating agents

Task group Leader: Philipp Vana    

 

No. 2004 - 034 - 1 - 400

Critically evaluated propagation rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization of water-soluble monomers polymerized in the aqueous phase

Task group Leader: Igor Lacík   

 

No. 2002 - 053 - 1 - 400

Establishment of Quantitative Reliability of Electron Spin Resonance Techniques for Polymerization Kinetics

Task group Leader: Bunichiro Yamada

 

No. 2002 - 023 - 1 - 400  

Critically evaluated propagation rate coefficients for free-radical polymerizations: acrylic acid alkyl esters

Task group Leader: Robin Hutchinson

 

No. 2000 - 028 - 1 - 400

Critically evaluated termination rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization. 1. Current status, evaluation of experimental methods, data for styrene and methyl methacrylate

Task group Leader: Greg Russell

 

No. 2000 - 001 - 1 - 400

Critically evaluated propagation rate coefficients for free-radical polymerizations of methacrylic acid esters with functional, cyclic and branched ester groups

Task group Leader: Sabine Beuermann

 

Publications:

 

Determination of the Propagation Rate Coefficient of Vinyl Pivalate Based on EPR Quantification of the Propagating Radical Concentration

N. Kubota, A. Kajiwara, P. B. Zetterlund, M. Kamachi, J. Treurnicht, M. P. Tonge, R. G. Gilbert, B. Yamada

Macromol. Chem. Phys. 208, 2403 (2007)

 

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization, 6, Propagation rate coefficient for methacrylic acid

S. Beuermann, M. Buback, P. Hesse, F.-D. Kuchta, I. Lacík, A. M. van Herk

Pure Appl. Chem. 79, 1463 (2007)

 

Mechanism and Kinetics of Dithiobenzoate-Mediated RAFT Polymerization, 1: The Current Situation’

C. Barner-Kowollik, M. Buback, B. Charleux, M. L. Coote, M. Drache, T. Fukuda, A. Goto, B. Klumperman, A. B. Lowe, J. B. Mcleary, G. Moad, M. J. Monteiro,
R. D. Sanderson, M. P. Tonge and P. Vana
Journal of Polymer Science, Part: A, Polymer Chemistry 44, 5809 (2006)

 

Critically Evaluated Rate Coefficients for Free-Radical Polymerization 2: Experimental Methods

C. Barner-Kowollik, M. Buback, M. Egorov,  T. Fukuda, A. Goto, G.T. Russell, P. Vana, B. Yamada and P.B. Zetterlund
Prog. Polymer Sci. 30, 605 (2005)

 

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization, 5. Propagation rate coefficients for butyl acrylate

J. M. Asua, S. Beuermann, M. Buback, P. Castignolles, B. Charleux, R. G. Gilbert, R. A. Hutchinson, J. R. Leiza, A. N. Nikitin, J.-P. Vairon, A. M. van Herk,
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 205, 2151 (2004)

 

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization, 4. Propagation rate coefficients for methacrylates with cyclic ester groups

S. Beuermann, M. Buback, T. P. Davis, N. García, R. G. Gilbert, R. A. Hutchinson, A. Kajiwara, M. Kamachi, I. Lacík, G. T. Russell,
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 204, 1338 (2003)

 

Critically evaluated termination rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization

M. Buback, M. Egorov, R. G. Gilbert, V. Kaminsky, O. F.Olaj, G. T. Russell, P. Vana, G. Zifferer, 
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 203, 2570 (2002)

 

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization - 3. Propagation rate coefficients for alkyl methacrylates

S. Beuermann, M. Buback, T.P. Davis, R.G. Gilbert, R.A. Hutchinson, A. Kajiwara, B. Klumperman, and G.T. Russell,
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 201, 1355 (2000).

 

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization, 2. Propagation rate coefficients for methyl methacrylate

S. Beuermann, M. Buback, T. P. Davis, R. G. Gilbert, R. A. Hutchinson, O. F. Olaj, G. T. Russell, J. Schweer, A. M. van Herk,
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198, 1545 (1997).

 

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization, 1. Propagation rate coefficients for styrene

M. Buback, R. G. Gilbert, R. A. Hutchinson, B. Klumperman, F.-D. Kuchta, B. G. Manders, K. F. O'Driscoll, G. T. Russell, J. Schweer,
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 196, 3267 (1995).

 

Consistent values of rate parameters in free radical polymerization systems. Part II: Outstanding dilemmas and recommendations

M. Buback, R. G. Gilbert, G. T. Russell, D. J. T. Hill, G. Moad, K. F. O'Driscoll, J. Shen, M. A. Winnik,
J. Polym.
Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed. 30, 851 (1992). 

 

Consistent values of rate parameters in free radical polymerization systems

M. Buback, L. H. Garcia-Rubio, R. G. Gilbert, D. H. Napper, J. Guillot, A. E. Hamielec, D. Hill, K. F. O'Driscoll,
O. F. Olaj, J. Shen, D. Solomon, G. Moad, M.
Stickler, M. Tirrell, M. A. Winnik,
J. Polym.
Sci., Polymer Letters Ed. 26, 293 (1988).

 

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