Recent progress on experimental and multi-dimensional modeling work for polymer die swell is highlighted in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (SCI-IF 2019: 3.853) as cover article. Involved authors are Dahang Tang, Flavio H. Marchesini, Ludwig Cardon, and Dagmar R. D’hooge.

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Together with Queensland University of Technology a generic photokinetic framework has been developed to predict concentration variations for anthracene dimerization and cleavage at any wavelength. Such chemistry is relevant for photoresponsive dynamic materials. The results have been published in Chemical Engineering Journal (SCI-IF 2019: 10.652).

The involved LCT coauthors are Anastasia Kislyak, Paul H.M. Van Steenberge and Dagmar R. D’hooge

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Chemical recycling of thermoplastic polymers is a crucial societal challenge. Here we connect synthesis and subsequent chemical recycling on chain by chain basis to enable for advanced long-term process design.

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