Eliokem develops new CRP

Eliokem’s R&D department has developed a new process of manufacturing emulsifier free-controlled nanolatex made by controlled radical polymerization (CRP). The CPR technique allows the control of polymer composition, enabling new structures, such as block copolymers and control over functions, resulting in new properties obtained from the same raw materials that are used in conventional radical polymerization. The new technology uses a single reactor strategy, with only commercially available raw materials, to produce a surfactant-free nanolatex containing only controlled polymer. The new process technology can be used as a tool to produce new material with nanotechnologies.