Patent ID: 11873353
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 14:
15. A method of flow synthesis of polymer nanoparticles, comprising:
preheating a mixture comprising a radical initiator in a continuous flow reactor having a flow channel;
polymerizing monomer comprising methacrylate units in presence of the initiator via an emulsion polymerization in the continuous flow reactor to form polymer nanoparticles comprising polymer of the methacrylate units; and
discharging the polymer nanoparticles from the continuous flow reactor, wherein discharging the polymer nanoparticles comprises discharging a slurry from the continuous flow reactor, the slurry comprising the polymer nanoparticles and water, and wherein the polymer nanoparticles comprise a polydispersity index (PDI) less than 0.1.