Papers of the 7th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering

The volume represents the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on "Polymer Reaction Engineering" held at the University of Hamburg, Germany, on October 8-10, 2001.During the last 20 years this workshop has established itself as the international forum for chemists and chemical engineers to up-date their knowledge and discuss experience on the development of polymerization reactions, reactors and processes.Emphasis is on control and quality assurance of polymer properties and reaction technology for multi-component high performance polymer systems.Furthermore, attention will be focused on promising research areas such as combinaterial techniques, new types of polymerization reactions and catalysts, special reaction conditions e.g., SCF, selective generation of polymer morphologies using self-organization and nano-structuring.Further sessions will concentrate on applying comprehensive simulation techniques which links reactor hydrdynamics (CFD) with modeling of molecular polymer properties and new in-situ measurement techniques for closed loop control of reactant concentrations and molecular properties.The simulataneous discussion of experimental and theoretical research in polymer reaction engineering has stimulated the development and optimization of modern polymerization processes and new polymeric materials.