This reference analyzes the chemical reactions, structures, and fundamental properties of supercritical fluid systems for the production of new compounds, nanomaterials, fibers, and films—compiling the latest research and technological advances for increased selectivity and reduced waste in chemical, industrial, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications.

Supercritical Fluid Technology in Materials Science and Engineering contains

• models illustrating the use of rapid expansion of supercritical solutions (RESS) for the synthesis of inorganic, polymeric, organic, pharmaceutical, and multicomponent particles
• tables displaying the physical parameters of commonly used supercritical solvents
• a molecular thermodynamic approach for the evaluation of supercritical fluid–polymer phase behavior
• practical examples that demonstrate the impact of polymer architecture and solvent quality on solubility

and discusses

• the utilization of supercritical fluids and mixtures as solvent systems for materials processing
• supercritical antisolvent (SAS) methods for the production of fine particles and powders from proteins, pharmaceuticals, pigments, and polymers
• preparation of polymer fibers and films using supercritical fluid processes

Supplemented with more than 1000 contemporary references to facilitate further study, Supercritical Fluid Technology in Materials Science and Engineering is a concise and informative source for inorganic chemists; materials scientists; materials, plastics, polymer, chemical, industrial, and manufacturing engineers; physicists; and students of these disciplines.

Contents

1. Fundamental Properties of Supercritical Fluids
2. NMR Investigation of High-Pressure, High-Temperature Chemistry and Fluid Dynamics
3. Organic Chemical Reactions and Catalysis in Supercritical Fluid Media
4. Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
5. Supercritical Fluid Processing of Polymeric Materials
6. Surfactants in Supercritical Fluids
7. In Situ Blending of Electrically Conducting Polymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
8. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Under Supercritical Conditions
9. Production of Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Supercritical Fluids
10. Metal Processing in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
11. Understanding the RESS Process
12. Pharmaceutical and Biological Materials Processing with Supercritical Fluids
13. Preparation and Processing of Nanoscale Materials by Supercritical Fluid Technology

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