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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Chem.
Sec. Solid State Chemistry
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1490847
This article is part of the Research Topic Mechanochemistry of Molecular Solids View all articles

In-situ monitoring of polymer mechanochemistry: what can be learned from small molecule systems

Provisionally accepted
Niamh Fox Niamh Fox *
  • The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Using mechanical energy to drive chemical transformations is an exciting prospect to improve the sustainability of chemical reactions and to produce products not achievable by more traditional methods. In-situ monitoring of reaction pathways and chemical transformations is vital to deliver the reproducible results required for scale up to realize the potential of mechanochemistry beyond the chemistry lab. This mini review will discuss the recent advances in in-situ monitoring of ball milling and polymer mechanochemistry, highlighting the potential for shared knowledge for scale up.

    Keywords: Mechanochemistry1, in-situ monitoring2, scale up3, ball milling4, polymer mechanochemistry5

    Received: 03 Sep 2024; Accepted: 07 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Fox. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Niamh Fox, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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