Faculty

Research Interests

• Polymer Reaction Engineering: fundamentals; chemical engineering methods applied to polymers; experimentally based modelling of polymerisations.
• Production of emulsions, miniemulsions and other dispersed phase free radical polymers.
• Fundamentals of particle growth, heat and mass transfer during olefin polymerisation on supported catalysts
• Polymer-based hybrids, composites and advanced materials
• Sensor design for polymerisation reactors

Selected Publications

D. Bouzid, T.F.L. McKenna, "Improving impact polypropylene morphology and production: Selective poisoning of catalyst surface sites and the use of anti-static agents," Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 207, 13, 2006 [More information].

K. Ouzineb, N. Lesauze, C. Graillat and T. F. McKenna, "Homogenisation Devices for the Production of Miniemulsions," Chemical Engineering Science 61, 2994, 2006 [More information].

A. Di Martino, G. Weickert, T.F.L. McKenna, "Contributions to the Experimental Investigation of the Nascent Polymerisation of Ethylene on Supported Catalysts. Part I: A quenched flow apparatus for the study particle morphology and nascent polymer properties," Macromol. React. Eng. 1, 1, 165-184, 2006.

Boutti, S., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "High Solids Content Emulsions Without Intermediate Seeds. Part II: In situ generation of bimodal latices," Polymer 46, 1211, 2005.

Fortuny, M., C. Graillat, P. Araujo, J.C. Pinto, T.F. McKenna,, "Modelling the nucleation stage in batch emulsion polymerization," AIChE J 51, 2521, 2005.

Vale, H., T.F.L. McKenna, "Modeling particle size distribution in emulsion polymerization reactors," Progress in Polymer Science 30, 10, 1019, 2005.