Journal Publications

U. Parasu Veera, T. McKenna, G. Weickert, "Mass transfer in a single particle during gaseous propylene polymerization," J. Scientific & Industrial Research 66, 4, 345-51, 2008.

U. El-Jaby, T.F.L. McKenna, M. Cunningham, "Miniemulsification: An analysis of the use of rotor stators as emulsification devices," Macromolecular Symsposia 259, 1-9, 2008 [More information].

U. El-Jaby, M. Cunningham, T.F.L. McKenna, "Polymerisable miniemulsions using rotor-stator homogenisers," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2, 356-60, 2008 [More information].

B. Olalla, J-P. Broyer, T.F.L. McKenna, "Heat Transfer and Nascent Polymerisation of Olefins on Supported Catalysts," Macromolecular Symsposia 271, 1-7, 2008 [More information].

G.E. Fonseca, T.F.L. McKenna, M.A. Dube, , "Influence of particle nucleation on pressure sensitive adhesive properties: Mini-emulsion versus emulsion polymerization," Macromolecular Symsposia 271, 83-93, 2008 [More information].

T.F.L. McKenna, "Growth and evolution of particle morphology: an experimental & modelling study," Macromolecular Symsposia 260, 65-73, 2008 [More information].

López, A.; Chemtob, A.; Milton, J. L.; Manea, M.; Paulis, M.; Barandiaran, M. J.; Theisinger, S.; Landfester, K.; Hergeth, W. D.; Udagama, R.; McKenna, T.; Simal, F.; Asua, J. M., "Miniemulsification of Monomer-Resin Hybrid Systems ," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 47, 16, 6289-97, 2008 [More information].

H. Vale, T.F.L. McKenna, "Particle Formation in Vinyl Chloride Emulsion Polymerisation. Part I: Experimental Study," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 47, 8107-18, 2008 [More information].

R. Udagama, T.F.L. McKenna, "trategies for the Production of High Solids Acrylic/Methacrylic Core-Shell Latices," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2008.  (Accepted)

G.A.Farzi, E. Bourgeat-Lami, T.F.L. McKenna,, "Miniemulsions using static mixers: A feasibility study using simple in-line static mixers," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2008.  (Accepted)

F. Machado, T.F.L. McKenna, E.L. Lima, J.C. Pinto, "In-Situ Preparation of Polypropylene / 1-Butene Alloys Using a MgCl2-Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalyst," European Polymer Journal 44, 4, 1130-1139, 2008 [More information].

F. Machado, T.F.L. McKenna, E.L. Lima, J.C. Pinto, "Synthesis of Propylene/1-Butene Copolymers in Liquid Pool and Gas-Phase Processes: A Comparative Analysis," European Polymer Journal 44, 4, 1102-13, 2008 [More information].

H. Vale, T.F.L. McKenna, "Solution of Population Balance Equations for Emulsion Polymerization: Zero-One and Zero-One-Two Systems," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 46, 643-654 , 2007 [More information].

M. Pishvaei, C. Graillat, T. F. McKenna, P. Cassagnau, "Modelling the Viscosity- shear rate of the Bimodal High Solid Content Latex," Journal of Rheology 51, 51-69 , 2007 [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," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 165-184 , 2007 [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 II: Influence of reaction conditions," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 229-242 , 2007 [More information].

A. Di Martino, J.-P. Broyer, D. Schweich, C. de Bellefon, G. Weickert, T.F.L. McKenna, "Design and Implementation of a Novel Quench Flow Reactor for the Study of Nascent Olefin Polymerisation," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 284-297 , 2007 [More information].

G.P. Santos, C. Martins, M. Fortuny, A.F. Santos, M. Turmine, C. Graillat, T.F.L. McKenna,, "In-Line and In-Situ Monitoring of Ionic Surfactant Dynamics in Latex Reactors Using Conductivity Measurements and Ion-Selective Electrodes," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 46, 1465-1474 , 2007 [More information].

A. Di Martino, G. Weickert, F. Sidoroff, T.F.L. McKenna, "Modelling of induced tension in a growing catalyst/polyolefin particle: A multi-scale approach for simplified morphology modelling," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 338-352 , 2007 [More information].

U. Parasu Veera, T. McKenna, G. Weickert, "Mass transfer in a single particle during gaseous propylene polymerization," J. Scientific & Industrial Research 66, 4, 345-351 , 2007.

M. Pishvaei, C. Graillat, P. Cassagnau, T. F. McKenna, "Modelling the Zero Shear Viscosity of Bimodal High Solid Content Latex: Calculation of the Maximum Packing Fraction," Chemical Engineering Science 61, 5768-5780 , 2006 [More information].

G.G. B. Santos, R. T. Antonello, T.F. McKenna, A. F. Santos, M. Fortuny, "Population Balance Equations for Particle Size Distributions in Semi-batch Emulsion Polymerisations," Latin American Applied Research 36, 269-275 , 2006.

M. Pishvaie, Ph. Cassagnau, T.F.L. McKenna, "Modelling the rheological properties of bimodal emulsions," Macromolecular Symposia 243, 63-71, 2006 [More information].

D. Bouzid, F. Garboriaud, T.F.L. McKenna, , "Study and Control of the Distribution of Elastomer in High Impact Polypropylene," Macromolecular Symposia 243, 215-224 , 2006 [More information].

H. Vale, T.F.L. McKenna , "Synthesis of Bimodal PVC Latexes by Emulsion Polymerization: an Experimental and Modeling Study," Macromolecular Symposia 243, 261-267 , 2006 [More information].

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.

Ouzineb, K., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "High Solids Content Emulsions. Part V: Applications of miniemulsions to high solids and viscosity control," J. Appl. Polym. Sci 97, 3, 745-752, 2005.

Boutti, S., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "High Solids Content Emulsions Without Intermediate Seeds. Part I: Concentrated monomodal latices," Polymer 46, 1189–1210, 2005.

Boutti, S., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "High Solids Content Emulsions Without Intermediate Seeds. Part III: Reproducibility and Influence of Process Conditions," Polymer 46, 1223-1234, 2005.

Pishvaei, M., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, P. Cassagnau, "Rheological Behaviour of Polystyrene Latex near the Maximum Packing Fraction of Particles," Polymer 46, 1234-1245, 2005.

DiMartino, A., J.P. Broyer, R. Spitz, G. Weickert, T.F. McKenna, "A Rapid Quenched-Flow Device for the Characterisation of the Nascent Polymerisation of Ethylene Under Industrial Conditions at Very Short Times (40 ms – 1.5s)," Macromolecular Rapid Communications 26, 215-220 , 2005.

Bouzid, D., F. Gaboriaud, T.F. McKenna, "Atomic Force Microscopy as a Tool to Study the Distribution of Rubber in High Imact Polypropylene Particles," Macromol. Mat. Eng 290, 565-572 , 2005.

Giordani, D.S., Lona, L. M. F., McKenna, T.F., Krähenbühl, M. A., Santos, A. M. , "Artificial neural networks associated to calorimetric measurements used as a method to preview polymer composition of high solid content emulsion copolymerizations," Macromol. Mat. Eng 290, 485-494, 2005.

A.F. Santos, J.C. Pinto, T.F. McKenna, "In-Situ Monitoring of Emulsion Polymerisations of MMA and Styrene Using Conductimetry and Calorimetry," Macromolecular Symposia 226, 1, 157-166, 2005 [More information].

Salima Boutti, Rocio Diez Zafra, Christian Graillat, Timothy F. McKenna, "Interaction of Surfactant and Initiator Types in Emulsion Polymerisations: A Comparison of Ammonium Persulfate and Hydrogen Peroxide," Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 206, 14, 1355-1372, 2005 [More information].

Vale, H., T.F. McKenna, "Adsorption of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate and Sodium Dodecyl Benzenesulfonate on Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Latexes," Colloids and Surfaces A. 268, 68-72 , 2005.

Vale, H., T.F. McKenna, "Solution of the Population Balance Equation for Two-Component Aggregation by an Extended Fixed Pivot Technique," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 44, 7885-7891 , 2005 [More information].

F. M. Silva, J.P. Broyer, Ch. Novat, E.L. Lima, J.C. Pinto, T.F. McKenna, "Short Stop Reactor: A New Tool for Investigation of Catalyst Fragmentation in Olefin Gas-Phase Polymerisation," Macromolecular Rapid Communication 26, 1846-1853 , 2005.

F.M. Silva, E.L. Lima, J.C. Pinto, T.F.L. McKenna, "Synthesis of Propylene/1-Butene Copolymers with Ziegler-Natta Catalyst in Gas-Phase Copolymerisations: 1. Kinetics and Macromolecular Properties," Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 206, 2333-2341 , 2005 [More information].

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.

Ouzineb, K., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "Stabilization and Compartmentalization in Miniemulsion Polymerization," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 91, 115-124 , 2004.

Ouzineb, K., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "Continuous tubular reactors for latex production: conventional and miniemulsion polymerisations," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 91, 2195-2207 , 2004.

Jovanovic, R., McKenna, T.F., Dubé, "Empirical Modeling of Butyl Acrylate/Vinyl Acetate/Acrylic Acid Emulsion-Based Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives," Macromolecular Materials Engineering 289, 467-474 , 2004.

Santos, A.F., J.C. Pinto, T.F. McKenna, ""On-Line Monitoring of the Evolution of Number of Particles in Emulsion Polymerization by Conductivity Measurements. Part II. Model Validation," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 91, 941-952 , 2004.

Gantillon, B., R. Spitz, T.F McKenna, "The Solid State Polycondensation of PET: Part I, A review of the physical and chemical processes taking place in the solid state," Macromolecular Materials Engineering 289, 88-105 , 2004.

Gantillon, B., R. Spitz, T.F McKenna, "The Solid State Polycondensation of PET: Part II. Toward the development of a new dispersed phase solid state process ," Macromolecular Materials Engineering 289, 106-112 , 2004.

Gantillon, B., R. Spitz, T.F McKenna, "The Solid State Polycondensation of PET: Part III. Study of dispersed phase prepolymerisation ," Macromolecular Materials Engineering 289, 113-118 , 2004.

Gantillon, B., R. Spitz, T.F McKenna, "The Solid State Polycondensation of PET: Part IV. Solid state polycondensation in gas and slurry directly from prepolymers," Macromolecular Materials Engineering 289, 119-130 , 2004.

Sh’eibat Othman, N., G. Févotte, T.F. McKenna, "Biobjective control of emulsion polymerizations: control of the polymer composition and the concentration of monomer in the polymer particles," Chemical Engineering Journal 98, 69-79 , 2004.

Freire, F.B., T.F. McKenna, S. Othman, R. Giudici, "A new approach to the joined estimation the the heat generated by a semicontinuous emulsion polymerization and the overall heat exchange parameter," Brazilian. J. Ch. E. 21, 293-305 , 2004.

Boutti, S., C. Graillat, T.F. McKenna, "A Look at Surfactant Partitioning in Polymeric Latexes Using Conductivity Measurements," European Polymer Journal 40, 2671-2677 , 2004.

Keltoum Ouzineb, Christian Graillat, Marc A. Dubé, Renata Jovanovi, Timothy F. McKenna, "Compartmentalisation in miniemulsions: exploration of compartmentalisation and some interesting end-uses," Macromolecular Symposia 206, 107-120, 2004 [More information].

Christian Graillat, Alexandre Santos, José Carlos Pinto, Timothy F. McKenna, "On-line monitoring of emulsion polymerisation using conductivity measurements," Macromolecular Symposia 206, 433-442, 2004 [More information].

Renata Jovanovi, Keltoum Ouzineb, Timothy F. McKenna, Marc A. Dubé, "Butyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate latexes: adhesive properties," Macromolecular Symposia 206, 43-56, 2004 [More information].

Salima Boutti, Christian Graillat, Timothy F. McKenna, "New routes to high solid content latexes: a process for in situ particle nucleation and growth," Macromolecular Symposia 206, 383-398, 2004 [More information].

Fortuny, M.; Graillat, C.; McKenna, T. F., "Coagulation of Anionically Stabilized Polymer Particles," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 43, 23, 7210-7219, 2004 [More information].

Eriksson, E. J. G.; McKenna, T. F., "Heat-Transfer Phenomena in Gas-Phase Olefin Polymerization Using Computational Fluid Dynamics," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 43, 23, 7251-7260, 2004 [More information].

J-C Charpentier, T.F.L. McKenna, "Managing complex systems: some trends for the future of chemical and process engineering ," Chemical Engineering Science 59, 8, 1617-1640, 2004 [More information].

Montserrat Fortuny, Christian Graillat, Timothy F. McKenna, "A New Technique for the Experimental Measurement of Monomer Partition Coefficients," Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 205, 10, 1309-1319, 2004 [More information].

Othman, N.; Fevotte, G.; McKenna, T. F., "Polymer Composition Control in Emulsion Co- and Terpolymerizations ," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 41, 5, 1261-1275, 2002 [More information].

BenAmor, S.; Colombie, D.; McKenna, T., "Online Reaction Calorimetry. Applications to the Monitoring of Emulsion Polymerization without Samples or Models of the Heat-Transfer Coefficient ," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 41, 17, 4233-4241, 2002 [More information].

Timothy McKenna, Virginie Mattioli, "Progress in describing particle growth for polyolefins: a look at particle morphology," Macromolecular Symposia 173, 149-162, 2001 [More information].

McKenna, T.F.L., J.B.P. Soares, "Single particle modelling for olefin polymerization on supported catalysts: A review and proposals for future... ," Chemical Engineering Science 56, 13, 3931-3949, 2001 [More information].

Kittilsen, P., Svendsen, H., McKenna, T.F, "Modeling of transfer phenomena on heterogeneous Ziegler catalysts. IV. Convection effects in gas phase processes ," Chemical Engineering Science 56, 13, 3997-4005, 2001 [More information].

Kittilsen, P., McKenna, T.F., Svendsen, H., Jakobsen, H.A., Fredriksen, S.B, "The interaction between mass transfer effects and morphology in heterogeneous olefin polymerization ," Chemical Engineering Science 56, 13, 4015-4028, 2001 [More information].

N. Othman, A.M. Santos, G. Févotte, T. McKenna, "Evaluation of emulsion polymerisation kinetics using a non-linear state estimator," Macromolecular Symposia 150, 109-114, 2000 [More information].

Béatrice Renard, Timothy F. McKenna, "Kinetics of polymerisation of partially neutralised acrylic acid in inverse suspensions," Macromolecular Symposia 150, 251-257, 2000 [More information].

A.M. Santos, G. Févotte, N. Othman, S. Othman, T.F. McKenna, "The on-line monitoring of methyl methacrylate-vinyl acetate emulsion copolymerisation," Macromolecular Symposia 150, 115-120, 2000 [More information].

M. Fortuny Heredia, M. Schneider, C. Graillat, T. McKenna, "A new look at kinetics and stabilisation phenomena in emulsion polymerisation," Macromolecular Symposia 150, 95-100, 2000 [More information].

Hammouri, H.; McKenna, T. F.; Othman, S., "Applications of Nonlinear Observers and Control: Improving Productivity and Control of Free Radical Solution Copolymerization ," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 38, 12, 4815-4824, 1999 [More information].

Fevotte, G., McKenna, T.F., Othman, S., Hammouri, H., "Non-linear tracking of glass transition temperatures for free radical emulsion copolymers ," Chemical Engineering Science 53, 4, 773-786, 1998 [More information].

Fevotte, G., McKenna, T.F., Santos, A.M., "Modelling of the glass transition temperature of free radical copolymers: An approach for control purposes ," Chemical Engineering Science 53, 12, 2241-2256, 1998 [More information].

Santos, A.M., Guillot, J., McKenna, T.F., "Partitioning of styrene, butyl acrylate and methacrylic acid in emulsion systems ," Chemical Engineering Science 53, 12, 2143-2151, 1998 [More information].