title: High-Throughput Synthesis of Support Materials for Olefin Polymerization Catalyst.
abstract: Rational catalyst design necessitates fundamental knowledge on the structure-performance relationship, while the synthetic throughput for heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization catalysts has long prevented the acquisition of a statistical database. In this contribution, an in-house reactor system was developed to realize the parallel synthesis of support materials for Ziegler-Natta catalysts for the first time. The developed system enabled parallel synthesis of 24 magnesium ethoxide samples with excellent reproducibility and morphological control comparable to a conventional experiment. Our demonstration revealed that the generation of diverse particle characteristics could be achieved through the addition of a third component as a structural modulator, in which the in-house parallel reactor system combined with the first principle component analysis enabled fast screening of effective modulators.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology , 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan.
authors.forename: Patchanee
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0715-6334
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chammingkwan
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology , 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan.
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terano
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology , 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniike
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D000431:Ethanol; D008274:Magnesium; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011312:Pressure; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D011108:Polymers; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries; D000431:Ethanol; D008274:Magnesium
keywords: high-throughput synthesis; olefin polymerization; particle architecture; spherical support; structural modulator