Automaxion has recently worked with a number of universities on applying our technology to Mechano-Chemistry which has resulted in the researchers being able to perform many more experiments in shorter time. The following are articles that have been published as a result of this cooperation.
(1) High throughput mechanochemistry: application to parallel synthesis of benzoxazines
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Abstract
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(2) Processing and Investigation Methods in Mechanochemical Kinetics
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Evelina Colacino, Maria Carta, Giorgio Pia, Andrea Porcheddu, Pier Carlo Ricci, and Francesco Delogu
Abstract
The present work focuses on the challenges that emerge in connection with the kinetics of mechanically activated transformations. This is an important topics to comprehend to enable the full exploitation of mechanical processing in a broad spectrum of areas related to chemistry and materials science and engineering. Emerging challenges involve a number of facets regarding materials and material properties, working principles of ball mills and milling conditions, and local changes occurring in series in processed materials. Within this context, it is highly desirable to relate the nature and rate of observed mechanochemical transformations to individual collisions and then to the processes induced by mechanical stresses on the molecular scale.
Hence, it is necessary to characterize the milling regimes that can establish in ball mills regarding frequency and energy of collisions, map the relationship between milling dynamics and transformation kinetics, and obtain mechanistic information through proper time-resolved investigations in situ. A few specific hints are provided in this respect.
