Modeling Linear Free Radical Copolymerization by Digital Encoding

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 829 - 843
• Main Authors: Tabash, Rima Y, Teymour, Fouad A, Debling, Jon A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 24.01.2006
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Copolymerization; Exact sciences and technology; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; Continuous process; Theoretical study; Radical copolymerization; Microstructure; Methyl methacrylate copolymer; Modeling; Styrene copolymer

Copolymer chains are characterized by chain length, chain composition, and sequence length distributions. Despite the wealth of information these distributions provide, they are incapable of determining the microstructure and concentration of individual chain types along the conversion path at the l...