Kinetic Analysis of Controlled/“Living” Radical Polymerizations by Simulations. 1. The Importance of Diffusion-Controlled Reactions

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 32; no. 9; pp. 2948 - 2955
• Main Authors: Shipp, Devon A, Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 04.05.1999
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymerization; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; Kinetic model; Free radical polymerization; Computer simulation; Atom transfer polymerization; Living polymer; Theoretical study; Styrene polymer; Modeling

Controlled/“living” atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), which is subject to the persistent radical effect, has been examined through computer simulations. It was found that the peculiar time-dependent rates predicted by the persistent radical effect may not be observed experimentally becaus...