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Kinetic gelation predictions of species aggregation in tetrafunctional monomer polymerizations
Authors:Kristi S Anseth  Christopher N Bowman
Abstract:During the polymerization of tetrafunctional monomers, a heterogeneous distribution of species exists throughout the reaction mixture and dramatically complicates the network structural evolution. This work attempts to quantify this heterogeneity using kinetic gelation simulation predictions of a defining parameter called the heterogeneity index. The heterogeneity index directly measures how heterogeneous the polymerization is with respect to interactions of like species or pairs of species. Examples of the species are polymer segments, monomeric double bonds, pendant double bonds, initiator molecules, radicals, and free volume. By implementing this index, it is clear that the heterogeneity in the polymer network dramatically changes as a function of conversion and polymerization conditions. In particular, microgel formation and monomer pooling were characterized and quantified with the heterogeneity index. In addition to characterizing the structural heterogeneity, the influence of the heterogeneity on the initiator efficiency and trapping of free radicals was also studied and qualitatively compared to experimentally observed behavior. ©1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords:kinetic gelation  aggregation  heterogeneity  microgel
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