Step‐Growth Polymerizing Systems of General Type “AfiBgi”: Calculating the Radius of Gyration and the g‐Curve Using Generating Functions and Recurrences
Abstract:
Step‐growth polymerized systems of general type “AfiBgi” are considered. One or more of the monomer species carries at least three reactive groups and thus can act as a branching point in a polymeric molecule. An algorithmic method is presented to calculate the topology‐averaged square radius of gyration, R 2[s ], of the molecules in the class of s‐mers. The degree of polymerization, s , may run through its full range. In addition to R 2[s ], the shrinking factor, g [s ], is calculated. The method uses integer arithmetic, generating functions, and computer algebra.