Hyperbranched polymers prepared via the core-dilution/slow addition technique: Computer simulation of molecular weight distribution and degree of branching

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3790-3801

  Hanselmann, Ralf ^a   Hölter, Dirk ^a   Frey, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CORE DILUTION/SLOW ADDITION TECHNIQUE; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; POLYDISPERSITY;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0032097013     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma971197r     Document Type: Article

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