Modeling insight into the diffusion-limited cause of the gel effect in free radical polymerization

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 411-422

  O'Neil, Gregory A ^a   Torkelson, John M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS;

GEL EFFECT; VRENTAS-DUDA THEORY;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0032760619     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9811324     Document Type: Article

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