Kinetic analysis of reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerizations: Conditions for inhibition, retardation, and optimum living polymerization

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 823-835

  Vana, Philipp ^a   Davis, Thomas P ^a   Barner Kowollik, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Living polymerization; PREDICI; Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT); Simulations

Indexed keywords

RADICAL;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0037206966     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3919(20021101)11:8<823::AID-MATS823>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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