Critically evaluated termination rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization: Experimental methods

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 605-643

  Barner Kowollik, Christopher ^a   Buback, Michael ^b   Egorov, Mark ^b   Fukuda, Takeshi ^c   Goto, Atsushi ^c   Olaj, Oskar Friedrich ^d   Russell, Gregory T ^e   Vana, Philipp ^b   Yamada, Bunichiro ^f   Zetterlund, Per B ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free radical polymerization; Kinetics; Molecular weight distributions; Pulsed laser polymerization; Termination rate coefficients

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REACTION KINETICS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

KINETICS; PULSED LASER POLYMERIZATION; TERMINATION RATE COEFFICIENTS; TIME-RESOLVED QUENCHING;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 21044434146     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2005.02.001     Document Type: Review

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