Control of gradient copolymer composition in ATRP using semibatch feeding policy

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-186

  Wang, Rui ^a   Luo, Yingwu ^a   Li, Bo Geng ^a   Zhu, Shiping ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization; Controlled living radical polymerization; Gradient copolymer; Modeling, simulation; Semibatch reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GRADIENT COPOLYMERS; LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; SEMIBATCH REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33846320853     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11063     Document Type: Article

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