Theoretical studies on the thermodynamic product size distribution in nucleation - Elongation polymerization under imbalanced stoichiometry

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4029-4036

  Zhao, Dahui ^a   Yue, Kan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICALS; COMMINUTION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELONGATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULES; MONOMERS; NUCLEATION; NUCLEOPHILES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SIZE DETERMINATION; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; (LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); BI MODAL DISTRIBUTION; CHAIN ELONGATION; CHAIN PROPAGATION; CO-MONOMERS; ISODESMIC; MOLE RATIOS; NUCLEATION EFFECTS; NUCLEATION PROCESSES; OLIGOMERIC SPECIES; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCT SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SINGLE STEP; STEP GROWTH POLYMERIZATIONS; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO (SR);

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 45849141636     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma071884a     Document Type: Article

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