Initiation Kinetics in Free-Radical Polymerization: Prediction of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Parameters Based on ab initio Calculations

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 170-178

  Dossi, Marco ^a   Storti, Giuseppe ^a   Moscatelli, Davide ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATIONS; INITIATION REACTIONS; KINETIC CONSTANT; METHYL ACRYLATES; METHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; PROPAGATION KINETICS; REACTION ENTHALPIES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ESTERS; FREE RADICALS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; KINETIC PARAMETERS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RATE CONSTANTS; STYRENE; THERMODYNAMICS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 77953018726     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.200900056     Document Type: Article

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