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Equilibrium polymerization of stiff polymers is considered in a meanfield approximation. It is shown that polymerization is of order-disorder type. The phase diagram exhibits a critical line which is replaced at tricritical point,by a discontinuity line. It is also found that polymer weight fraction is non-zero at both sides of the transition showing only a mild singularity (∼‖T-Tc‖) at continuous transition.
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Jaric, M.V., Bennemann, K.H. (1982). Equilibrium polymerization of stiff polymers. In: Bennemann, K.H., Brouers, F., Quitmann, D. (eds) Ionic Liquids, Molten Salts and Polyelectrolytes. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-11952-3_29
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