Abstract
The synthetic processes of producing polymers from their monomers can be divided into step-growth and chain-growth polymerization. These two polymer formation reactions (Figs. 8.1 and 8.2) are fundamentally different in their mechanisms, intermediate products, the way the molar mass increases as a function of monomer conversion, and the activation energy of their elementary steps.
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The concentration of the functional groups is the same as that of the existing molecules; the former is experimentally easier to access.
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Telechelics are oligomers with well-defined functional end groups, with which further chemical reactions are possible.
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Koltzenburg, S., Maskos, M., Nuyken, O. (2017). Step-Growth Polymerization. In: Polymer Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49279-6_8
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