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Monte-Carlo modeling of polymer network formation

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Part of the book series: Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science ((PROGCOLLOID,volume 102))

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Monte-Carlo simulation of a step-wise homopolymerization of 3-functional monomer has been performed. The bonds were formed irreversibly between units selected at random (mean-field approximation). The time correlations were introduced by imposing substitution effects upon reactivity of functional groups. The cycle formation was modeled assuming Gaussian behavior of all bonds introduced in simulation. The probability of intramolecular reaction was granted higher values compared to those for intermolecular ones by applying single cyclization parameter. Quite surprisingly, the effect of cyclization parameter on the gel point conversion turned out to become an S-shaped curve.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Rzeszów University of Technology, W. Pola 2, 35-959, Rzeszów, Poland

    H. Galina & J. Lechowicz

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© 1996 Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

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Galina, H., Lechowicz, J. (1996). Monte-Carlo modeling of polymer network formation. In: Zrínyi, M. (eds) Gels. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 102. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0114378

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