Quantitative theory of living free‐radical polymerization. III. Calculation of copolymerization products' spinodal

Abstract

The problem of finding conditions of the loss of thermodynamic stability by the reaction system was solved on the basis of the developed theory of living free‐radical copolymerization. The spinodal's calculations were carried out for a significant number of systems differing in the values of kinetic, stoichiometric, and thermodynamic parameters. Analysis of the results of such calculations revealed some regularities in the spinodal curves' behavior and permitted us to classify their possible topological types. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 892–902, 2003

Mathematical Modeling of Raft Polymerization

“…Mathematical modeling of RAFT polymerization is carried out in the framework of general theory of pseudo-living radical polymerization developed in the early 2000 s [17][18][19]. The kinetic scheme of the process consists of multiple stages, and the mathematical models of real polymerization systems are accordingly multiparameter models.…”