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The Effect of Activation/Deactivation Processes on the Microcomposition and Microsequence Structure of Controlled/Living Copolymers
Author(s) -
Shi Ying,
Qin Xuelian,
Guo Yumei,
Xie Meiran,
Zhang Yiqun
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/mats.200700082
Subject(s) - copolymer , process (computing) , polymer chemistry , chemistry , sequence (biology) , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , polymer , biochemistry , operating system
A new method is proposed to study the process of controlled/living radical copolymerization as well as the structures of the products. Computer simulation has been carried out to produce this LRP or CRP propagation including the activation/deactivation process. The information about segment distribution was obtained for the first time. The results show that under a stationary condition, controlled/living copolymer's composition and sequence distribution are totally identical to those prepared from the conventional free radical copolymerization (FRcP). In other words, the activation/deactivation process of controlled/living radical copolymerization has no effect on copolymer's microcomposition and microsequence structure.