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On the Conditions for Growing Markov Chains
Author(s) -
Gaspard Pierre,
Andrieux David
Publication year - 2017
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.201700019
Subject(s) - copolymer , markov chain , kinetics , thermodynamics , chain (unit) , statistical physics , markov process , order (exchange) , chemistry , polymer chemistry , materials science , polymer science , polymer , mathematics , physics , organic chemistry , economics , classical mechanics , statistics , finance , astronomy
A refutation of the criticisms expressed in the paper entitled “Evolution of Chain Microstructure and Kinetics of Reaching Equilibrium in Living Reversible Copolymerization” by R. Szymanski, S. Sosnowski, and M. Cypryk ( Macromol. Theory Simul . 2016 , 25 , 196) about the article entitled “Kinetics and Thermodynamics of First‐Order Markov Chain Copolymerization” ( J. Chem. Phys . 2014 , 141 , 044908) is presented here. With this aim, a comparison is made between reversible living copolymerization processes taking place in either closed or open reactors.