Universal Scaling Behavior during Network Formation in Controlled Radical Polymerizations.

ABSTRACT: Despite the ubiquity of branched and network polymers in biological, electronic, and rheological applications, it remains difficult to predict the network structure arising from polymerization of vinyl and multivinyl monomers. While controlled radical polymerization (CRP) techniques afford modularity and control in the synthesis of (hyper)branched polymers, a unifying understanding of network formation providing grounded predictive power is still lacking. A current limitation is the inability to predict the number and weight average molecular weights that arise during the synthesis of (hyper)branched polymers using CRP. This study addresses this literature gap through first building intuition via a growth boundary analysis on how certain environmental cues (concentration, monomer choice, a

SUBMITTER: Mann JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6933816 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature