Equilibrium polymerization as an ordering transition
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 27 (2) , 1228-1231
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.27.1228
Abstract
We introduce a thermodynamic model of equilibrium polymerization capable of treating all physically important effects: monomer activation, growth of linear polymers, growth of ring polymers, excluded volume, (bi)functionality, polymer rigidity, and the effects of solution. We predict a possibility of both ordering and nonordering polymerization and a possibility of "reentrant" polymerization. The model may be used as a vehicle for studying liquid-crystal polymers.Keywords
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