Precision polymer synthesis by controlled radical polymerization: Fusing the progress from polymer chemistry and reaction engineering

YN Zhou, JJ Li, TT Wang, YY Wu, ZH Luo - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

Kinetics of atom transfer radical polymerization

P Krys, K Matyjaszewski - European Polymer Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
This review encompasses the fundamentals of kinetics of atom transfer radical
polymerization (ATRP). ATRP is a versatile reversible-deactivation radical polymerization …

Modeling and theoretical development in controlled radical polymerization

E Mastan, X Li, S Zhu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) systems have gained increasing interests for the
past two decades. Numerous publications may be found in the literature reporting …

State‐of‐the‐art and progress in method of moments for the model‐based reversible‐deactivation radical polymerization

YN Zhou, ZH Luo - Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible‐deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) techniques have received lots of
interest for the past 20 years, not only owing to their simple, mild reaction conditions and …

Mechanically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization: Exploring its potential at high conversions

YN Zhou, JJ Li, D Ljubic, ZH Luo, S Zhu - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
A well-controlled atom transfer radicfal polymerization of methyl acrylate (MA) was realized
by mechanical mediation (mechanoATRP) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, 50% v/v). High …

A molecular weight distribution polydispersity equation for the ATRP system: quantifying the effect of radical termination

E Mastan, S Zhu - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Polydispersity quantifies the breadth of polymer molecular weight distribution, making it an
important and frequently quoted chain microstructural property for characterization. An …

Beauty of Explicit Dispersity (Đ) Equations in Controlled Polymerizations

TT Wang, YN Zhou, ZH Luo, S Zhu - ACS Macro Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dispersity (Đ) as a critical parameter indicates the level of uniformity of the polymer molar
mass or chain length. In the past several decades, the development of explicit equations for …

Mathematical modeling of the full molecular weight distribution in ATRP techniques

I Zapata‐González, RA Hutchinson, KA Payne… - AIChE …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this work the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of several atom transfer radical
polymerization (ATRP) techniques has been derived and solved using the Reduced …

Computational fluid dynamics simulation of multiscale mixing in anionic polymerization tubular reactors

L Xie, LT Zhu, ZH Luo - Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular properties of polymers are greatly influenced by operation parameters during
polymerization in reactors. Since operation parameter distributions in reactors also result in …

Modeling of reversible deactivation radical polymerization of vinyl monomers promoted by redox initiation using NHPI and Xanthone

P López‐Domínguez… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Two mathematical approaches for modeling of the kinetics and evolution of molar mass
distributions in the reversible deactivation radical polymerization of vinyl monomers …