Prediction of the full molecular weight distribution in RAFT polymerization using probability generating functions

In this work, a model for the RAFT polymerization following the slow fragmentation approach was developed in order to obtain the full molecular weight distribution (MWD) using probability generating functions (pgf). A combination of univariate and bivariate pgf is applied to deal with the univariate...

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Autores: Fortunatti, Cecilia, Sarmoria, Claudia, Brandolin, Adriana, Asteasuain, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/13515
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/13515
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Modeling
Molecular Weight Distribution
Probability Generating Function
Raft Polymerization
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Sumario:In this work, a model for the RAFT polymerization following the slow fragmentation approach was developed in order to obtain the full molecular weight distribution (MWD) using probability generating functions (pgf). A combination of univariate and bivariate pgf is applied to deal with the univariate chain length distributions of macroradical, dormant and dead polymer chains, and the bivariate distribution of the two arms intermediate adduct. This allows rigorous modeling of the polymerization system without simplifying assumptions. For comparison purposes, the population balances were solved by direct integration of the resulting equations. Our results show that the pgf technique allows obtaining an accurate solution efficiently in terms of computational time. What is more, the model provides a detailed characterization of the polymer that could be of great help for grasp the process fundamentals.