Abstract
AbstractThe Monte Carlo simulation method proposed in Part 1 of this series is used to investigate the branched architecture of hyperbranched polymers formed through self‐condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) in a continuous stirred‐tank reactor (CSTR). The degree of branching (DB) at large chain length (P) limit, DBinf, does not change with the mean residence time . The value of DBinf is larger than the corresponding batch polymerization. The relationship between the mean‐square radius of gyration <s2>0 and P does not change with , and high molecular weight (MW) polymers obtained in a CSTR are much more compact than those formed in batch polymerization. At least for the high MW polymers, CSTR is advantageous to synthesize compact hyperbranched polymers.
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