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Modeling the Kinetics of Monolith Formation by RAFT Copolymerization of Styrene and Divinylbenzene

2014; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/mren.201400013

1862-8338

Porfirio López‐Domínguez, Julio C. Hernández‐Ortiz, Kristine J. Barlow, Eduardo Vivaldo‐Lima, Graeme Moad,

Fuel Cells and Related Materials

The synthesis of monoliths by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) copolymerization of styrene and divinylbenzene (DVB) at high-crosslinker content is studied using the recently reported multifunctional polymer molecule approach. The agreement between model predictions, incorporating diffusion-control, and experimental data from CSIRO is good for all cases analyzed. This includes examples with high-crosslinker concentrations, which cause deviation from some of the simplifying assumptions imposed in the model.