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Truly Universal? The Behavior of Linear Athermal Polymer Chains
Researchers find a universal pair distribution function for polymers in the long-chain limit.
Hopping or Rolling? Mechanisms for the Migration of Radical Chain Ends in RAFT Polymerization
Researchers have proposed mechanisms by which radical chain ends migrate around the surface in RAFT polymerization.
Twin Polymerization – A Theoretical Study on Combining Chemical Reactivity with Structure Formation
A. Auer and co-workers have now shown the application of atomistic calculations to unravel the elementary steps of the novel twin-polymerization reaction.
Copolymerization Understood: Modeling Network Formation
New research demonstrates a unique mathematical model for the kinetics of the nitroxide-mediated free radical copolymerization of vinyl/divinyl monomers.
Best of Macromolecular Journals 2011
The top 10 articles published in the Macromolecular Journals Family over the past 18 months are now freely available from the Wiley Online Library.
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