Comprehensive modeling of ARGET-ATRP copolymerization

FORTUNATTI, CECILIA; PINTOS, ESTEBAN; SARMORIA, CLAUDIA; BRANDOLIN, ADRIANA; ASTEASUAIN, MARIANO

Mar del Plata

Congreso; XVI Simposio Latinoamericano de Polímeros y XIV Simposio Iberoamericano de Polímeros; 2018

Comité Organizador SLAP 2018

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization via Activator ReGenerated by Electron Transfer (ARGET-ATRP) is one of the most promising techniques to synthesize unique and/or tailor-made polymers for advanced end-use applications. Comprehensive modeling studies couldhelp experimental practitioners to select operating policies in order to design molecular structures or achieve an efficient performance in terms of conversion, time, and end-product specifications. In this work, we present a comprehensive mathematical model able to predict the average molecular properties, the molecular weight distribution (MWD) and the 2D molecular weight distributioncopolymer composition distribution (MWD-CCD).