During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

Chemical or feedstock recycling of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) by thermal
degradation is an important societal challenge to enable polymer circularity. The annual …

Stochastic modeling techniques have emerged as a powerful tool to study the time evolution
of processes in many research fields including (bio) chemical engineering and biology. One …

One of the challenges faced by modern society is the realization of a circular economy for
polymer products. A bottleneck is the understanding of (co) polymer synthesis and …

We present a tool for predicting the initiation efficiency of various type 1 (α-cleavage)
photoinitiators for free radical photopolymerization. The amount of initiated polymer chains is …

In this work, a generalized quantitative structure–property relationship (QSPR) model is
developed for predicting kp by using norm index (NI)-based descriptors, which is the so …

The molar mass distribution (MMD), which is also known as the molecular weight distribution
(MWD), is a key molecular property for a polymerization process, as it determines polymer …

The radical chemistry of polyacrylate synthesis is non-trivial, due to a significant amount of
side reactions. Backbiting transforms conventional secondary end-chain radicals (ECRs) in …

Abstract Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) is a widely used synthetic polymer that is made by
hydrolysis of poly (vinyl acetate)(PVAc). A significant challenge in the production of well …

In recent decades, quantum chemical calculations (QCC) have increased in accuracy, not
only providing the ranking of chemical reactivities and energy barriers (eg, for optimal …