SEQUENCE MODELING OF RAFT POLYMERIZATIONS WITH THE METHOD OF MOMENTS

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dc.contributor.advisorSchork, Josephen_US
dc.contributor.authorZargar, Aminen_US
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-24T06:45:39Z
dc.date.available2009-01-24T06:45:39Z
dc.date.issued2008-10-13en_US
dc.description.abstractAttempts to model the sequence structure of copolymers consisted of probabilistic functions that were incomplete and inaccurate. A novel technique to track sequence parameters is developed that determines not only copolymer composition, but sequence distribution as well. RAFT polymerizations are simulated with two independent and concurrent models to track MWD, conversion, copolymer composition, and sequence characteristics. Batch polymerizations are simulated with varying reactor conditions as a proof-of-concept to illustrate the power of the sequence model to track the composition of the polymer. Series of CSTR and PFR reactors with varying reactor conditions are then presented as applications to iteratively fine-tune copolymers with predetermined sequence and compositional structure.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8782
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Chemicalen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledChemistry, Polymeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRAFTen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsequenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpolymersen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsimulationsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCSTRen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbatchen_US
dc.titleSEQUENCE MODELING OF RAFT POLYMERIZATIONS WITH THE METHOD OF MOMENTSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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