Web Release Date: July 21,
Sequence Selection during Copolymerization
and
Theoretical Mechanics, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom, and Centre for Computational Science, Department of Chemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Received: March 5, 2007
In Final Form: May 3, 2007
Abstract:
We analyze a simple model for the copolymerization of two chemically distinct monomers that displays a wide variety of product sequence compositions depending on the rate coefficients for the stepwise addition of each monomer to a growing polymer chain. We show that in certain regions of parameter space the copolymer sequence composition depends sensitively on these parameter values, and we compute the information content of the resultant sequences. Finally, we show how the model may be used to interpret experimental data on copolymerization reactions.
Download the full text: PDF | HTML
