THE CREATION AND SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF END-LINKED BIMODAL POLYMER NETWORKS - A MONTE-CARLO STUDY

Authors
HAGN C WITTKOP M KREITMEIER S TRAUTENBERG HL HOLZL T GORITZ D
Citation
C. Hagn et al., THE CREATION AND SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF END-LINKED BIMODAL POLYMER NETWORKS - A MONTE-CARLO STUDY, Polymer gels and networks, 5(4), 1997, pp. 327-337
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer gels and networks → ACNP
ISSN journal
09667822
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
327 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0966-7822(1997)5:4<327:TCASSO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The creation and spatial structure of end-linked bimodal polymer netwo rks was investigated by means of the three-dimensional bond-fluctuatio n model. The portion of long and short chains was varied. The curing p rocess was found to be reaction-controlled within our simulation param eters. The spatial distribution of the cross-linkers in the created ne tworks revealed no large-scale inhomogeneities. Investigations of the pair-correlation functions of the center of mass of die short chains w ere consistent with the random distribution of the cross-linkers. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.