Stochastic dynamics in irreversible nonequilibrium environments. 2. A model for thermosetting polymerization

Authors
Hernandez, R Somer, FL
Citation
R. Hernandez et Fl. Somer, Stochastic dynamics in irreversible nonequilibrium environments. 2. A model for thermosetting polymerization, J PHYS CH B, 103(7), 1999, pp. 1070-1077
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
ISSN journal
15206106 → ACNP
Volume
103
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1070 - 1077
Database
ISI
SICI code
1520-6106(19990218)103:7<1070:SDIINE>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A generalization of the generalized Langevin equation (GLE), the so-called irreversible GLE (iGLE) [Hernandez, R.; Somer, F. L. J. Phys. Chem. 1999, 1 03, 1064], is further extended to describe non-stationary environments in w hich the non-stationarity is induced by the macroscopic behavior of the ens emble itself, rather than an external force. Such a formalism lends itself to the dynamical study of the length distributions of growing polymers.