Monte Carlo simulation on living radical polymerization with RAFT process

Monte Carlo simulation is applied, with a high effectiveness and versatilit y, to the studies on the kinetics and chain length distribution in radical polymerization with RAFT process. The results show that the molecular weigh t the resulting polymers increase linearly with monomer conversion, and the polydispersity is lower than 1, 1, a typical feature of living polymerizat ion. The simulation results are in consistent with the experimental results in literature. Additionally, that the molecular weight is proportional to the initial concentration of dithioester, [DSE](0), and the polymerization rate is [DSE](0)-independent, could be of great help for controlling molecu lar weight in experiment.