Kinetics of Gelation Growth in a Sol-Gel Transition by a Computer-Simulation Model
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-1994
Department
Physics and Astronomy
School
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Abstract
A computer simulation model is used to study the kinetics of gelation of a low concentration of bifunctional ( C2) and tetrafunctional ( C4) monomers on a simple cubic lattice. The mobilities of the monomers and the microgel particles are considered. Monomers react with their neighbors with a certain probability after hopping with a fixed number of steps. Growth of the concentration of saturated bonds, weight average degree polymerization, and the volume fraction of the gel are studied as a function of reaction time. We find that the critical gel time (i.e. the gel point) depends nonlinearly on the mobility steps of hopping.
Publication Title
Journal de Physique II
Volume
4
Issue
5
First Page
865
Last Page
872
Recommended Citation
Liu, Y.,
Pandey, R. B.
(1994). Kinetics of Gelation Growth in a Sol-Gel Transition by a Computer-Simulation Model. Journal de Physique II, 4(5), 865-872.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/7239