Kinetics of Polymerization Reactions

Dear Colleagues,

Kinetics of polymerization reactions have been studied extensively for several years. However, modern challenges in the synthesis of novel polymer-based materials, such as polymer nanocomposites or multifunctional polymers, have redefined the need for a thorough theoretical or experimental study of the polymerization kinetics.

This Special Issue is planned to bring together a number of original papers and reviews covering (but not restricted to) the following topics:

• Modeling of radical or step polymerization reactions;
• Development of advanced experimental techniques for measuring the kinetics of polymerization;
• Controlled/living radical polymerization:
  • Kinetics of reversible addition–fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization;
  • Kinetics of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP);
• Solid-state polycondensation kinetics;
• Photo-polymerization kinetics;
• Effect of diffusion-controlled phenomena on the kinetics of polymerization reactions;
• Kinetics of co- or multicomponent polymerizations;
• Nonisothermal polymerization kinetics;
• Kinetics of crosslinking polymerization;
• Effect of nanoparticles on the polymerization kinetics of conventional monomers;
• Polymerization kinetics of gel-forming materials.

Prof. Dr. Dimitris S. Achilias
Guest Editor

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