A model for defect-diffusion-controlled polymerization at a surface as typified by the alkali-metal mediated synthesis of polysilanes

McLeish, T.C.B., Jones, Richard G., Holder, Simon J. (2002) A model for defect-diffusion-controlled polymerization at a surface as typified by the alkali-metal mediated synthesis of polysilanes. Macromolecules, 35 (2). pp. 548-554. ISSN 0024-9297. (doi:10.1021/ma0111459) (KAR id:27884)

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Abstract

We describe a model for polymerization at a surface, in which local kinks within the chain, excited at the free end, may diffuse to the surface, causing termination by disengagement. A model in which kinks do not interact gives a monomodal but broad distribution when kink diffusion is slow. In a more realistic model that permits kink-antikink annihilation, some of the chains escape the kink-controlled population and produce a "living", high molecular weight fraction. A reaction for which this has been characterized is the Wurtz-type reductive coupling of organosilanes, though the phenomenon may be more general.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1021/ma0111459
Additional information:	11 AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Uncontrolled keywords:	POLYMERS; CHAIN
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Simon Holder
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2011 11:54 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2021 10:06 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27884 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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