NETWORK FORMATION AS A CLUSTER-CLUSTER DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATION PROCESS, 2 - MODELING THE POLYETHYLENE CROSS-LINKING PROCESS USING MONTE-CARLO AND GRAPH TECHNIQUES

Citation
D. Samios et al., NETWORK FORMATION AS A CLUSTER-CLUSTER DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATION PROCESS, 2 - MODELING THE POLYETHYLENE CROSS-LINKING PROCESS USING MONTE-CARLO AND GRAPH TECHNIQUES, Macromolecular theory and simulations, 7(3), 1998, pp. 349-353
Citations number
18
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
ISSN journal
1022-1344
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
349 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
1022-1344(1998)7:3<349:NFAACD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A Monte Carlo simulation of the network formation of polyethylene radi cals has been carried out using the reaction modelling scheme and a gr aph exploration algorithm based on the breadth-first search technique. The results are obtained in a three dimensional cubic continuum space simulation with periodic boundary conditions. Results for three diffe rent polyethylene concentrations are reported. The structural evolutio n of the studied system was followed in terms of number of reactions, molecular mass, aggregate dimension and fractal dimension analysis.