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Area of Science:

  • Polymer Science
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Polystyrene crosslinking is crucial for material property modification.
  • Simulating polymer crosslinking at an atomistic level presents computational challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a computational algorithm for simulating polystyrene crosslinking.
  • To investigate the crosslinking process of polystyrene in dichloroethane using monochlorodimethyl ether.

Main Methods:

  • Classical molecular dynamics simulations.
  • Atomistic to coarse-grained model mapping and reverse mapping.
  • Simulation of crosslink formation and structural relaxation.

Main Results:

  • The algorithm successfully simulated the crosslinking of polystyrene.
  • Calculated specific volume and elastic modulus showed good agreement with experimental data.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed algorithm is a viable tool for simulating polymer crosslinking.
  • The computational approach provides quantitative insights into polymer network formation.