@Article{JRM.2015.634115,
AUTHOR = {Yujie Zhang, Marc A. Dubé, Eduardo Vivaldo-Lima},
TITLE = {Modeling Degradative Chain Transfer in <i>d</i>-Limonene/<i>n</i>-Butyl Methacrylate Free-Radical Copolymerization},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {3},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {4},
PAGES = {318--326},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v3n4/49562},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {Renewable monomers containing allylic C-H bonds in their structure are prone to degradative chain 
transfer in free-radical polymerization, which will dramatically decrease the polymerization rate. In order 
to understand this mechanism, a kinetic model incorporating a degradative chain transfer mechanism for 
the free-radical copolymerization of <i>d</i>-limonene (LIM) and <i>n</i>-butyl methacrylate (BMA) was developed 
using PREDICI. Model predictions offered insight on how degradative chain transfer reactions affect 
conversion, copolymer composition and molecular weight in the polymerization. Experimental data from 
copolymerizations at monomer feed compositions (LIM/BMA, mol/mol) of 10/90, 20/80 and 30/70 were 
compared to the model’s predictions. Moreover, it was discovered that degradative chain transfer results 
in elevated concentrations of growing polymer chains ending in allylic limonene radicals, which inevitably 
influences termination reactions and molecular weight development.},
DOI = {10.7569/JRM.2015.634115}
}