무정형 열가소성 고분자의 자유 라디칼 중합 분자동역학 시뮬레이션 알고리즘 = Free radical polymerization algorithm for a thermoplastic polymer matrix : a molecular dynamics study

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this paper, we constructed a molecular dynamics (MD) polymer model of PMMA with 95% of conversion by using dynamic polymerization algorithm of a thermoplastic polymer based on free radical polymerization. In this algorithm, we introduced a united-atom level coarse-grained force field that combines the non-bonded terms from the TraPPE-UA force field and the bonded terms from the PCFF force field to alleviate the computation efforts. The molecular weight distribution and the average molecular weight of the polymer were calculated by investigating each chain generated from the free radical polymerization simulation. The molecular weight of the polymer was controlled by the number of initiator radicals presented in the initial state and molecular weight effect to the density, the glass transition temperature, and the mechanical properties were studied.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구에서 우리는 자유 라디칼 중합에 기반한 열가소성 고분자의 동적 분자동역학 중합 알고리즘을 이용하여 95%의 변환률을 갖는 PMMA의 고분자 모델을 구성하였다. 본 알고리즘에서는 계산 수행에 필요한 시간을 줄이기 위해 PCFF포텐셜 함수의 결합 항들 TraPPE-UA 포텐셜 함수의 비결합 항을 조합한 united-atom level의 coarse-grained 포텐셜 함수를 도입하였다. 자유 라디칼 중합 시뮬레이션을 통해 생성된 각 사슬을 분석하여 고분자의 분자량 분포와 평균 분자량을 계산하였고, 고분자의 분자량은 초기 상태에 존재하는 개시제 라디칼의 수를 이용하여 조절하였으며, 유리전이온도, 기계적 물성에 미치는 분자량의 효과에 대해 연구되었다.

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