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Reactive photopolymers

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Time evolution of the polymerization of the model acrylate monomer PEGDA (journal cover).
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The model acrylate monomer PETA.
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PEGDA at different cross-linking fractions.

Work by John Karnes and collaborators at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on the reactive cross-linking dynamics of model photopolymers and their network structures, using the fix bond/react command in LAMMPS.

Related publications

  • On the Network Topology of Cross-Linked Acrylate Photopolymers: A Molecular Dynamics Case Study, J. J. Karnes, T. H. Weisgraber, J. S. Oakdale, M. Mettry, M. Shusteff, and J. Biener, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 124, 9204-9215 (2020).