Equilibrium Polymerization as an Ising Model
Equilibrium Polymerization as an Ising Model is a scholarly work, published in 1981 in ''Physical Review Letters''. The main subjects of the publication include living free-radical polymerization, physics, polymerization, crystallization of polymers, thermodynamics, Ising model, lattice, polymer, materials science, statistical physics, and condensed matter physics. A lattice model for equilibrium polymerization which allows for loop polymers is presented with critical behavior described by $n=1$, rather than $n\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$ predicted by the theory of Wheeler, Kennedy, and Pfeuty.