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Copolymerization Reactivity Ratio Calculator

Content Developed by Dr Simon Harrisson

This set of codes can be used to evaluate reactivity ratios in copolymerization using input conversion data for both monomers. This assumes a terminal reactivity model and is based on the Mayo Lewis approach to copolymerization. This spreadsheet is relatively robust in its estimates of reactivity ratios, and also reports a confidence interval, using more commonly encountered polymer conversion data.

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Original algorithms developed in the manuscript: Laura Etchenausia, Aurélie Malho Rodrigues, Simon Harrisson, Elise Deniau Lejeune and Maud Save ‘RAFT Copolymerization of Vinyl Acetate and N‑Vinylcaprolactam: Kinetics, Control, Copolymer Composition, and Thermoresponsive Self-Assembly’ Macromolecules 2016, 49, 6799-6809, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01451.

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If using this Copolymerization Reactivity Ratio calculator in your research resulting in publication, MACRO asks that you acknowledge the template as follows. “We acknowledge the Copolymerization Reactivity Ratio Calculator by Simon Harrisson (LCPO laboratory) provided by the Macromolecular Alliance for Community Resources and Outreach.”

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