Kinetic Prediction of Functional Group Distributions in Thermosensitive Microgels

A kinetic model accounting for the copolymerization of up to four comonomers is applied to predict both chain and radial functional group distributions in carboxylic-acid-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (NIPAM)-based microgels. The model can accurately predict the experimentally observed radial distributions of functional monomers in microgels prepared using a variety of different carboxylic-acid-functionalized monomers with …