Polymers, kinetic modeling gelation

To address polymer network formation from nonlinear chain-growth polymerization (or copolymerization), kinetic methods are more appropriate [23, 75-83], Some of the most successful kinetic models to address this type of system are based on the method of moments [23, 75-77, 79, 80, 82, 84], Some divergence problems at the vicinity of the gelation point are common with the method of moments, although there are practical ways to avoid this situation [80], A more refined kinetic method to address the issue of modeling the dynamics of gelation in... 

Charmot D, GuUlot J. Kinetic modelling of network formation in styrene-butadiene emulsion copolymers a comparative study with the generahzed form of Flory s theory of gelation. Polymer 1990 31 352-360. 

Despite its limitations, kinetic gelation modeling is still a very useful tool in simulating network structure in highly crosslinked systems. While kinetic gelation models have gained widespread use in the polymer science field, the application of these models to dental materials and their development appears to be an area appropriate for further exploration. 

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