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The physicochemical foundations of the evolution of reactive polymer structures in a field of mechanical, entropic (elastic), and diffusion forces are considered within the framework of locally nonequilibrium thermodynamics. It is theoretically shown how the stochastic process of the formation of molecular, nano-, and microscale structures can be controlled with the use of the thermodynamic state parameters by kinetic and diffusion relaxation mechanisms. It is established that the known “nanoreactor” effect is caused by the fact thatthe activation energy of a particle ensemble organized by the considered forces into these structural dimensions is much low than the energy barrier of a microsystem.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Popov, 2011, published in Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, 2011, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 519–528.
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Popov, V.I. Evolution of reactive polymer structures in a field of mechanical, entropic, and diffusion forces. Theor Found Chem Eng 45, 610–618 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579511040129
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