title: On one-dimensional nucleation and growth of "living" polymers I. Homogeneous nucleation.
abstract: The kinetics of one-dimensional polymerization are described in terms of successive monomer additions. During homogeneous nucleation, the concentration cn of critical nuclei is proportional to the nth power of monomer concentration c1 and, initially, to the (n - 1)th power of time.
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011506:Proteins