“…To obtain a fast simulation of the RAFT polymerization kinetics, the deterministic method of moments, as originally proposed by Bamford et al, [65] has been most frequently used. [38,46,61,64,[66][67][68] This simplified method allows to calculate average characteristics such as x n , Đ, and EGF as a function of reaction time and monomer conversion. Most focus has been on linear homopolymers, although the method of moments has been also considered for the simulation of RAFT polymerizations aiming at the synthesis of nonlinear polymers and copoly mers.…”