The model of cure reaction-induced microphase separation proceeding via nucleation and growth mechanism with moderate reaction rate and far enough from the critical point is proposed. The classical frequency of elementary acts of nucleation was adopted. The model of particle growth with equilibrium boundary conditions and the conventional linear diffusion equation was developed to describe the concentration changes both inside and outside the particle. This provides a new insight on the ways of control of polymer morphology generated.
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