| Abstract
| - A generalization of the generalized Langevin equation (nonequilibrium dynamics) has recently been introducedin order to model chemical reactions which take place in environments with irreversible density and temperaturechanges (Hernandez, R., Somer, F. L. J. Phys. Chem. 1999, 103, 1064, 1070). The so-called irreversiblegeneralized Langevin equation (iGLE) has been shown to be relevant to reaction polymerization when theirreversibility in the equilibrium solvent response is self-consistently coupled to the macroscopic averageextent of polymerization, itself. In the present work, the iGLE is extended to allow the reacting polymers tobe coupled to a finite number w of neighboring polymers, thereby allowing for heterogeneity in the environmentresponse.
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