Mapping of the relaxation patterns of polymer melts with linear flexible molecules of uniform length

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 330-344

  Carri, Gustavo A ^a   Winter, H Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypergeometric function; Incomplete gamma function; Linear viscoelasticity; Monodisperse polymers; Polymer dynamics; Relaxation time spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013381484     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00366674     Document Type: Article

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