Grafted surface sheared by short polymers and the total entanglement threshold

Journal de Physique II

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-353

  Gay, C ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FRICTION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACES; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ADHERENCE; COIL STRETCH TRANSITION; DRAG NUMBER; MECHANICAL CONTACTS; POLYMER MELTS; ROUSE REGIME; SHORT POLYMERS; STOKES REGIME; TOTAL ENTANGLEMENT THRESHOLD;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030106753     PISSN: 11554312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1996186     Document Type: Article

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