Reptation and contour-length fluctuations in melts of linear polymers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 725-728

  Milner, S T ^a   Mc Leish, T C B ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; VISCOSITY;

CONTOUR LENGTH FLUCTUATIONS; LINEAR POLYMERS; REPTATION;

STRESS RELAXATION;

EID: 0032551471     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.725     Document Type: Article

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