Relaxation time spectra of star polymers

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-43

  Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^a   Kapnistos, Michael ^b   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^b   Chevillard, Cyril ^c   Winter, H Henning ^c   Roovers, Jacques ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BSW spectrum; Linear viscoelasticity; Parsimonius model; Relaxation time spectra; Star polymers

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

EID: 0034022420     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050005     Document Type: Review

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