Microscopic theory for the fast flow of polymer melts

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4550-4553

  Likhtman, Alexei E ^a   Milner, Scott T ^b   McLeish, Tom C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; MELTING; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PIPE FLOW; QUENCHING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSORS;

CONVECTIVE CONSTRAINT RELEASE (CCR); POLYMER MELTS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0034323177     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4550     Document Type: Article

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