What is the entanglement length in a polymer melt?

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 735-741

  Putz M ^a,c   Kremer, K ^a   Grest, G S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 0034635651     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00212-8     Document Type: Article

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