Rheological properties of branched polystyrenes: Linear viscoelastic behavior

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-163

  Hepperle, Jens ^a,c   Münstedt, Helmut ^a   Haug, Peter K ^b   Eisenbach, Claus D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical experiments; Graft polystyrenes; Long chain branching; Temperature dependence; Viscosity functions

Indexed keywords

GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MOLECULES; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 31444431522     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0033-7     Document Type: Article

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