Measuring and predicting the dynamics of linear monodisperse entangled polymers in rapid flow through an abrupt contraction. A small angle neutron scattering study

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2700-2709

  Graham, R S ^a,e   Bent, J ^b   Hutchings, L R ^b   Richards, R W ^b,g   Groves, D J ^a   Embery, J ^a   Nicholson, T M ^a,f   McLeish, T C B ^a   Likhtman, A E ^a   Harlen, O G ^a   Read, D J ^a   Gough, T ^c   Spares, R ^c   Coates, P D ^c   Grillo, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION GEOMETRY; NONLINEAR MECHANICAL STRESS; POLYMER MELTS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33646007666     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma052357z     Document Type: Article

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