Linear rheology of comb polymers with star-like backbones: Melts and solutions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-286

  Kapnistos, Michael ^a,b   Koutalas, George ^c   Hadjichristidis, Nikos ^a,c   Roovers, Jacques ^d   Lohse, David J ^e   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Branched polymers; Comb; Dendritic; Dynamic dilution; Grafted star; Rheology; Star; Tube dilation; Tube model

Indexed keywords

HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33751223546     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-006-0106-2     Document Type: Article

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