Interpretation of hysteresis behaviour of PI-PS multigraft copolymers by adapting to the dynamic flocculation model

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3790-3796

  Staudinger, Ulrike ^a   Schlegel, Ralf ^a   Weidisch, Roland ^a   Fritzsche, Juliane ^b   Klüppel, Manfred ^b   Heinrich, Gert ^c   Mays, Jimmy W ^d,e   Uhrig, David ^e   Hadjichristidis, Nikos ^f  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Institut fur Kautschuktechnologie eV   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flocculation model; Hysteresis behaviour; Modelling; Multigraft copolymers; Thermoplastic elastomers

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AGGLOMERATION; AMPLIFICATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON BLACK; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; FILLERS; FLOCCULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; RUBBER; SILICA; STRESSES; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

CONFORMATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; DO-MAINS; FILLED RUBBERS; FILLER CLUSTERS; HYPER ELASTICITIES; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; MICROPHASE SEPARATED; MODELLING; MULTIGRAFT COPOLYMERS; PACKING EFFECTS; REINFORCED ELASTOMERS; REINFORCED RUBBERS; RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; RIGID FILLERS; RUBBER MATRIXES; STRAIN DEPENDENTS; STRESS STRAINS; SUPERELASTIC; TUBE MODELS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 55149100864     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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