Elongational dynamics of multiarm polystyrene

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-415

  Rasmussen, Henrik Koblitz ^a   Skov, Anne Ladegard ^a   Nielsen, Jens Kromann ^a   Lailĺ, Philippe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elongation; FSR; Interchain; Polystyrene; Pom pom; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; POLYSTYRENES;

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CONSTITUTIVE FORMULATIONS; ELONGATIONAL FLOWS; FILAMENT STRETCHING; FSR; INTERCHAIN; MOLAR MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; MOLECULAR STRESS FUNCTIONS; POLYSTYRENE MELTS; POM-POM; RELAXATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 60849109986     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3059575     Document Type: Article

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