Chain stretch and relaxation in transient entangled solutions probed by double-step strain flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 781-798

  Wen, Yu H ^a   Hua, Chi C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chain stretch; Double step strain flow; Entangled solution; Nonlinear relaxation; The tube model

Indexed keywords

CHAIN STRETCH; DOUBLE-STEP STRAIN FLOW; ENTANGLED SOLUTION; NONLINEAR RELAXATION; THE TUBE MODEL;

ESTERS; POLYSTYRENES;

PROBES;

EID: 67651236665     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3119023     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Archer, L. A., " Polymer disentanglement in steady-shear flow.," J. Rheol. 0148-6055 43, 1617-1633 (1999a). 10.1122/1.551063
2. Archer, L. A., " Separability criteria for entangled polymer liquids.," J. Rheol. 0148-6055 43, 1555-1571 (1999b). 10.1122/1.551060
3. Bhattacharjee, P. K., J. P. Oberhauser, G. H. McKinley, L. G. Leal, and T. Sridhar, " Extensional rheometry of entangled solutions.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 35, 10131-10148 (2002). 10.1021/ma0118623
4. Doi, M., " Stress relaxation of polymeric liquids after double-step strain.," J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed. 0098-1273 18, 1891-1905 (1980a). 10.1002/pol.1980.180180903 (Pubitemid 11430541)
5. Doi, M., " Molecular rheology of concentrated polymer systems.," J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed. 0098-1273 18, 1005-1020 (1980b). 10.1002/pol.1980.180180508 (Pubitemid 10473157)
6. Doi, M., and S. F. Edwards, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics (Oxford Science, New York, 1986).
7. Fetters, L. J., D. J. Lohse, D. Richter, T. A. Witten, and A. Zirkel, " Connection between polymer molecular weight, density, chain dimensions, and melt viscoelastic properties.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 27, 4639-4647 (1994). 10.1021/ma00095a001
8. Hua, C. C., J. D. Schieber, and D. C. Venerus, " Segment connectivity, chain-length breathing, segmental stretch, and constraint release in reptation models. II. Double-step strain predictions.," J. Chem. Phys. 0021-9606 109, 10028-10032 (1998). 10.1063/1.477671
9. Hua, C. C., and C. Y. Yang, " Entanglement loss in fast-flowing entangled polymer: Numerical simulation of the short-chain behavior and interpretation of phenomenology.," J. Polym. Res. 1022-9760 9, 79-90 (2002). 10.1023/A:1021133131795
10. Ianniruberto, G., and G. Marrucci, " On compatibility of the Cox-Merz rule with the model of Doi and Edwards.," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 0377-0257 65, 241-246 (1996). 10.1016/0377-0257(96)01433-4
11. Inoue, T., Y. Yamashita, and K. Osaki, " Viscoelasticity of polymers in solvents around the semidilute regime.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 35, 9169-9175 (2002). 10.1021/ma020849v
12. Islam, M. T., and L. A. Archer, " Nonlinear rheology of highly entangled polymer solutions in start-up and steady shear flow.," J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 0887-6266 39, 2275-2289 (2001). 10.1002/polb.1201
13. Isono, Y., and J. D. Ferry, " Stress relaxation and differential dynamic modulus of polyisobutylene in large shearing deformations.," J. Rheol. 0148-6055 29, 273-280 (1985). 10.1122/1.549791
14. Isono, Y., N. Ohashi, and T. Kase, " Chain contraction and change in entanglement structure of well-entangled polymer in large shearing deformations.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 28, 5154-5155 (1995). 10.1021/ma00118a053
15. Isono, Y., T. Kamohara, A. Takano, and T. Kase, " Nonlinear viscoelastic properties and change in entanglement structure of linear polymer. 1. Single-step large shearing deformations.," Rheol. Acta 0035-4511 36, 245-251 (1997). (Pubitemid 127630989)
16. Isono, Y., K. Shizuru, and T. Fujimoto, " Differential dynamic modulus of polyisobutylene with high molecular weight. 2. Double-step large shearing deformations.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 24, 4433-4436 (1991). 10.1021/ma00015a028 (Pubitemid 21714905)
17. Marrucci, G., " Dynamics of entanglements: A nonlinear model consistent with the Cox-Merz rule.," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 0377-0257 62, 279-289 (1996). 10.1016/0377-0257(95)01407-1 (Pubitemid 126402984)
18. Milner, S. T., and T. C. B. McLeish, " Reptation and contour-length fluctuations in melts of linear polymers.," Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 81, 725-728 (1998). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.725 (Pubitemid 128628353)
19. Osaki, K., and M. Kurata, " Experimental appraisal of the Doi-Edwards theory for polymer rheology based on the data for polystyrene solutions.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 13, 671-676 (1980). 10.1021/ma60075a036
20. Osaki, K., S. Kimura, and M. Kurata, " Relaxation of shear and normal stresses in double-step shear deformations for a polystyrene solution: A test of the Doi-Edwards theory for polymer rheology.," J. Rheol. 0148-6055 25, 549-562 (1981). 10.1122/1.549650
21. Osaki, K., K. Nishizawa, and M. Kurata, " Material time constant characterizing the nonlinear viscoelasticity of entangled polymeric systems.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 15, 1068-1071 (1982). 10.1021/ma00232a021
22. Robertson, C. G., S. Warren, D. J. Plazek, and C. M. Roland, " Reentanglement kinetics in sheared polybutadiene solutions.," Macromolecules 0024-9297 37, 10018-10022 (2004). 10.1021/ma048148g
23. Venerus, D. C., " A critical evaluation of step strain flows of entangled linear polymer liquids.," J. Rheol. 0148-6055 49, 277-295 (2005). 10.1122/1.1822931
24. Venerus, D. C., C. M. Vrentas, and J. S. Vrentas, " Step strain deformations for viscoelastic fluids: Experiment.," J. Rheol. 0148-6055 34, 657-683 (1990). 10.1122/1.550146
25. Venerus, D. C., and H. Kahvand, " "Doi-Edwards theory evaluation in double-step strain flows.," J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 0887-6266 32, 1531-1542 (1994). 10.1002/polb.1994.090320825
26. Wang, S. -Q., S. Ravindranath, P. Boukany, M. Olechnowicz, R. P. Quirk, A. Halasa, and J. Mays, " Nonquiescent relaxation in entangled polymer liquids after step shear.," Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 97, 187801 (2006). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.187801
27. Wang, S. -Q., S. Ravindranath, Y. Wang, and P. Boukany, " New theoretical considerations in polymer rheology: Elastic breakdown of chain entanglement network.," J. Chem. Phys. 0021-9606 127, 064903 (2007). 10.1063/1.2753156
28. Wen, Y. H., and C. C. Hua, " Short-time stretch relaxation of entangled polymer solutions investigated using full Rouse model predictions.," J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 0887-6266 44, 1199-1211 (2006). 10.1002/polb.20759