Investigations on mechanical properties of PI-PS multigraft copolymers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2902-2912

  Schlegel, R ^a   Staudinger, U ^a   Thunga, M ^a   Weidisch, R ^a   Heinrich, G ^b   Uhrig, D ^c   Mays, Jimmy W ^c,d   Iatrou, H ^e   Hadjichristidis, N ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c ORNL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deformation behaviour; Modelling; Molecular architecture; Morphology; Multigraft copolymers

Indexed keywords

BRANCH POINTS; CROSSLINKS; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; FILLER PHASE; GRAFTED POLYSTYRENE; HIGH STRAINS; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; LOW-TO-HIGH; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MODEL FIT; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELLING; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MULTIGRAFT COPOLYMERS; PS CONTENTS; RELAXATION TEST; RESIDUAL STRAINS; RUBBER ELASTICITY; SIDE CHAINS; SLIP-TUBE MODELS; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES; STRAIN AT BREAK; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TUBE MODEL;

AMPLIFICATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CURVE FITTING; DEFORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPH THEORY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYSTYRENES; RUBBER; SETTLING TANKS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 70249122417     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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