Swelling molecular entanglement networks in polymer glasses

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  McGraw, Joshua D ^a   Dalnoki Veress, Kari ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK-LIKE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MOLECULAR ENTANGLEMENTS; POLYDISPERSE SYSTEMS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER GLASS; POLYMER NETWORKS; POLYMER SYSTEMS;

GLASS; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMERS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 77955575049     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021802     Document Type: Article

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