Analysis of the adequacy of the representation of entanglement effects by chain loops

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 360-369

  Martins, José A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chain loops; Entanglement; Melt elasticity; Slip link

Indexed keywords

BINARY INTERACTIONS; CHAIN LOOPS; CHAIN SEGMENTS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ENTANGLEMENT; INTERACTION ENERGIES; MELT ELASTICITY; POLYMER CHAINS; SLIP-LINK;

ELASTICITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77956017404     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201000005     Document Type: Article

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