Modeling macromolecular movement in polymer melts and its relation to nonlinear rheology

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 485-489

  Malkin, Alexander Ya ^a   Semakov, A V ^a   Kulichikhin, V G ^a  

^a TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Entanglements; Modeling; Polymer melt

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123867     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0556-z     Document Type: Article

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