Uniaxial extensional rheology of well-characterized comb polymers

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 605-625

  Lentzakis, H ^a   Vlassopoulos, D ^a   Read, D J ^b   Lee, H ^c   Chang, T ^c   Driva, P ^d   Hadjichristidis, N ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comb polymer; Dynamic dilution; Strain hardening; Stretch time; Uniaxial extension

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED POLYMER; COMB POLYMERS; COMBINED EFFECT; DYNAMIC DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXTENSIONAL RHEOLOGY; HENCKY STRAINS; LARGE FRICTION; LINEAR CHAIN; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; LONG-CHAIN BRANCHED POLYOLEFINS; MOLECULAR PARAMETERS; STRETCH RELAXATION; STRETCH TIME; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TIME-SCALES; UNIAXIAL EXTENSION;

ELASTICITY; FRICTION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN HARDENING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

POLYMERS;

EID: 84873577359     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4789443     Document Type: Article

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