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Chain Entanglement in Polymer Melts and Solutions

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Colby, RH; Rubinstein, M; Viovy, JL
Published in: Macromolecules
1992

We consider the problem of entanglement in polymer melts and solutions with no excluded-volume interactions (esolvent). A number of simple ideas on this subject, cast in the form of scaling theories, have recently been proposedintheliterature. Atfirstglancetheseideasare seeminglyunrelated. Firstweshowtherelationbetween the various scaling pictures of polymer entanglement. In sodoing,wewilldevelopaclearerpictureoftheunderlying physicsassociatedwitheachidea. Wewillshowthatthe differences between the scaling ideas arise because there are two independent length scales in the problem, which means that scaling must rely on a conjecture about the natureofentanglement. Wethenexamineexperimental data on polymer melts and solutions to test these ideas.

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Macromolecules

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1520-5835

Publication Date

1992

Related Subject Headings

  • Polymers
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
 

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Colby, R. H., Rubinstein, M., & Viovy, J. L. (1992). Chain Entanglement in Polymer Melts and Solutions. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00028a076
Colby, Ralph H., Michael Rubinstein, and Jean Louis Viovy. “Chain Entanglement in Polymer Melts and Solutions.” Macromolecules, 1992. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00028a076.
Colby RH, Rubinstein M, Viovy JL. Chain Entanglement in Polymer Melts and Solutions. Macromolecules. 1992;
Colby, Ralph H., et al. “Chain Entanglement in Polymer Melts and Solutions.” Macromolecules, 1992. Manual, doi:10.1021/ma00028a076.
Colby RH, Rubinstein M, Viovy JL. Chain Entanglement in Polymer Melts and Solutions. Macromolecules. 1992;
Journal cover image

Published In

Macromolecules

DOI

ISSN

1520-5835

Publication Date

1992

Related Subject Headings

  • Polymers
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences