Shear damping function measurements for branched polymers
Shear damping function measurements for branched polymers
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支化聚合物的剪切阻尼函数测量
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2007
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S. Milner
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D. A. Vega;S. Milner
We present results for step-strain experiments and the resulting damping functions of polyethylene blends of different structures, including solutions of linear, star and comb polymers. Remarkably, an entangled melt of combs exhibits a damping function close to that for entangled linear chains. Diluting the combs with faster- relaxing material leads to a more nearly constant damping function. We find similar behavior for blends of commercial low density polyethylene LDPE. Our results sug- gest a simple picture: on timescales relevant to typical damping-function experi- ments, the rheologically active portions of our PE combs as well as commercial LDPE are essentially chain backbones. When strongly entangled, these exhibit the Doi- Edwards damping function; when diluted, the damping function tends toward the result for unentangled chains described by the Rouse model - namely, no damp-