Dynamic Dilution, Constraint-Release, and Star−Linear Blends
Macromolecules1998Vol. 31(26), pp. 9345–9353
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Abstract
The dynamic dilution theory of stress relaxation, quantitative for star polymer melts, cannot be directly applied to star−linear blends. The linear chains on their reptation time scale τd release constraints on the star arms, resulting in constraint-release Rouse motion for the star arms not described by dynamic dilution. We present a microscopic theory without adjustable parameters for stress relaxation in such blends, which is in excellent agreement with dynamic rheology data for the full range of blend fractions.
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