Viscoelastic properties of amorphous polymers 3: low molecular weight poly(methylphenylsiloxane)

1994 ◽  
Vol 272 (11) ◽  
pp. 1430-1438 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Plazek ◽  
C. A. Bero ◽  
S. Neumeister ◽  
G. Floudas ◽  
G. Fytas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Amorphous Polymers ◽  
Low Molecular Weight

scholarly journals Low-temperature dynamics in amorphous polymers and low-molecular-weight glasses—what is the difference?

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1843-1848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Yu. Eremchev ◽  
Yury G. Vainer ◽  
Andrei V. Naumov ◽  
Lothar Kador
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Amorphous Polymers ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Temperature Dynamics ◽  
The Difference

scholarly journals Viscoelastic Properties of Unentangled Multicyclic Polystyrenes

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Chao Yan ◽  
Md. Hossain ◽  
Michael Monteiro ◽  
Dimitris Vlassopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Shear Viscosity ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Dilution Effect ◽  
The Other ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Zero Shear Viscosity ◽  
Rouse Model ◽  
Loop Size ◽  
Linear Chains

We report on the viscoelastic properties of linear, monocyclic, and multicyclic polystyrenes with the same low molecular weight. All polymers investigated were found to exhibit unentangled dynamics. For monocyclic polymers without inner loops, a cyclic-Rouse model complemented by the contribution of unlinked chains (whose fraction was determined experimentally) captured the observed rheological response. On the other hand, multicyclic polymers with inner loops were shown to follow a hierarchical cyclic-Rouse relaxation with the outer loops relaxing first, followed by the inner loop relaxation. The influence of unlinked linear chains was less significant in multicyclic polymers with inner loops. The isofrictional zero-shear viscosity decreased with increasing number of constrained segments on the coupling sites, which was attributed to the decreasing loop size and the dilution effect due to the hierarchical relaxation.

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