Effective Entanglement and Constraint Release in Deformed Polymer Melts
Lin-Feng Wu,
Long-Fei Mao,
Zhe Wang
Abstract:Quantifying the response of entangled polymers to large and rapid deformations presents a great challenge in polymer physics. With simulation results, we identify the effective entanglement that governs the chain conformation and rheological response of deformed entangled polymers. The distribution of effective entanglements gives a natural estimation of the mean survival tube. The constraint release caused by the motion of effective entanglements well describes the relaxation process after step elongation wit… Show more
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