What Happens When Threading is Suppressed in Blends of Ring and Linear Polymers?

Self-diffusivity of a large tracer ring polymer, D r , immersed in a matrix of linear polymers with N l monomers each shows unusual length dependence. D r initially increases, and then decreases with increasing N l . To understand the relationship between the nonmonoton...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin Crysup, Sachin Shanbhag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/8/12/409