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Molecular polymeric matter, Weissenberg, Astbury and the pleasure of being wrong

McLeish, Tom

Authors

Tom McLeish



Abstract

The career of Karl Weissenberg began with X-ray structure studies of biopolymers. His background in scattering theory clearly affected his later approach to the measurements and modelling of the rheology of complex fluids. We show how the combination of scattering and rheology now informs molecular theories of the flow of entangled polymer melts. Very recently, the concepts generated by linear rheology have themselves contributed to the study of dynamics in biopolymers via single molecule experiments.

Citation

McLeish, T. (2008). Molecular polymeric matter, Weissenberg, Astbury and the pleasure of being wrong. Rheologica Acta, 47(5-6), 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-007-0226-3

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 1, 2008
Deposit Date Nov 1, 2011
Journal Rheologica Acta
Print ISSN 0035-4511
Electronic ISSN 1435-1528
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 47
Issue 5-6
Pages 479-489
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-007-0226-3
Keywords Rheometer, Rheology, Reptation.


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