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The nonlinear response of entangled star polymers to startup of shear flow

Tezel, Amy K.; Leal, L. Gary; Oberhauser, James P.; Graham, Richard S.; Jagannathan, Kamakshi; McLeish, T.C.B.

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Authors

Amy K. Tezel

L. Gary Leal

James P. Oberhauser

Richard S. Graham

Kamakshi Jagannathan

T.C.B. McLeish



Abstract

We consider the response of entangled four-arm polybutadiene star solutions to steady shear and to startup of steady shear in the nonlinear shear-rate regime. Data are reported both for the shear stress, measured in a cone and plate geometry using a temperature controlled ARES rheometer, and for birefringence measured in a Couette device using two-color birefringence. These data are then compared with predictions from the Mead–Larson–Doi (MLD) and Graham, Likhtman, McLeish and Milner (GLaMM) models for linear chains, but with the reptation mechanism turned off as an “ad hoc” means of accounting for the effect of the immobile branch point in these systems. The results for both models are reasonable. However, with the Milner–McLeish model for chain length fluctuations included, the MLD model gives better results at the lowest shear rates where the deep retractions of the arms are a significant contributor to chain relaxation. On the other hand, the local implementation of convective constraint release (CCR) in the GLaMM model gives better predictions for higher shear rates between the inverse reptation and inverse Rouse times, where the CCR mechanism largely obviates any contribution of the deep arm retractions to the relaxation process.

Citation

Tezel, A. K., Leal, L. G., Oberhauser, J. P., Graham, R. S., Jagannathan, K., & McLeish, T. (2009). The nonlinear response of entangled star polymers to startup of shear flow. Journal of Rheology, 53(5), 1193-1214. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.3160733

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2009
Deposit Date Oct 31, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Rheology
Print ISSN 0148-6055
Electronic ISSN 1520-8516
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 53
Issue 5
Pages 1193-1214
DOI https://doi.org/10.1122/1.3160733
Keywords Birefringence, Fluctuations, Polymer solutions, Shear flow, Viscosity, Star polymer, Nonlinear shear, MLD model, GlaMM model.

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© 2009 The Society of Rheology. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Journal of rheology, 53(5): 1193-1214 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1122/1.3160733





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