From the microstructure of polymers towards their rheological properties [De la microstructure du polymère à ses propriétés rheologiques]
Résumé
We extend the previous work by Benallal et al. on the relationship between structure and rheological properties of linear polymer melts. The aim of this paper is to quantify the effect of the chemical structure on the viscoelastic properties. We show that these properties are governed by the monomer dimensions and the interaction energy. © 2002 Académie des sciences/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS.