Predictive relation for the α-relaxation time of a coarse-grained polymer melt under steady shear
Andrea Giuntoli, F. Puosi, D. Leporini, Francis W. Starr, Jack F. Douglas
Abstract
from the intermediate scattering function and the "stretching exponent" β quantifying the extent of dynamic heterogeneity over the entire range of temperatures and shear rates that we can simulate.
Topics & Concepts
Shear (geology)PolymerRelaxation (psychology)Materials scienceThermodynamicsComposite materialPhysicsBiologyNeuroscienceMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesPolymer crystallization and properties