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Application of Scattering Methods to the Dynamics of Polymer Systems pp 130–134Cite as

On the dynamics of dense polymer systems

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We discuss experimental results on molecular motion in polymer melts, obtained by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy (NSE). For longer times we observe systematic deviations from the Rouse model, revealing the presence of a well-defined intermediate dynamical length scale beyond which density fluctuations within a given chain are strongly reduced. Its value is found to be in excellent agreement with the entanglement distance obtained from rheological measurements. Measurements of the temperature dependence and polymer volume fraction dependence of the entanglement distance give an insight into the molecular origin of entanglement constraints.

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  1. IFF des Forschungszentrums Jülich, FRG

    D. Richter

  2. MPI für Polymerforschung Mainz, FRG

    B. Ewen

  3. Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ, USA

    L. J. Fetters & J. S. Huang

  4. Institut Laue Langevin Grenoble, France

    B. Farago

  5. KFA Jülich, IFF Postfach 1913, 5170, Jülich, FRG

    D. Richter

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Richter, D., Ewen, B., Fetters, L.J., Huang, J.S., Farago, B. (1993). On the dynamics of dense polymer systems. In: Ewen, B., Fischer, E.W., Fytas, G. (eds) Application of Scattering Methods to the Dynamics of Polymer Systems. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 91. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0116476

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