Polymer Viscoelasticity: Basics, Molecular Theories, Experiments And Simulations (2nd Edition)

This book covers in great detail the Rouse-segment-based molecular theories in polymer viscoelasticity — the Rouse theory and the extended reptation theory (based on the framework of the Doi-Edwards theory) — that have been shown to explain experimental results in a consistently quantitative way. The explanation for the 3.4 power law of viscosity, quantitative line-shape analyses of viscoelastic r...