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Floored by the rings

Floored by the rings The tube model can explain how mutually entangled polymer chains move and interact, but it relies on the loose ends of chains to generate relaxation. Ring polymers have no ends — so how do they relax? http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Materials Springer Journals

Floored by the rings

McLeish, Tom
Nature Materials , Volume 7 (12) – Dec 1, 2008
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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Materials Science; Materials Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics
ISSN
1476-1122
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1476-4660
DOI
10.1038/nmat2324
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Abstract

The tube model can explain how mutually entangled polymer chains move and interact, but it relies on the loose ends of chains to generate relaxation. Ring polymers have no ends — so how do they relax?

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Nature Materials – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 2008

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