Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a thermoplastic material that is widely used in many
application fields, such as packaging, construction and household products. Due to the …

Monodisperse comb polystyrenes (comb-PS) with loosely to densely grafted architectures
up to loosely grafted bottlebrush structures were synthesized via anionic polymerization …

The influence of topology on the strain hardening in uniaxial elongation is investigated using
monodisperse comb and dendrigraft model polystyrenes (PS) synthesized via living anionic …

While fracture in brittle solids has been studied for centuries until today, there are few
studies on fracture in polymer liquids. Recent developments in experimental techniques …

We investigate the linear and nonlinear shear rheology of a marginally entangled H-polymer
melt and two solutions made by diluting high molecular weight H-polymers in linear …

The Doi–Edwards tube model, coupled with relaxation mechanisms, such as reptation,
contour length fluctuation, and constraint release, allows us to quantitatively predict the …

Previous studies have shown that the nonlinear rheological behavior of 3-arm star polymer
melts in fast extensional flow is identical to that of linear polymers with the same span …

While the stress relaxation has been one of the most useful protocols in polymer rheology,
the underlying molecular processes have not yet been fully analyzed with direct …

Polymeric liquid bridges are known to fail during extension. This phenomenon of failure
seemingly calls into question the operating principle of filament stretching rheometers. In …

We report on shear-stress relaxation of melts of poly (propyleneimine)(PPI) dendrimers of
different generations (G2–G5). The aim of this study was to confirm our previous conclusion …