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J. Phys. II France
Volume 1, Number 11, November 1991
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| Page(s) | 1331 - 1336 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1991142 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1991142
J. Phys. II France 1 (1991) 1331-1336
The Physics Laboratories, Kyushu Institute of Technology Iizuka, Fukuoka 820, Japan
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J. Phys. II France 1 (1991) 1331-1336
The effect of entanglements on the viscosity of semidilute polymer solutions
Y. ShiwaThe Physics Laboratories, Kyushu Institute of Technology Iizuka, Fukuoka 820, Japan
(Received 29 July 1991, accepted 18 September 1991)
Abstract
The explicit crossover behavior of the polymer solution viscosity in the dilute and semidilute regimes is presented. The calculation
is done incorporating two effects: (i) the gradual screening of both hydrodynamic and excluded-volume interactions, (ii) the
entanglement constraint. The result shows a continuous change to a reptation-like asymptote.
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