Sh. Mao et al., STUDY OF ENTANGLED NETWORK FORMATION IN CONCENTRATED-SOLUTIONS OF POLYMER BY C-13 NMR, Science in China. Series B, Chemistry, life sciences & earth sciences, 39(2), 1996, pp. 187-191
Information about the exact location of topological and cohesional ent
anglements at molecular level has been obtained by C-13 NMR relaxation
analysis. The results show that about 20% of the carbon atonis in the
main chain are entangled in the 25% (by weight) solution, which is in
dependent of the content of the 1,2-segment in polybutadiene and of th
e kind of solvent. However, the entanglement of the carbon atoms on th
e end group of the side chain is very weak, they behave as slipping fr
eely at the junctions.