SHEAR FLOW EFFECTS ON PHASE-SEPARATION OF ENTANGLED POLYMER BLENDS

Authors
CLARKE N MCLEISH TCB
Citation
N. Clarke et Tcb. Mcleish, SHEAR FLOW EFFECTS ON PHASE-SEPARATION OF ENTANGLED POLYMER BLENDS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 57(4), 1998, pp. 3731-3734
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3731 - 3734
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1998)57:4<3731:SFEOPO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We introduce an entanglement model mixing rule for stress relaxation i n a polymer blend to a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation of motion for c oncentration fluctuations in the presence of shear flow. Such an appro ach predicts both shear-induced mixing and demixing, depending on the relative relaxation times and plateau moduli of the two components.