ELASTICITY OF ENTANGLED POLYMER LOOPS - OLYMPIC GELS

Authors
VILGIS TA OTTO M
Citation
Ta. Vilgis et M. Otto, ELASTICITY OF ENTANGLED POLYMER LOOPS - OLYMPIC GELS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 56(2), 1997, pp. 1314-1317
Citations number
22
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
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1314 - 1317
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1997)56:2<1314:EOEPL->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
In this Rapid Communication we present a scaling theory for the elasti city of olympic gels, i.e., gels wherp the elasticity is a consequence of topology only. It is shown that two deformation regimes exist, The first is the nonaffine deformation regime where the free energy scale s linear with the deformation. In the large (affine) deformation regim e the free energy is shown to scale as F chi lambda(5/2) where lambda is the deformation ratio. Thus a highly non-Hookian stress-strain rela tion is predicted.