2004/10/12 by Carsten Svaneborg, Gary S. Grest, Ralf Everaers · 1 citation
Chemical Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chain (unit) #Composite material #Computer science #Condensed matter physics #Crossover #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Materials science #Physics #Polymer #Polymer crystallization and properties #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies #Statistical physics #Strain (injury) #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.93.257801
arxiv created 2004/10/12 · openalex publication_date 2004/12/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the microscopic and macroscopic response of model polymer networks to uniaxial elongations. By studying networks with strand lengths ranging from N(s)=20 to 200 we cover the full crossover from cross-link to entanglement dominated behavior. Our results support a recent version of the tube model which accounts for the different strain dependence of chain localization due to chemical cross-links and entanglements.