Viscoelastic Properties of Slide-Ring Gels Reflecting Sliding Dynamics of Partial Chains and Entropy of Ring Components

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 310 - 316
• Main Authors: Kato, Kazuaki, Yasuda, Takaaki, Ito, Kohzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 08.01.2013
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Properties and characterization; Solution and gel properties; Ethylene oxide polymer; Viscoelasticity; Cyclodextrin; Butadiene polymer; Experimental study; Molecular relaxation; Rotaxane

A systematic study of the viscoelastic relaxation of slide-ring gels revealed the dynamics of chains sliding through the cross-links, based on a precise assignment of the plateau moduli and on detailed consideration of the correlation between relaxation times and the molecular weights between cross-...