On the Relationship Between Plateau Modulus and Shear Relaxation Time in Transient Networks

• Published in: Macromolecular theory and simulations Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 208 - 217
• Main Authors: West, Ana, Kindt, James T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: gelation; hydrogel; hydrophobic ethoxylated urethane; rheology; telechelic

The linear rheology of unentangled Maxwellian transient networks formed from reversibly associating telechelic polymers can be characterized by a plateau modulus and a shear relaxation time. The concentration dependences of both these properties have been modeled using a variety of theories. An expr...