Tube Models for Linear Polymers - Fundamentals

In general, there are multiple relaxation processes in polymers, many of which are much too complex to be described by simple rheological theories (such as the double reptation model presented below), and it is not our objective to describe all such processes in detail. The interested reader can find the details in the book by Doi and Edwards [ 1 ], and in the review article by Watanabe [2]. Nevertheless, in Chapter 9 we will present some advanced theories for polymer melts, including theories of McLeish, Milner, and coworkers, that include all the known important mechanisms of polymer relaxation, and in Chapter 11, we will combine 

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