Permanent and Transient Networks

Preface to Gomadingen....Pages v-v
On the lack of experimental evidence for certain structures in polymers....Pages 1-3
Entanglements in rubbers....Pages 4-10
Formation, structure and elasticity of model imperfect networks prepared by endlinking....Pages 11-20
The dependence of the retardation spectrum width on the network chain length and on its distribution....Pages 21-22
Meander model of polymer melts and networks....Pages 23-44
Deuterium magnetic resonance on elongated networks: orientational order versus network structure....Pages 45-48
Stress-strain behaviour of model networks in uniaxial tension and compression....Pages 49-54
General deformation modes of a van der Waals network....Pages 55-61
Dynamic shear compliance of swollen networks and its dependence on crosslink density....Pages 62-69
Thermomechanics of polymer networks....Pages 70-82
Polymer network structure as revealed by small angle neutron scattering....Pages 83-103
Evolution of rheology during chemical gelation....Pages 104-110
Orientation of macromolecules and elastic deformations in polymer melts. Influence of molecular structure on the reptation of molecules....Pages 111-136
Nonlinear rheological properties of polymer melts and their prediction based on the relaxation time spectrum....Pages 136-138
Transient networks by hydrogen bond interactions in polybutadiene-melts....Pages 140-145
Multiaxial elongations of polyisobutylene and the predictions of several network theories....Pages 146-148
Viscoelasticity and thermal equilibrium....Pages 149-151
Dynamics of permanent and temporary networks: Small angle neutron scattering measurements and related remarks on the classical models of rubber deformation....Pages 152-170
A Model of cooperative motions in dense polymer systems by means of closed dynamic loops....Pages 171-178
Entanglements in semi-dilute solutions as revealed by elongational flow studies....Pages 179-200
Surface properties of fillers and interactions with elastomers....Pages 201-212
Filled van der Waals networks....Pages 213-230
Influence of the filler on the reinforcing mechanism of styrene-butadiene rubbers....Pages 231-233
Filler-matrix coupling in rubbers as revealed by heat conduction experiments....Pages 234-238
Interrelation between the orientation of the polymer chains and the mesogenic groups in crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers....Pages 239-242
Some principal problems in statistical mechanics of networks and their relationship to other topics in physics and materials science....Pages 243-247