Physical Gelation in a Triblock Copolymer Solution:  In Situ Study of Stress−Strain Behavior and Structural Development

Autor: Kleppinger, R., Es, M. van, Mischenko, N., Koch, M. H. J., Reynaers, H.
Zdroj: Macromolecules; August 1998, Vol. 31 Issue: 17 p5805-5809, 5p
Abstrakt: An in situ study of the microstructure and mechanical properties of polystyrene−poly(ethylene−butylene)−poly styrene (SEBS) triblock copolymer gels was performed. Simultaneous time-resolved synchrotron radiation X-ray scattering and stress−strain measurements at extensions up to λ = 2 indicate that the macroscopic deformations are transferred to a microscopic level via the three-dimensional network of microdomains. The deformation of the microstructure is nonaffine at low extension rates (4 × 10-4 s-1) and becomes affine at higher rates (10-2 s-1).
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