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Authors Lang, M.
Title Elasticity of phantom model networks with cyclic defects
Date 13.04.2018
Number 54312
Abstract The impact of finite cycles on the phantom modulus in an otherwise perfect network is computed exactly. It is shown that pending cycles reduce the phantom modulus of the network by kT/V independent of junction functionality. The correction for nonpending cycles is larger than estimated previously within this particular approximation of the surrounding network structure. It is discussed that loop formation inevitably leads to streched chain conformations, if the loops are built step by step as part of the network structure. All network loops tend to contract simultaneously to optimize conformations, which leads to an increasing stretch of chains in larger loops that can be observed in computer simulations. Possible other corrections to the phantom modulus that were left aside in previous work are discussed briefly.
Publisher ACS Macro Letters
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Citation ACS Macro Letters 7 (2018) 536-539
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00020
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