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The use of model polyisobutylene networks to study strain-induced crystallization

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Model elastomeric networks were prepared by trifunctionally end linking hydroxyl-terminated chains of polyisobutylene having number-average molecular weights in the range 10−3Mn = 2.4 – 10.7 g mol−1. Their stress-strain isotherms in elongation at 25°C in the unswollen state showed significant increases or upturns in modulus at high elongations, due to strain-induced crystallization. Increase in degree of cross-linking (decrease in Mn) was found to decrease the elongation required to initiate crystallization and the maximum extensibility, but to increase the magnitude of the upturn in modulus.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and the Polymer Research Center, The University of Cincinnati, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    C. -Y. Jiang & J. E. Mark

  2. Visiting Scholar from the Chenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Sichuan, China

    C. -Y. Jiang

  3. Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, 44325, Akron, OH, USA

    V. S. C. Chang & J. P. Kennedy

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Jiang, C.Y., Mark, J.E., Chang, V.S.C. et al. The use of model polyisobutylene networks to study strain-induced crystallization. Polymer Bulletin 11, 319–324 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254267

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