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Rheooptical investigations of shear-induced aggregation of polymers in dilute solutions

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The phenomenon of shear-induced aggregation has been investigated in dilute solutions of high molar mass polystyrene standards in phthalic acid esters by light scattering and simultaneous rheometrical measurements. An optical-rheological correlation is found which can easily be understood by simple molecular kinetic models. Systematic examination of the polymer solutions, varying temperature, concentration, and molar mass, shows a dependence of the aggregation on these parameters which fits thermodynamic models.

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  1. Fachgebiet Makromolekulare Chemie, Institut für Technische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni, D-10623 Berlin, Germany, , , , , , DE

    M. Pönitsch, T. Hollfelder & J. Springer

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Received: 3 November 1997/Revised version: 16 December 1997/Accepted: 18 December 1997

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Pönitsch, M., Hollfelder, T. & Springer, J. Rheooptical investigations of shear-induced aggregation of polymers in dilute solutions. Polymer Bulletin 40, 345–352 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050261

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