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In this work, we explore a modified reptation theory for entangled polymers which includes an additional relaxation mechanism that allows the chain to escape the tube: a constant drift velocity along the primitive path. It is shown that, if the drift is sufficiently small, the Gaussian hypothesis of the tube theory is respected and, if it is larger than a molecular weight-dependent threshold, it can dominate the dynamics at long times, yielding interesting new behaviour.
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ART and JR acknowledge funding from grant PEJ-2017-AI/IND-6767 of the Regional Government of Madrid and project UPM RP 160543006 from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
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Tejedor, A.R., Ramírez, J. (2020). Effect of a Constant Drift in the Reptation Dynamics of Entangled Polymers. In: Galindo-Rosales, F., Campo-Deaño, L., Afonso, A., Alves, M., Pinho, F. (eds) Proceedings of the Iberian Meeting on Rheology (IBEREO 2019). IBEREO 2019. Springer Proceedings in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27701-7_33
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