Various models are developed to describe several different aspects of the dynamics of polymers. First, a model is developed which describes the dynamics of a single polymer chain, residing in a viscous fluid, in response to various stimuli. Next, constitutive models leading to reptation are developed, which determine the stress-strain relations for a system of physically constrained (PC) molecules residing within a chemically cross-linked (CC) system of molecules acting as a constraining tube for the PC system. These reptation models treat relaxation within the context of both intra-molecular and inter-molecular variability. Finally, a model is developed which combines the Rouse model of relaxing polymers and the stick-slip reptation model. This stick-slip/Rouse hybrid model incorporates parameters which were ignored in models developed in the earlier parts of the dissertation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-07212005-210915 |
| Date | 22 July 2005 |
| Creators | Hood, Jeffrey Braidon |
| Contributors | Dr. R. Smith, Dr. H.T. Tran, Dr. H.T. Banks, Dr. N.G. Medhin |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07212005-210915/ |
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