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A Curated Experimental Compilation Analyzed by Theory Is More than a Review

Journal Article · · Macromolecules
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)

Macromolecules is an exceptional resource in the field of polymer science and now publishes more than 1000 original articles a year that set the standard for scientific rigor and creative insights. Over the years, these individual contributions have combined to build the foundation of polymer science, broadly and inclusively defined. In addition to the individual articles, many of which are being celebrated in this series of editorials, Macromolecules has published invaluable reviews and perspectives. These scholarly contributions integrate the insights and results from numerous sources into a unified whole and often recommend future directions for the field. Novices and experts alike benefit from these works that capture topics from emerging discoveries to long-pondered topics and everything in between. To explore the importance of Macromolecules’ reviews and perspectives, we considered their influence on the field and found the 1994 review by Fetters et al. entitled “Connection between Polymer Molecular Weight, Density, Chain Dimensions, and Melt Viscoelastic Properties”1 to be a singularity. This review expertly curates and compiles a trove of data to build robust correlations between molecular characteristics and macroscopic viscoelastic properties of polymer melts, in the context of the tube model of entanglements.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1670739
Report Number(s):
SAND--2020-7260J; 687395
Journal Information:
Macromolecules, Journal Name: Macromolecules Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 53; ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (13)

Chain dimensions and entanglement spacings in dense macromolecular systems journal May 1999
Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends book January 2007
Consequences of Increasing Packing Length on the Dynamics of Polymer Melts journal August 2015
Kremer–Grest Models for Commodity Polymer Melts: Linking Theory, Experiment, and Simulation at the Kuhn Scale journal March 2020
Unified Entanglement Scaling for Flexible, Semiflexible, and Stiff Polymer Melts and Solutions journal February 2020
Polymer Informatics: Opportunities and Challenges journal September 2017
Connection between Polymer Molecular Weight, Density, Chain Dimensions, and Melt Viscoelastic Properties journal August 1994
Number of entanglement strands per cubed tube diameter, a fundamental aspect of topological universality in polymer viscoelasticity journal December 1987
Packing Length Influence in Linear Polymer Melts on the Entanglement, Critical, and Reptation Molecular Weights journal October 1999
A Novel Look at Models for Polymer Entanglement journal May 2000
Frequency spectrum and dynamic correlations of concentrated polymer liquids journal July 1983
New View of Entanglements in Dense Polymer Systems journal December 1987
Polymer Chemistry book February 2007

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