## Abstract We study the microphase separation in crossβlinked polymer mixtures and interpenetrating polymer networks by taking into account the coupling between the fluctuations of the order parameter and the strain tensor. We predict that thermal fluctuations of the order parameter decrease the c
On microphase segregation of interpenetrating polymer networks
β Scribed by Frisch, Harry L. ;Grosberg, Alexander Yu.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1993
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1018-5054
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The topological entanglements between subchains of two interpenetrating polymer networks are described in the simplest approximation supposing that the primitive path of each subchain is influenced due to the shift of one network relatively to the other. The entanglement contribution to the free energy of the networks is shown to behave as 1/q^2^ for the state with deviation from uniform densities with the wave vector of order q. This contribution is shown to cause the microphase type of segregation.
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