We have developed a single-chain theory that describes dynamics of associating polymer chains carrying multiple associative groups (or stickers) in the transient network formed by themselves and studied linear viscoelastic properties of this network. It is shown that if the average number of stickers associated with the network junction per chain is large, the terminal relaxation time that is proportional to appears. The time is the interval during which an associated sticker goes back to its equilibrium position by one or more dissociation steps. In this lower frequency regime , the moduli are well described in terms of the Rouse model with the longest relaxation time . The large value of is realized for chains carrying many stickers whose rate of association with the network junction is much larger than the dissociation rate. This associative Rouse behavior stems from the association/dissociation processes of stickers and is different from the ordinary Rouse behavior in the higher frequency regime, which is originated from the thermal segmental motion between stickers. If is not large, the dynamic shear moduli are well described in terms of the Maxwell model characterized by a single relaxation time in the moderate and lower frequency regimes. Thus, the transition occurs in the viscoelastic relaxation behavior from the Maxwell-type to the Rouse-type in as increases. All these results are obtained under the affine deformation assumption for junction points. We also studied the effect of the junction fluctuations from the affine motion on the plateau modulus by introducing the virtual spring for bound stickers. It is shown that the plateau modulus is not affected by the junction fluctuations.
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21 November 2010
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November 18 2010
Linear viscoelastic properties of transient networks formed by associating polymers with multiple stickers
Tsutomu Indei;
Tsutomu Indei
a)
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Yamagata University
, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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Jun-ichi Takimoto
Jun-ichi Takimoto
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Yamagata University
, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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Present address: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA. Electronic mail: tindei@iit.edu.
J. Chem. Phys. 133, 194902 (2010)
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March 21 2010
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September 17 2010
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Tsutomu Indei, Jun-ichi Takimoto; Linear viscoelastic properties of transient networks formed by associating polymers with multiple stickers. J. Chem. Phys. 21 November 2010; 133 (19): 194902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3498779
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