The linear viscoelastic properties of entangled hydrolysed poly(n-butyl acrylate) PnBA copolymers, with varying density of functional moieties, i.e., acrylic acid (AA) groups, have been investigated both experimentally and theoretically using small amplitude oscillatory shear and a modified version of the time marching algorithm (TMA). A second, low frequency, plateau, the level of which depends on temperature and AA groups content, is evident in the storage modulus of these copolymers. It indicates that terminal flow, i.e., chain motion at large length scales, is highly suppressed within the experimental timescale. This slow relaxation process is attributed to long lifetime aggregates (sticky junctions) of AA groups. At intermediate frequencies, the dynamic moduli decay with a slope of 0.5 indicative of a Rouse-like relaxation process. This behavior is well captured by the model when constraint release Rouse motion of the strands that are trapped between successive AA junctions or/and trapped entanglements is considered. One new parameter, pst, the probability of a monomer to act as a sticky junction, is introduced in the TMA to account for the influence of the functional AA groups on the chain dynamics. The validation of this simple model is then achieved by comparing experimental and predicted viscoelastic data.
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