Measuring topological constraint relaxation in ring-linear polymer blends
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| author | Vigil, Daniel L. Ge, Ting Rubinstein, Michael O'Connor, Thomas C. Grest, Gary S. |
| author_facet | Vigil, Daniel L. Ge, Ting Rubinstein, Michael O'Connor, Thomas C. Grest, Gary S. |
| contents | Polymers are an effective test-bed for studying topological constraints in condensed matter due to a wide array of synthetically-available chain topologies. When linear and ring polymers are blended together, emergent rheological properties are observed as the blend can be more viscous than either of the individual components. This emergent behavior arises since ring-linear blends can form long-lived topological constraints as the linear polymers thread the ring polymers. Here, we demonstrate how the Gauss linking integral can be used to efficiently evaluate the relaxation of topological constraints in ring-linear polymer blends. For majority-linear blends, the relaxation rate of topological constraints depends primarily on reptation of the linear polymers, resulting in the diffusive time $τ_{d,R}$ for rings of length $N_R$ blended with linear chains of length $N_l$ to scale as $τ_{d,R}\sim N_R^2N_L^{3.4}$. |
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| spellingShingle | Measuring topological constraint relaxation in ring-linear polymer blends Vigil, Daniel L. Ge, Ting Rubinstein, Michael O'Connor, Thomas C. Grest, Gary S. Soft Condensed Matter Polymers are an effective test-bed for studying topological constraints in condensed matter due to a wide array of synthetically-available chain topologies. When linear and ring polymers are blended together, emergent rheological properties are observed as the blend can be more viscous than either of the individual components. This emergent behavior arises since ring-linear blends can form long-lived topological constraints as the linear polymers thread the ring polymers. Here, we demonstrate how the Gauss linking integral can be used to efficiently evaluate the relaxation of topological constraints in ring-linear polymer blends. For majority-linear blends, the relaxation rate of topological constraints depends primarily on reptation of the linear polymers, resulting in the diffusive time $τ_{d,R}$ for rings of length $N_R$ blended with linear chains of length $N_l$ to scale as $τ_{d,R}\sim N_R^2N_L^{3.4}$. |
| title | Measuring topological constraint relaxation in ring-linear polymer blends |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15560 |