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Polymer Melt Dynamics

Polymer Melt Dynamics is a theoretical framework that describes the time-dependent collective motion and conformational evolution of entangled polymer chains in the molten state, distinguishing itself from other polymer dynamics models by explicitly accounting for reptation, constraint release, and fluctuating tube dilation in the absence of solvent effects.

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Dynamics of entangled linear polymer melts:  A molecular-dynamics simulation

Kurt Kremer, Gary S. Grest · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1990 · 4K citations

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Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids

M. G. Brereton · Physics Bulletin · 1978 · 3.3K citations

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The physics of block copolymers

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 1.6K citations

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Stable and unstable phases of a diblock copolymer melt

M. W. Matsen, M. Schick · Physical Review Letters · 1994 · 1.4K citations

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Dynamics of concentrated polymer systems. Part 1.—Brownian motion in the equilibrium state

Masao Doi, S. F. Edwards · Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics · 1978 · 1.4K citations

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  1. DR
    Dieter Richter

    Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

    59 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. KS
    Kenneth S. Schweizer

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    40 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. GS
    Gary S. Grest

    Sandia National Laboratories, United States

    36 publications · 6.7K citations

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  4. JB
    J. Baschnagel

    Institut Charles Sadron, France

    30 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. KK
    Kurt Kremer

    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

    34 publications · 6.9K citations

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

    Mainz, Germany

    41 h-index

    209 publications

    12.4K citations

  2. Forschungszentrum Jülich

    Jülich, Germany

    38 h-index

    263 publications

    19.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    35 h-index

    263 publications

    9.5K citations

  4. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    34 h-index

    128 publications

    10.8K citations

  5. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    33 h-index

    143 publications

    10.6K citations

  6. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    33 h-index

    110 publications

    10K citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    31 h-index

    104 publications

    5.7K citations

  8. Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas

    Heraklion, Greece

    30 h-index

    133 publications

    7.5K citations

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  1. Macromolecules

    446 publications · 28.1K citations

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  2. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    286 publications · 22.2K citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 141 publications · 12.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Rheology

    71 publications · 4.5K citations

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  5. Polymer

    87 publications · 4.8K citations

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