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Polymer Stretching

Polymer Stretching is a mechanical deformation process in polymer physics wherein individual polymer chains elongate in response to an applied external force, distinguished from other deformation modes by the alignment and extension of chain segments along the direction of stress.

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Coil-stretch transition of dilute flexible polymers under ultrahigh velocity gradients

P. G. de Gennes · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1974 · 1K citations

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Alignment of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix by mechanical stretching

C. Bower, Otto Zhou · Applied Physics Letters · 1998 · 678 citations

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α to β Phase Transformation and Microestructural Changes of PVDF Films Induced by Uniaxial Stretch

Vítor Sencadas, R. Gregório, S. Lanceros‐Méndez · Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B · 2009 · 590 citations

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A Robust Smart Window: Reversibly Switching from High Transparency to Angle‐Independent Structural Color Display

Dengteng Ge, Elaine Lee, Lili Yang et al. · Advanced Materials · 2015 · 457 citations

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Response of Flexible Polymers to a Sudden Elongational Flow

Douglas E. Smith, Steven Chu · Science · 1998 · 395 citations

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  1. HK
    Hiromi Kitano

    University of Toyama, Japan

    6 publications · 798 citations

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  2. MW
    M. W. Matsen

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 281 citations

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  3. LL
    Liangbin Li

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    5 publications · 156 citations

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  4. GH
    Gareth H. McKinley

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 391 citations

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  5. YR
    Yitzhak Rabin

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    4 publications · 220 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    69 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    15 h-index

    86 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    51 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    12 h-index

    70 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of Akron

    Akron, United States

    12 h-index

    38 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry

    Changchun, China

    11 h-index

    42 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    2K citations

  8. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Polymer

    56 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Macromolecules

    37 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    18 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    19 publications · 525 citations

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  5. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

    11 publications · 655 citations

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