Tube Model for the Elasticity of Entangled Nematic Rubbers

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2001-06-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0106193v3

Eur. Phys. J. E 6, 221-229 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

amended version (typos corrected, appendix extended)

Scientific paper

10.1007/s101890170004

Dense rubbery networks are highly entangled polymer systems, with significant topological restrictions for the mobility of neighbouring chains and crosslinks preventing the reptation constraint release. In a mean field approach, entanglements are treated within the famous reptation approach, since they effectively confine each individual chain in a tube-like geometry. We apply the classical ideas of reptation dynamics to calculate the effective rubber-elastic free energy of anisotropic networks, nematic liquid crystal elastomers, and present the first theory of entanglements for such a material.

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