Chemical reviews
Entanglements and Fracture in Polymers.
Taewon Kang, Jinyue Dai, Yan Huang, Haeji Kim, Sinan Keten, Junsoo Kim
Published: 202510.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00459
Abstract
Polymer chains entangle when they are sufficiently long, dense, and mobile, comprising the microstructure of polymers. Entangled polymer chains cannot pass each other, but they slip and transmit tension to other polymer chains, showing unique effects…
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