Reactive additives allow to adapt the properties of thermoplastic polymers during processing
and for their later use. The chemical modification using multifunctional epoxide styrene …

This review is concerned with the nonequilibrium dynamics and structure of complex fluids
based on simple micro-and mesoscopic physical models which are not rigorously solvable …

The problem of the inception of cavitation is formulated in terms of a comparison of the
breaking strength or cavitation threshold at each point in a liquid sample with the principal …

Polymer-processing operations with dominating elongational flow have a great relevance,
especially in several relevant industrial applications. Film blowing, fiber spinning and …

Matrix-free assemblies of polymer-grafted nanoparticles (PGNs) enable mechanically robust
materials for a variety of structural, electronic, and optical applications. Recent quasi-static …

Abstract The Hierarchical Multi-mode Molecular Stress Function (HMMSF) model predicts
the elongational and multiaxial extensional viscosities of polydisperse linear polymer melts …

Isothermal melt spinning is a prototypical example of many polymer processes: The polymer
melt is first subjected to simple shear flow in the extrusion die, which is followed by uniaxial …

Models should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. For the physics of polymeric liquids,
whose relevant lengths and time scales are out of reach for first principles calculations, this …

Analysis of the linear theory of capillary instability of threads of Maxwell fluids of diameter D
is carried out for the unapproximated normal mode solution and for a solution based on …

The continually growing plastics market consists of more than 250 million tons of product
annually, making the recurring problem of polymer melt fracture an acute issue in the …