(1) Polymer Materials and Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan, 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands;
Abstract:
The structural and dynamical properties of a physical network in a discotic side-chain polymer solution have been studied. For that purpose, use has been made of rheological measurements and a statistical network model for the crosslinking of polymer. The goal of the investigation was to gain more insight into processes playing important roles in the subtle interactions between discotic side-chain polymers. A relatively simple mechanical model is presented to describe the mechanical behaviour of the solutions. Moreover, results are shown for the specific dynamic as well as structural properties of the physical networks in these solutions.
